According to Daerons Books there are more than 300 publications by or about Tolkien currently in print, below is a selection of the most well known.
A Middle English Vocabulary
1922. The Clarendon Press, Oxford.
This is Tolkiens earliest professional publication. It is a vocabulary that was used as a supplement to Fourteenth Century Verse and Prose by Sisam.
The Hobbit
1937. George Allen & Unwin, London.
In his first novel, Bilbo Baggins is enjoying a quiet life when the wizard Galdalf and a band of dwarves arrives to enlist his services--as a burglar
Farmer Giles of Ham
1949. George Allen & Unwin, London.
Farmer Giles did not look like a hero. Then one day a rather deaf and short-sighted giant blundered on to his land. More by luck than skill, Farmer Giles managed to scare him away. The people of the village cheered: Farmer Giles was a hero.
Lord of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
1954. George Allen & Unwin, London.
The first part of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in which a young hobbit, Bilbo's cousin, Frodo, is entrusted with making a dangerous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power.
Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers
1954. George Allen & Unwin, London.
The second book in the series. It tells the epic story of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring and involves Gandalf the Wizard, Merry, Pippin and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf and Strider.
Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King
1955. George Allen & Unwin, London.
While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarmed out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggled deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron's power. Their task was to defeat the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring of Power, but the way was hard and Frodo was weakening....
The Father Christmas Letters
1976. HarperCollins, London.
Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.Tolkien's children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas.
The Silmarillion
1977. George Allen & Unwin, London.
The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters from The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events, some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part.
