J.R.R. Tolkien
1892 – 1973
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) was an English author best known for his high fantasy novels includingThe Lord of the Rings,The Hobbitand others. Aside from being an author, Tolkien was also a poet, university professor and philologist. Due to Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books, he was able to breathe new life into the fantasy (and more specifically, high fantasy) genre. The Lord of the Rings andThe Hobbithave each been adapted into other mediums several times, but the most famous adaptations are the Peter Jackson film adaptations of each. Evidently, his legacy lives on decades after his passing due to movie adaptations of his work and as a major inspiration to any fantasy novelist.
Publication Order
Standalone Books
The Return of the Shadow
1988
The Treason of Isengard
1989
The War of the Ring
1990
Sauron Defeated
1992
Morgoth's Ring: The Legends of Aman
1993
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun
1945
Farmer Giles of Ham
1949
Drawings by Tolkien
1976
Roverandom
1998
The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún
2009
The Story of Kullervo
2015
The Lost Manuscript
2016
Beren and Lúthien
2017
Leaf by Niggle
1945
Smith of Wootton Major
1967
Tales from the Perilous Realm
1949
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
1962
Tree and Leaf
1964
Poems and Stories
1971
The Peoples of Middle-earth
1996
A Tolkien Miscellany
2002
The Fall of Arthur
2013
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo(With: Christopher Tolkien)
2021
The Battle of Maldon(With: Peter Grybauskaus)
2023
Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien(With: Christopher Tolkien)
1979
The Road Goes Ever On
1967
The Tolkien Reader
1966