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What books have you read, by J.R.R. Tolkien?
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I loved Roverdom. It is only a short story but it is a lot like the hobbit in the simplicty of the story and the adventures.

The Hobbit
Lord of the Rings
Children of Húrin
Unfinished tales
Tales from the perilous realm
Silmarillion
Book of Lost tales 1
Tolkien: The Monsters and the critics.
It's a shame thou..."
I have read "The Hobbit" its is interesting and fantasy novel, you can find it at Bookgator.com for free.

The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
I would like to read The Silmarillion by the end of the year.




-The Silmarillion(English and the Portuguese translation)
-The Hobbit(English and the Portuguese translation)
-The Fellowship of the Ring(English and the Portuguese translation)
-The Two Towers(English and the Portuguese translation)
-Return of the King(English and the Portuguese translation)
-Farmer Giles of Ham (English and the Portuguese translation)
-Smith of Wootton Major (English and the Portuguese translation)
-The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (English and the Portuguese translation)
- Leaf by Niggle (English and the Portuguese translation)
-The Children of Hurin
-The Book of Lost Tales 1
-The Book of Lost Tales 2
-Unfinished Tales (Portuguese Translation, I have also the english book but haven't read it yet)
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- On Fairy-Stories
- Pearl
- The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien by Humphrey Carpenter
- The Atlas of Middle-Earth by Karen Fonstad

The Lord.of the Rings
The Hobbit
The Silmarillion
The Children.of Hurin
Farmer Gilem.of Ham
both Books of Lost Tales
Unfinished Tales
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
I´ve read:
The Hobbit
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of The King
The Children of Hurin
Roverandom
Tales from the Perilous Realm
Farmer Giles of Ham
Smith of Wootton Major
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book
On Fairy-Stories
Leaf by Niggle
The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún
The Silmarillion
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of The King
The Children of Hurin
Roverandom
Tales from the Perilous Realm
Farmer Giles of Ham
Smith of Wootton Major
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book
On Fairy-Stories
Leaf by Niggle
The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún
The Silmarillion
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
And I'm halfway through The Return of the King

The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
The Hobbit
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
The Children of Hurin
Letters from Father Christmas
The Peoples of Middle-Earth
Sauron Defeated
Tales from the Perilous Realm
A Tolkien Miscellany


The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
The Hobbit
Farmer Giles of Ham
Smith of Wootton Major
Tree and Leaf (with On Fairy-Stories and Leaf by Niggle)
The Children of Húrin
The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún.
The History of Middle-Earth books 1-7
The Silmarillion
The Monsters and the Critics and other essays
Letters from Father Christmas
Unfinished Tales
This year I'm hoping to finish HoME, as well as read Roverandom, Mr. Bliss, and Tolkien's letters. :D

The Lord of The Rings
The Hobbit
The Silmarillion
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
The Children of Hurin
Unfinished Tales
The History of The Hobbit
Mythopeia
The Peoples of Middle Earth
Morgoth's Ring
The Return of The Shadow
The Letters of JRR Tolkein
I'm currently reading The other volumes of the H.O.M.E
and The Legend of Sigrud and Gurdrun, and Iown Tales from the Perilous Realm but haven't got around to reading it yet
I've also read
The Road to Middle Earth
The Atlas of Middle Earth
Tolkein and The Great War
JRR Tolkien Author of The Century


Chris wrote: "I really want to read The Histories of Midde-Earth but I can't seem to find them anywhere :/ Anyone have any advice? :)"
If price is an issue, and no matter what country you live in, abebooks.com can supply both new and used editions. :) No reason not to be able to enjoy what you want to read.
If price is an issue, and no matter what country you live in, abebooks.com can supply both new and used editions. :) No reason not to be able to enjoy what you want to read.

The Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
The Histories of Middle Earth, Volumes 1-5
Tales from the Perilous Realm
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
Roverandom
The Complete Guide to Middle-EarthA Gateway to Sindarin: A Grammar of an Elvish Language from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
A Middle English Reader and Vocabulary
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
These are all the books I have read by Tolkien, I am missing the last half of the Histories of Middle Earth, The Fall of Arthur, and The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun

The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
Return of the King
The Hobbit
The Silmarillion
Book of Lost Tales Part One
Unfinished Tales
From The Tolkien Reader:
Leaf by Niggle (I loved this one, for whatever reason)
Farmer Giles of Ham
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
On Fairy Stories
The play that I am forgetting...
From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Orfeo
Pearl
Still a lot, but not as many as I expected.
Can never read too much Tolkien.
I plan to read the second Book of Lost Tales, but haven't had time or energy.

The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
The Hobbit
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
Leaf by Niggle
Farmer Giles of Ham
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Roverandom
Smith of Wootten Major
TheChildren of Hruin

I think my ambition now is to collect rare or first edition Tolkien books, I'd rather invest in something physical and wonderful like that than anything purely financial like stocks or shares.

The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
Silmarillion
But I need to read Silmarillion again!

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Children of Hurin
The Silmarillion
~ loved every page of it!!!

2. The Fellowship of the Ring
3. The Two Towers
4. The Return of the King
5. The Silmarillion
6. Children of Hurin
Other
1. Tales From the Perilous Realm (short stories)
2. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun
Parts of the Unfinished Tales

The Hobbit
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
Return of the King
The Children of Hurin
Related:
Tolkien Bestiary
The History of Middle Earth series:
The Book of Lost Tales 1
The Book of Lost Tales 2
The Lays of Beleriand
The Shaping of Middle-earth
The Lost Road and Other Writings
The Return of the Shadow (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.1)
The Treason of Isengard (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.2)
The War of the Ring (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.3)
Sauron Defeated (includes The History of The Lord of the Rings v.4)
Morgoth's Ring (The Later Silmarillion v.1)
The War of the Jewels (The Later Silmarillion v.2)
The Peoples of Middle-earth
Unfinished Tales
His Academic Works:
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
On Fairy-Stories
Pearl
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Beowulf
AND MR BLISS! Excellent for children to read this! Wonderfully charming about Mr Bliss learning to drive his fancy automobile! lol Very adorable. And the drawings are so great to enjoy as you read.

The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Pearl
Sir Orfeo
The Children of Hurin
Farmer Giles of Ham
An LP: Poems and Songs of Middle Earth, read by Tolkien, issued in 1967 (which I can no longer listen to)
Lots and lots of related books and articles
Btw, I used to just kill it playing LOTR Trivial Pursuit!

The Lord of the Rings
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
The Silmarillion
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
Unfinished Tales
The Book of Lost Tales, Part I & Part II
The Lays of Beleriand
The Shaping of Middle-earth
The Lost Road and Other Writings
Return of the Shadow
The Treason of Isengard
The War of the Ring
Sauron Defeated
Morgoth's Ring
The War of the Jewels
The Peoples of Middle-earth
The Children of Hurin
Farmer Giles of Ham
Smith of Wootton Major
Leaf by Niggle
On Fairy Stories
Roverandom
His translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography (by Humphrey Carpenter)
The Inklings (by Humphrey Carpenter)
The Complete Guide to Middle-earth (by Robert Foster)
Master of Middle-earth (by Paul H. Kocher)
Want to read:
Road Goes Ever On
Bilbo's Last Song
Father Christmas Letters
Mr. Bliss
Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
Aotrou and Itroun
History of the Hobbit
Sigurd and Gudun
The Fall of Arthur
His Beowulf translation and Sellic Spell
Kullervo
A Secret Vice
The Monsters and the Critics and other Essays
Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien
A Tolkien Compass (by Lobdell)


The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
Farmer Giles of Ham
Tree and Leaf
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
The Return of the Shadow
And am currently reading The Treason of Isengard.

The Hobbit
Farmer Giles of Ham
The Lord of the Rings
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book
Tree and Leaf
Smith of Wootton Major
The Road Goes Ever On
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo
The Father Christmas Letters
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth
Mr. Bliss
The Book of Lost Tales, Part I
The Book of Lost Tales, Part II
The Lays of Beleriand
The Shaping of Middle-earth
The Lost Road and Other Writings
The Return of the Shadow
The Treason of Isengard
The War of the Ring
Sauron Defeated
Morgoth’s Ring
The War of the Jewels
The Peoples of Middle-earth
Roverandom
Tales from the Perilous Realm
Beowulf
I did start reading Tolkien's works beginning with the The Hobbit, then The Lord of the Rings, then The Silmarillion. I own copies of all I have read, and have other copies of titles I did not list here as I haven't yet read them.

Books mentioned in this topic
The War of the Jewels (other topics)The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (other topics)
The Return of the King (other topics)
The Silmarillion (other topics)
The Two Towers (other topics)
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