J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien — 12 titles in the rankings, first published between 1937 and 2018. They average 8.3, above the 7.8 the whole catalogue averages. 4 of the series have a reading order worth keeping to.
Editor’s note The Hobbit is the gentle way in; The Lord of the Rings is the main work, and readers here rate it higher volume by volume, with The Return of the King on top. The Silmarillion and the twelve-volume History of Middle-earth are for readers who want the background.
- Ranked titles
- 12 books
- Average score
- 8.3
- Total ratings
- 24.4K
- First published
- 1937–2018
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Series by J. R. R. Tolkien
Reading order of J. R. R. Tolkien's series
4 series with a set order — each one opens on the volume to read first.
All books by J. R. R. Tolkien in order →Books by J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Return of the King2.1K ratings
9.19.1 / 10 - The Lord of the Rings2.1K ratings
9.19.1 / 10 - The Two Towers3.9K ratings
8.98.9 / 10 - The Fellowship of the Ring5.9K ratings
8.88.8 / 10 - The Hobbit8.3K ratings
8.68.6 / 10 - The Silmarillion1.3K ratings
8.08.0 / 10 - The Fall of Gondolin85 ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - Beren and Lúthien109 ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - Unfinished Tales176 ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - Roverandom67 ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - The Children of Húrin342 ratings
7.87.8 / 10 - Farmer Giles of Ham50 ratings
7.87.8 / 10
Other books by J. R. R. Tolkien
Titles we know of but do not rank — they have not gathered enough reader ratings, or our sources do not agree on where they belong.
- 1929Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad
- 1936Songs for the Philologists
- 1964Tree and Leaf
- 1966The Tolkien Reader
- 1967Smith of Wootton Major
- 1976The Father Christmas Letters
- 1979Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1980Poems and Stories
- 1981The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1982Mr. Bliss
- 1982Finn and Hengest
- 1983The Book of Lost Tales
- 1983The Monsters and the Critics
- 1984The Book of Lost Tales: Part II
- 1985The Lays of Beleriand
- 1986The Shaping of Middle-earth
- 1987The Lost Road and Other Writings
- 1988The Return of the Shadow
- 1992Sauron Defeated
- 1993Morgoth's Ring
- 1994The Treason of Isengard
- 1994The War of the Jewels
- 1996The War of the Ring
- 1996The Peoples of Middle-earth
- 1997Tales from the Perilous Realm
- 2002Beowulf and the Critics
- 2002The New Shadow
- 2007The History of The Hobbit
- 2014Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary
- 2021The Nature of Middle-earth
- 2022The Fall of Númenor
- The Bovadium Fragments
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