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 Novels (37)
| The Fall of Númenor (Tales of Middle-Earth) 2022 | fantasy > high fantasy |
| The Fall of Gondolin (Tales of Middle-Earth) 2018 | fantasy > high fantasy |
| Beren and Lúthien (Tales of Middle-Earth) 2017 | fantasy > high fantasy |
| 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 Children of Húrin (Tales of Middle-Earth) 2007 | fantasy > high fantasy |
| 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 > animal fantasy |
| The Peoples of Middle-earth (The History of Middle-earth #12 / 12) 1996 | fantasy, non-fiction |
| The War of the Jewels (The History of Middle-earth #11 / 12) 1994 | fantasy, non-fiction |
| Morgoth's Ring (The History of Middle-earth #10 / 12) 1993 | fantasy, non-fiction |
| Sauron Defeated (The History of Middle-earth #9 / 12) 1992 | fantasy, non-fiction |
| The War of the Ring (The History of Middle-earth #8 / 12) 1990 | fantasy, non-fiction |
| The Treason of Isengard (The History of Middle-earth #7 / 12) 1989 | fantasy, non-fiction |
| The Return of the Shadow (The History of Middle-earth #6 / 12) 1988 | fantasy, non-fiction |
| The Lost Road and Other Writings (The History of Middle-earth #5 / 12) 1987 | fantasy, non-fiction |
| The Shaping of Middle-earth (The History of Middle-earth #4 / 12) 1986 | fantasy, non-fiction |
| The Lays of Beleriand (The History of Middle-earth #3 / 12) 1985 | fantasy, non-fiction |
| The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two (The History of Middle-earth #2 / 12) 1984 | fantasy, non-fiction |
| The Book of Lost Tales, Part One (The History of Middle-earth #1 / 12) 1983 | fantasy, non-fiction |
| 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 |
| The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings) 1968 | fantasy > high fantasy, collection > high 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 |
| The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings #3 / 3) 1955 | fantasy > high fantasy |
| The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings #2 / 3) 1954 | fantasy > high fantasy |
| The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings #1 / 3) 1954 | fantasy > high fantasy |
| Farmer Giles of Ham 1949 | fantasy, childrens |
| The Hobbit 1937 | fantasy, childrens |
Others non-spefi books (6)
| 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 |