Most Popular Middle-earth Books
Explore the most popular Middle-earth books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.
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The Lord of the Rings #3
The Return of the King
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth · Movie
1955
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Collection · Middle-earth
1968
The Lord of the Rings #2
The Two Towers
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth · Movie
1954
The Lord of the Rings #1
The Fellowship of the Ring
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth · Movie
1954
The Hobbit
Fantasy · Childrens · Dragons · Middle-earth · Movie
1937
The Silmarillion
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Locus Award · Middle-earth
1977
Tales of Middle-Earth
The Children of Húrin
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth
April 2007
Unfinished Tales
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth · Mythopoeic Awards
1980
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Poetry · Short Stories
1962
A Tolkien Bestiary
Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1978
Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia
Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1992
A Middle-earth Traveller
Middle-earth · Non-fiction
October 2, 2018
The Nature of Middle-earth
Middle-earth · Non-fiction
September 2, 2021
Tales of Middle-Earth
The Fall of Númenor
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth
November 15, 2022
Tales of Middle-Earth
Beren and Lúthien
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth
June 1, 2017
A Brief History of The Hobbit
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
January 2015
The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Places that Inspired Middle-earth
Middle-earth · Non-fiction
May 2020
Tales of Middle-Earth
The Fall of Gondolin
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth
August 28, 2018
The History of Middle-earth #10
Morgoth's Ring
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1993
The History of Middle-earth #11
The War of the Jewels
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1994
The History of Middle-earth #3
The Lays of Beleriand
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1985
The History of Middle-earth #2
The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1984
The History of Middle-earth #12
The Peoples of Middle-earth
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1996
The History of Middle-earth #5
The Lost Road and Other Writings
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1987
The History of Middle-earth #4
The Shaping of Middle-earth
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1986
The History of Middle-earth #8
The War of the Ring
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1990
The History of Middle-earth #7
The Treason of Isengard
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1989
The History of Middle-earth #1
The Book of Lost Tales, Part One
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1983
The History of Middle-earth #6
The Return of the Shadow
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1988
The World of Tolkien
Middle-earth · Non-fiction
2002
The History of Middle-earth #9
Sauron Defeated
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1992
The Battles of Tolkien
Middle-earth · Non-fiction
October 2016
A-Z of Tolkien
Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1993
The Hobbit Encyclopedia
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
September 3, 2024
A Dictionary of Sources of Tolkien
Middle-earth · Non-fiction
October 2019
The Hobbits of Tolkien
Middle-earth · Non-fiction
October 2019