Paul McNabb's Tolkien Resources
This is just a place for me to put information about Tolkien books, websites, and other resources. If it is interesting or useful for other people, so much the better.
CONTENTS
- Primary Source Books
- Secondary Source Books
- Reference Books
- Literary Criticism and Commentary
- Tolkien Biographies
- LOTR Movie Materials
- Maps and Posters
- Online Resources
Primary Source Books
These are the canonical works by J.R.R. Tolkien comprising the corpus of the Middle Earth saga. These are the basis for everything else.
- The Hobbit (1937)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (1954)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (1955)
- The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962)
- Bilbo's Last Song (1966/1990)
- The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle (1967/1978/1993)
- The Silmarillion (1977)
- Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth (1980)
- The Children of Hurin (2007)
Secondary Source Books
These are contain material from Tolkien himself, but they are not finished stories. They are collections of notes and documents by Tolkien, assembled and annotated by his son Christopher.
- The History of Middle Earth Volume 1: The Book of Lost Tales 1 (1983)
- The History of Middle Earth Volume 2: The Book of Lost Tales 2 (1984)
- The History of Middle Earth Volume 3: The Lays of Beleriand (1985)
- The History of Middle Earth Volume 4: The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986)
- The History of Middle Earth Volume 5: The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987)
- The History of Middle Earth Volume 6: The Return of the Shadow (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.1) (1988)
- The History of Middle Earth Volume 7: The Treason of Isengard (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.2) (1989)
- The History of Middle Earth Volume 8: The War of the Ring (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.3) (1990)
- The History of Middle Earth Volume 9: Sauron Defeated (includes The History of The Lord of the Rings v.4) (1992)
- The History of Middle Earth Volume 10: Morgoth's Ring (The Later Silmarillion v.1) (1993)
- The History of Middle Earth Volume 11: The War of the Jewels (The Later Silmarillion v.2) (1994)
- The History of Middle Earth Volume 12: The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996)
- The History of Middle Earth: The History of Middle-earth: Index (2002)
Reference Books
Literary Criticism and Commentary
Tolkien Biolgraphies
LOTR Movie Materials
Maps and Posters
Online Resources