Book Series Guide

J.R.R. Tolkien · collection series

The History of Middle-earth

Christopher Tolkien's twelve-volume presentation of his father's legendarium manuscripts.

complete

As released

Books in reading order

Novels are listed in sequence, alongside any novellas or companion books the supplied reading order includes.

  1. 1
    The Book of Lost Tales 1

    Book 1 · collection · 1983

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  2. 2
    The Book of Lost Tales, Part One

    Book 1 · collection · 1983

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  3. 3
    The Book of Lost Tales, Part II

    Book 2 · collection · 1983

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  4. 4
    The Lays of Beleriand

    Book 3 · collection · 1985

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  5. 5
    The Shaping of Middle-earth

    Book 4 · collection · 1986

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  6. 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 Age

    Book 4 · collection · 1986

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  7. 7
    The Lost Road and Other Writings

    Book 5 · collection · 1987

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  8. 8 Cover of The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One
    The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One

    Book 6 · novel · 1984

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  9. 9 Cover of The Two Towers: The Treason of Isengard
    The Two Towers: The Treason of Isengard

    Book 7 · novel · 1954

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  10. 10 Cover of The Return of the King: The War of the Ring
    The Return of the King: The War of the Ring

    Book 8 · novel · 1954

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  11. 11
    Sauron Defeated

    Book 9 · collection · 1992

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  12. 12
    Morgoth's Ring

    Book 10 · collection · 1993

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  13. 13
    The War of the Jewels

    Book 11 · collection · 1994

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  14. 14
    The Peoples of Middle-earth

    Book 12 · collection · 1996

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  15. 15
    The History of Middle Earth Index

    Book 13 · collection · 2002

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