J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography

Summary

This is a list of all published works of the English writer and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien. Tolkien's works were published before and after his death.

Fiction edit

Middle-earth edit

  1. 1937 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, ISBN 0-618-00221-9 (HM)
  2. 1954–1955 The Lord of the Rings
  1. 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring: being the first volume of The Lord of the Rings, ISBN 0-618-00222-7 (HM)
  2. 1954 The Two Towers: being the second volume of The Lord of the Rings, ISBN 0-618-00223-5 (HM)
  3. 1955 The Return of the King: being the third volume of The Lord of the Rings, ISBN 0-618-00224-3 (HM)

Poetry books edit

  1. 1962 The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book
  2. 1967 The Road Goes Ever On, with Donald Swann, a song-cycle

Posthumous edit

  1. The Book of Lost Tales 1 (1983)
  2. The Book of Lost Tales 2 (1984)
  3. The Lays of Beleriand (1985)
  4. The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986)
  5. The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987)
  6. The Return of the Shadow (The History of The Lord of the Rings vol. 1) (1988)
  7. The Treason of Isengard (The History of The Lord of the Rings vol. 2) (1989)
  8. The War of the Ring (The History of The Lord of the Rings vol. 3) (1990)
  9. Sauron Defeated (The History of The Lord of the Rings vol. 4, including The Notion Club Papers) (1992)
  10. Morgoth's Ring (The Later Silmarillion vol. 1) (1993)
  11. The War of the Jewels (The Later Silmarillion vol. 2) (1994)
  12. The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996)

Short works edit

Poetry edit

Unless stated otherwise, the years indicate the date of composition.

Academic and other works edit

Posthumous publications edit

Constructed languages edit

A large volume of Tolkien's writings on his constructed languages, primarily the Elvish languages such as Quenya and Sindarin, was published and annotated by scholars in the journals Vinyar Tengwar and Parma Eldalamberon.

Audio recordings edit

  • 1967 Poems and Songs of Middle-earth, Caedmon TC 1231
  • 1975 J. R. R. Tolkien Reads and Sings His The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Caedmon TC 1477, TC 1478 (based on an August 1952 recording by George Sayer)

Art edit

  • 1979 Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien, George Allen & Unwin, text by Christopher Tolkien, ISBN 0047410035. 2nd edition 1992.
  • 1995 J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator (text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull)
  • 2011 The Art of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull)
  • 2015 The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull)

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Republished in various editions, lately in the 1999 edition of Tree and Leaf in the UK only.
  2. ^ a b c d Also in Shippey, Tom. The Road to Middle-Earth, Grafton, 1992. pp 303–309
  3. ^ This essay was not finished and has never been published in its entirety, although parts of it were published in Unfinished Tales, and the remaining parts were published in the periodical Vinyar Tengwar, issue number 42 in 2001.

References edit

  1. ^ Maloney, Jennifer (19 October 2016). "J.R.R. Tolkien's Story, "Beren and Lúthien", Will Be Published a Century After It Was Written". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  2. ^ Flood, Alison (10 April 2018). "The Fall of Gondolin, 'new' JRR Tolkien book, to be published in 2018". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. ^ Flood, Alison (19 November 2020). "Unseen JRR Tolkien essays on Middle-earth coming in 2021". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ^ "New Tolkien book: The Fall of Númenor to be published". The Tolkien Society. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  5. ^ "A Tolkien Miscellany by J.R.R. Tolkien". Goodreads. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  6. ^ "The Fall of Arthur – J. R. R. Tolkien". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  7. ^ Flood, Alison (19 March 2014). "JRR Tolkien translation of Beowulf to be published after 90-year wait". The Guardian.
  8. ^ "JRR Tolkien's 100-year-old unpublished fantasy tale to finally see light of day". dna. 7 June 2015.