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Middle-earth Series

4 primary works • 15 total works
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* Unfinished Tales
* The History of Middle-Earth

The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy trilogy written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J.R.R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit (1937), but eventually developed into a much larger work wh…

Book 1

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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4.30 · 4512669 Ratings · 90330 Reviews · published 1937 · 170 editions
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not …

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    Book 2

    The Fellowship of the Ring
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    4.41     · 3186629 Ratings · 55028 Reviews · published 1954 · 1066 editions
    Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the…

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    Book 3

    The Two Towers
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    4.50     · 1145298 Ratings · 27508 Reviews · published 1954 · 891 editions
    Begin your journey into Middle-earth.

    The inspirati…

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    Book 4

    The Return of the King
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    4.58     · 1058428 Ratings · 26307 Reviews · published 1955 · 916 editions
    The Return of the King is the third part of J.R.R.…

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    Book 4.5

    Bilbo's Last Song
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    4.20     · 6221 Ratings · 721 Reviews · published 1974 · 2 editions
    Bilbo’s Last Song is considered by many to be Tolk…

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    Book 2-4

    The Lord of the Rings
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    4.54     · 737277 Ratings · 16792 Reviews · published 1959 · 926 editions
    Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the…

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    J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
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    4.62     · 145484 Ratings · 2507 Reviews · published 1954 · 185 editions
    These magical adaptations became instant classics …

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    Book 2 part 1/2

    The Ring Sets Out
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    4.31     · 2369 Ratings · 165 Reviews · published 1954 · 10 editions
    Continuing the story of The Hobbit, this seven-vol…

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    The Ring Goes South
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    4.45     · 1817 Ratings · 101 Reviews · published 1954 · 17 editions
    Continuing the story of The Hobbit, this seven-vol…

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    The Treason of Isengard
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    4.44     · 1054 Ratings · 53 Reviews · published 1954 · 12 editions
    Continuing the story of The Hobbit, this seven-vol…

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    The Ring Goes East
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    4.38     · 954 Ratings · 58 Reviews · published 1954 · 10 editions
    BOOK. Part of the J.R.R. Tolkien Trilogy - Lord of…

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    Book 4 part 1

    The War of the Ring
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    4.44     · 751 Ratings · 49 Reviews · 13 editions
    A Gyűrűháborúban Christopher Tolkien a Gyűrűk Ura …

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    The End of the Third Age
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    4.51     · 750 Ratings · 56 Reviews · published 1954 · 9 editions
    Continuing the story of The Hobbit, this seven-vol…

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