This second part of THE BOOK OF LOST TALES includes the tale of Beneren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, Necklace of the Dwarves, and the Fall of Gondolin. Each tale is followed by a commentary in the form of a short essay, together...

Two bewitching fantasies by J.R.R. Tolkien, beloved author of THE HOBBIT. In SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR, Tolkien explores the gift of fantasy, and what it means to the life and character of the man who receives it. And FARMER GILES OF HAM...

An extraordinary discovery is waiting for you on these pages. Mythic lore and forgotten legends unearthed by Christopher Tolkien from his father's archives unveil never-before-told stories of the three ages of ancient Middle-earth.

Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version of the great legend of Northern antiquity, recounted here in The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún. In the Lay of the Völsungs is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the sla...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angb...

The first volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure ITHE LORD OF THE RINGSdiv divIOne Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind themBRBRIn ancient times the Rings of Power were ...

The History of Middle-earth 5brEdited by Christopher TolkienbrINKLINGS OF GREATNESS . . . brJ.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis were friends and fellow members of the literary circle known as The Inklings. It is hardly surprising that, at ...

The third volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure ITHE LORD OF THE RINGS IOne Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them As the Shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the...

THE HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTHbrPoems and prose, maps and chronologies, detours and diversions along the road to Middle-earth . . . Christopher Tolkien has gathered archival materials that his late father, J. R. R. Tolkien, used to creat...

The Book of Lost Tales stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor, for the Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Simarillion. Complete with commentary and notes.

Stories, poems, and commentaries by the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings br FARMER GILES OF HAMbr An imaginative history of the distant and marvelous past that introduces the rather unheroic Farmer Giles, whose efforts ...

The End of the Third Age is comprised of the first section of the hardcover volume published as Sauron Defeated, the ninth volume of The History of Middle-earth. It completes Christopher Tolkien's account of the creation of The Lord ...

In The War of the Ring Christopher Tolkien takes up the story of the writing of The Lord of the Rings with the Battle of Helm's Deep and the drowning of Isengard by the Ents. This is followed by an account of how Frodo, Sam and Gollum...

Long before the One Ring was forged in the fires of Mount Doom, one man—Húrin—dared to defy Morgoth, the first and greatest of the dark lords to plague Middle-earth. Thus did he and his children, Túrin and Niënor, earn the enmi...

"The power of Tolkien's central characters . . . shines through." Library Journal.brA treasure trove of lore for old and new friends of Middle-earth. Enter now, reader, and learn of the hero of the Lay of Leithian. Hear as w...

The second volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure ITHE LORD OF THE RINGSIOne Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been bese...

New York Times bestseller"A thrill . . . Beowulf was Tolkien's lodestar. Everything he did led up to or away from it." —New Yorker  J.R.R. Tolkien completed his translation of Beowulf in 1926: he returned to it later...

New York Times Bestseller"A good introduction to LOTR fans nervous about taking on The Silmarillion, and also gives longtime fans a fascinating look at the Tolkiens' myth-making process."—Entertainme...

SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, PEARL, AND SIRORFEO THREE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH POEMS, WITH TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN   It’s Christmas at Camelot and King Arthur won’t begin to feast until he has witne...

New York Times bestseller "An incomplete but highly compelling retelling . . . An action-packed, doom-haunted saga, full of vivid natural description."—New York Times Book ReviewThe Fall of Arthur recounts in verse the la...

Begin your journey to Middle-earth.   The inspiration for the upcoming original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.   The first part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings. T...

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The Fellowship of the Ring is the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic advent...

Now a major motion pictureA great modern classic and the prelude to The Lord of the Rings Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentm...

In Britain's land beyond the seasThe wind blows ever through the trees;in Britain's land beyond the wavesare stony shores and stony caves.  So begins The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, an early but seminal work that grew, along with the t...

Begin your journey to Middle-earth.   The inspiration for the upcoming original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.   The third part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings. W...

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The Return of the King is the third part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adven...

"Majestic! . . . Readers of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings will find in The Silmarillion a cosmology to call their own, medieval romances, fierce fairy tales, and fiercer wars that ring with heraldic fury . . . It overwhe...

"Shows how Finnish mythology and folk tales were instrumental to how Tolkien created his own legendarium."—Boston Globe  Kullervo, son of Kalervo, is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. Tolkien's characters....

Begin your journey to Middle-earth.   The inspiration for the upcoming original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.   The second part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings. T...

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The Two Towers is the second part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure Th...