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Books by J.R.R. Tolkien

Cover placeholder for The Hobbit.

The Hobbit

by J.R.R. Tolkien · published 2002 · read 2014-03-27

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Read this one out loud to the family. Such a delight.

Cover of The Fellowship of the Ring.

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J.R.R. Tolkien · published 2003 · read 2010-03-21

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Cover of The Children of Húrin.

The Children of Húrin

by J.R.R. Tolkien · published 2007 · read 2007-06-27

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

This was my first foray into Tolkien’s backhistory of LOTR; I haven’t tried the Simarillion or any of its kin in many years, and I never got through them in the first place. However, this volume of Tolkien is magnificent, accessible, and heartbreaking. A true epic.