The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The essential entry point to Tolkien's legendarium.
Author guide
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien was a scholar of Old and Middle English and twice held the professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. He is best known for creating Middle-earth and for works such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
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The Fellowship of the Ring
The opening volume of The Lord of the Rings.
Read in order
Books by series
subseries · complete
The Lord of the Rings: Seven Book Editions
Seven-book split edition sequence of The Lord of the Rings.
- 1
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Ring Sets OutAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 1954
- 2
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Ring Goes SouthAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 1954
- 3
The Two Towers: The Treason of IsengardAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 1954
- 4
The Two Towers: The Ring Goes EastAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 1954
- 5
The Return of the King: The War of the RingAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 1954
- 6
The Return of the King: The End of the Third AgeAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 1954
- 7 The Lord of the Rings: AppendicesAmazon ↗
Book 7 · collection · 1955
subseries · complete
The History of the Lord of the Rings
Christopher Tolkien's account of the writing of The Lord of the Rings.
- 1
The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part OneAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 1984
- 2 The Two Towers: The Treason of IsengardAmazon ↗
Book 2 · novel · 1954
- 3 The Return of the King: The End of the Third AgeAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novel · 1954
- 4 Sauron DefeatedAmazon ↗
Book 4 · collection · 1992
- 5 The Return of the King: The War of the RingAmazon ↗
novel · 1954
collection series · complete
The History of Middle-earth
Christopher Tolkien's twelve-volume presentation of his father's legendarium manuscripts.
- 1 The Book of Lost Tales 1Amazon ↗
Book 1 · collection · 1983
- 2 The Book of Lost Tales, Part OneAmazon ↗
Book 1 · collection · 1983
- 3 The Book of Lost Tales, Part IIAmazon ↗
Book 2 · collection · 1983
- 4 The Lays of BeleriandAmazon ↗
Book 3 · collection · 1985
- 5 The Shaping of Middle-earthAmazon ↗
Book 4 · collection · 1986
- 6 The Shaping Of Middle-Earth: The Quenta, the Ambarkanta, and the Annals, Together With the Earliest 'Silmarillion' and the First Map – Epic Legends of Valinor, Beleriand, and the First AgeAmazon ↗
Book 4 · collection · 1986
- 7 The Lost Road and Other WritingsAmazon ↗
Book 5 · collection · 1987
- 8 The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part OneAmazon ↗
Book 6 · novel · 1984
- 9 The Two Towers: The Treason of IsengardAmazon ↗
Book 7 · novel · 1954
- 10 The Return of the King: The War of the RingAmazon ↗
Book 8 · novel · 1954
- 11 Sauron DefeatedAmazon ↗
Book 9 · collection · 1992
- 12 Morgoth's RingAmazon ↗
Book 10 · collection · 1993
- 13 The War of the JewelsAmazon ↗
Book 11 · collection · 1994
- 14 The Peoples of Middle-earthAmazon ↗
Book 12 · collection · 1996
- 15 The History of Middle Earth IndexAmazon ↗
Book 13 · collection · 2002
collection series · unknown
Tales of Middle-earth
A series of standalone tales set in Tolkien's legendarium.
collection series · unknown
The History of the Hobbit
A scholarly history of The Hobbit's composition and revisions.
- 1 The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. BagginsAmazon ↗
Book 1 · collection · 2007
collection series · unknown
The Lord of the Rings (1981 BBC Radio Adaptation)
The BBC radio dramatization of The Lord of the Rings.
Outside the series
Standalone and other books
- The Hobbit, or There and Back AgainAmazon ↗
novel · 1937
- The SilmarillionAmazon ↗
collection · 1977
- Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-EarthAmazon ↗
collection · 1980
- Letters From Father ChristmasAmazon ↗
collection · 1976
- Tolkien On FairystoriesAmazon ↗
essay · 1947
- Tales from the Perilous RealmAmazon ↗
collection · 1997
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir OrfeoAmazon ↗
collection · 1975
- The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other verses from The Red BookAmazon ↗
collection · 1962
- The Fall of ArthurAmazon ↗
poem · 2013
- Bilbo's Last SongAmazon ↗
poem · 1974
- RoverandomAmazon ↗
novella · 1998
- The Legend of Sigurd & GudrúnAmazon ↗
poem · 2009
- The Letters of J.R.R. TolkienAmazon ↗
collection · 1981
- Farmer Giles of HamAmazon ↗
novella · 1949
- Smith of Wootton MajorAmazon ↗
novella · 1967
- The Story of KullervoAmazon ↗
novella · 2015
- Tree and LeafAmazon ↗
collection · 1964
- Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic SpellAmazon ↗
collection
- Leaf by NiggleAmazon ↗
short_story · 1945
- Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of HamAmazon ↗
omnibus · 1949
- The Nature of Middle-EarthAmazon ↗
collection · 2021
- Tolkien BestiaryAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1978
- The Tolkien ReaderAmazon ↗
anthology · 1966
- The Lord of the Rings TrilogyAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2016
- The Lay of Aotrou and ItrounAmazon ↗
poem · 1945
- The Monsters and the Critics and Other EssaysAmazon ↗
collection · 1983
- The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2011
- Mr. BlissAmazon ↗
unknown · 1982
- Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle-earthAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1992
- A Secret ViceAmazon ↗
essay · 2016
- The Art Of The Lord Of The Rings By J.r.r. TolkienAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2015
- The Maps of Middle-EarthAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2003
- The Lord of the Rings Official Movie GuideAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2001
- The Hobbit: A Graphic NovelAmazon ↗
graphic_novel · 1937
- Pictures by J.R.R. TolkienAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1979
- The Children of Hurin / The Silmarillion / Unfinished TalesAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2009
- The Battle of Maldon together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English'Amazon ↗
collection · 2023
- Poems from the HobbitAmazon ↗
collection · 1999
- The J. R. R. Tolkien Deluxe Edition CollectionAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2007
- Poems and StoriesAmazon ↗
collection · 1980
- Finn and Hengest: The Fragment and the EpisodeAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1982
- The Great Tales of Middle-earth: Children of Húrin / Beren and Lúthien / The Fall of GondolinAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2018
- The Complete History Of Middle-EarthAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2002
- Farmer Giles of Ham / The Adventures of Tom BombadilAmazon ↗
omnibus · 1949
- Beowulf: The Monsters and the CriticsAmazon ↗
essay · 1936
- The History of Middle-earth: Part TwoAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2000
- The Road Goes Ever OnAmazon ↗
collection · 1967
- Realms of Tolkien: Images of Middle-earthAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1996
- Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earthAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2018
- Of the Darkening of Valinor & of the Flight of the Noldor from The SilmarillionAmazon ↗
unknown · 1985
- The Homecoming of BeorhtnothAmazon ↗
poem · 1953
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - The Movie StorybookAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2012
-
The Hobbit, Part TwoAmazon ↗novel · 1937
- The Hobbit: An Illustrated Edition of the Fantasy ClassicAmazon ↗
graphic_novel · 2001
- Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science FictionAmazon ↗
anthology · 2008
- The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien Box Set: Three-Volume Box SetAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2024
- The Jerusalem BibleAmazon ↗
anthology · 1966
- There and Back Again: The Map of the HobbitAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1995
- The Silmarillion Volume 1Amazon ↗
unknown · 1977
- The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien: Three-Volume Box SetAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2024
- A Middle English Reader and VocabularyAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1921
- The Grown-Ups' Book of BooksAmazon ↗
anthology · 1999
- The Bovadium Fragments: Together with the Origins of BovadiumAmazon ↗
short_story · 2025
- The Silmarillion, Vol. 2Amazon ↗
unknown · 1977
- Essays Presented to Charles WilliamsAmazon ↗
anthology · 1947
- The Complete History Of Middle Earth, Vol. 3Amazon ↗
omnibus · 2001
- The J.R.R. Tolkien Audio CollectionAmazon ↗
collection · 1955
- The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Volume 2: Reader’s Guide Part 1Amazon ↗
nonfiction · 2017
- The Road Goes Ever On: A Song CycleAmazon ↗
collection · 1967
- The Tolkien Quiz BookAmazon ↗
anthology · 1996
- The Essential Tolkien LibraryAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2007
- Drawings by TolkienAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1976
- The Lord of the Rings Omnibus Tie-In: The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the KingAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2022
- The English Text of the Ancrene RiwleAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1963
- The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - How We Made Movie MagicAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2003
- Tolkien Calendar 2026Amazon ↗
collection · 2025
- Nature of Middle-EarthAmazon ↗
collection · 2021
- Tolkien Calendar 2025Amazon ↗
collection · 2024
- HOBBIT MOVIE TRILOGY COLOURING BOOKAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2024