J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in the First World War, he embarked upon academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959.
Tolkien is the creator of Middle-earth and author of the great modern classic, his epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien died in 1973 at the age of 81.
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Books by J. R. R. Tolkien
Speculative Fiction Books
The Story of Kullervo
2015 | fantasy
A Brief History of The Hobbit
2015 | fantasy, non-fiction
Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell
2014 | fantasy, non-fiction
The History of Middle-earth: Part Three (The History of Middle-earth (omnibus editions) #3 / 3)
2003 | fantasy, non-fiction
The History of Middle-earth: Part Two (The History of Middle-earth (omnibus editions) #2 / 3)
2003 | fantasy, non-fiction
The History of Middle-earth: Part One (The History of Middle-earth (omnibus editions) #1 / 3)
2003 | fantasy, non-fiction
Roverandom
1998 | fantasy, animal fantasy, childrens
Mr. Bliss
1982 | fantasy, childrens
Unfinished Tales
1980 | fantasy, high fantasy
The Silmarillion
1977 | fantasy, high fantasy
The Father Christmas Letters
1976 | fantasy
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
1975 | fantasy
Smith of Wootton Major
1967 | fantasy, childrens
Tree and Leaf
1964 | fantasy, non-fiction, short stories
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
1962 | fantasy, short stories
Farmer Giles of Ham
1949 | fantasy, childrens
The Hobbit
1937 | fantasy, childrens
Fictions and Others
The Battle of Maldon
2023 | historical
The Nature of Middle-earth
2021 | non-fiction
The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
2015 | non-fiction
The Fall of Arthur
2013 | mainstream
The Art of the Hobbit
2011 | non-fiction
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
2009 | mainstream
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
1981 | non-fiction