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J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography

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J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography
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This is a list of all the published works of the English writer and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, including works published posthumously.

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A selection of J. R. R. Tolkien's work

Fiction

Middle-earth

  1. The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
  2. The Two Towers (1954)
  3. The Return of the King (1955)

Poetry books

Posthumous

  1. The Book of Lost Tales 1 (1983)
  2. The Book of Lost Tales 2 (1984)
  3. The Lays of Beleriand (1985)
  4. The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986)
  5. The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987)
  6. The Return of the Shadow (The History of The Lord of the Rings vol. 1) (1988)
  7. The Treason of Isengard (The History of The Lord of the Rings vol. 2) (1989)
  8. The War of the Ring (The History of The Lord of the Rings vol. 3) (1990)
  9. Sauron Defeated (The History of The Lord of the Rings vol. 4, including The Notion Club Papers) (1992)
  10. Morgoth's Ring (The Later Silmarillion vol. 1) (1993)
  11. The War of the Jewels (The Later Silmarillion vol. 2) (1994)
  12. The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996)

Short works

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Poetry

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Unless stated otherwise, the years indicate the date of composition. The poem names are from The Book of Lost Tales, The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, and The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien.

  • Morning Song 1910-15
  • The Dale-lands 1910-14
  • Completorium 1910-15
  • Wood-sunshine: Wood-Elves Dance 1910-14
  • Meremenna Symbel (The Sirens Feast) 1910-?14
  • The Battle of the Eastern Field 1911
  • A Fragment of an Epic: Before Jerusalem Richard Makes an End of Speech 1911-14
  • The New Lemminkainen 1911
  • Lemminkainen Goeth to the Fords of Oxen 1911
  • Valedictory 1911-?15
  • Darkness on the Road 1911-15
  • Sunset in a Town 1911
  • The Horns of Ylmir 1912-17
  • Outside 1913-14
  • Magna Dei Gloria (Warwick) 1914-15
  • Éalá! Éarendel Engla Beorhtast! (The Book of Lost Tales Part Two) 1914-?1961 or ?62
  • The Bidding of the Minstrel, from The Lay of Eärendel (The Book of Lost Tales Part Two) 1914-?25
  • The Mermaid's Flute from 'The Lay of Earendel' 1914-17
  • Dark 1914-?24
  • Ferrum et Sanguis: 1914 1914
  • Sparrow Song 1914-15
  • As Two Fair Trees 1915-c. 1945
  • The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon 1915-62
  • The Two Riders 1915-?25
  • May-day 1915-23
  • Goblin Feet 1915-c. 1923
  • The Little House of Lost Play: Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva (The Book of Lost Tales Part One) 1915-?61 or ?62
  • Tinfang Warble (The Book of Lost Tales Part One) 1915-?27
  • The City of the Gods (The Book of Lost Tales Part One) 1915-23
  • The Shores of Faery 1915-?25
  • Princess Mee 1915-62
  • Tha Eadigan Saelidan: The Happy Mariners 1915-?40
  • The Horns of the Host of Doriath 1915-c. 1930
  • The Swallow, and the Traveller on the Plains[5] 1915
  • Empty Chapel ?1915
  • A Song of Aryador 1915
  • Dark Are the Clouds about the North 1915
  • Elf Alone 1915-18
  • The Trees of Kortirion 1915-?62
  • Narqelion 1915-16
  • The Pool of Forgetfulness 1915-c. 1920
  • Over Old Hills and Far Away 1916-27
  • The Song of Eriol (The Book of Lost Tales Part Two) 1916-?24
  • Eruman beneath the Stars 1916-c. 1924
  • The Lonely Isle 1916-c. 1927
  • "There once was a dashing 'Two-lieut':" 1916
  • Once upon a Time 1916-64
  • The Thatch of Poppies 1916-c. 1924
  • The Forest-walker 1916-?24
  • Stella Vespertina 1916-?1950s
  • An Ode Inspired by Intimations of the Approach of Early Morning Tea 1916-c. 1927
  • G.B.S.' 1916-?24
  • "Ye laggard woodlands and ye slumbrous brakes" ?1917
  • Companions of the Rose 1917-?24
  • The Grey Bridge of Tavrobel 1917-?27
  • "I stood upon an empty shore before the sun was born" ?1917
  • The Brothers-in-Arms 1918-c. 1920
  • A Rime for My Boy 1918
  • The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late ?1919-62
  • A Rhyme Royal upon Easter Morning ?1919-c. 1950
  • The Ruined Enchanter: A Fairy Ballad ?1919-c. 1927
  • The Motor-cyclists ?1919
  • As Light as Leaf on Linden-tree ?1919-54
  • Nieninque ?1921-?55
  • The Lay of the Fall of Gondolin ?1921-?25
  • The Lay of the Children of Húrin (begun in 1920 or earlier, continued to 1925) (The Lays of Beleriand)
  • Winter comes to Nargothrond ?1921-?25
  • The Clerkes Compleinte ?1922-c. 1925
  • The Hoard ?1922-61
  • Enigmata Saxonica Nuper Inventa Duo ?1923
  • úþwita sceal ealdgesægenum 1923
  • The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor (The Lays of Beleriand) 1925
  • Moonshine: Verses in a Medieval Measure 1923-c. 1927
  • The Song of Ælfwine on seeing the uprising of Eärendil 1924-c. 1955
  • Lines Composed in a Village Inn on an Evening of Extraordinary Liquid Beauty 1924-?c. 1950
  • From One to Five (Songs for the Philologists) c. 1924
  • Smakkabagms c. 1924
  • Ruddoc Hana (Songs for the Philologists) c. 1924
  • Ides Ælfscýne (Songs for the Philologists) c. 1924 [a]
  • Bagmē Blōma (Songs for the Philologists) c. 1924 [a]
  • Éadig Béo þu! (Songs for the Philologists) c. 1924 [a]
  • Ofer Wídne Gársecg (Songs for the Philologists) c. 1924 [a]
  • I Sat upon a Bench (Songs for the Philologists) c. 1924
  • The Stone Troll (Songs for the Philologists; The Adventures of Tom Bombadil) c. 1924-62
  • Frenchmen Froth (Songs for the Philologists) c. 1924
  • Two Little Schemes: Lit' and Lang' (Songs for the Philologists) c. 1924
  • All Hail! c. 1924
  • The Lion Is Loud and Proud c. 1924
  • Lay of Leithian (The Lays of Beleriand) 1925-c. 1949 or 50
  • Shadowland ?1926-c. 1955
  • The Mewlips ?1927-61 or 62
  • Reginhardus, the Fox ?1927
  • Monoceros, the Unicorn ?1927
  • Fastitocalon ?1927-61 or 62
  • Oliphaunt ?1927-61 or 62
  • Syx Mynet (Songs for the Philologists) ?1928
  • Lá Húru (Songs for the Philologists) ?1928
  • Natura Apis: Morali Ricardi Eremite (Songs for the Philologists) ?1928
  • The Hills Are Old ?1928-?61 or ?62
  • Natura Formice (et Significacio Simul) ?1928
  • A Song of Bimble Bay ?1928
  • Progress in Bimble Town ?1928
  • Glip ?1928
  • Perry-the-Winkle: A Nursery Rhyme in the House of Master Samwise ?1928-61
  • Old Grabbler ?1928
  • The Dragon's Visit to Upper Bimble ?1928-64
  • The Road Goes Ever On (The Hobbit; The Lord of the Rings) c. 1928-48
  • The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun (Welsh Review) ?1929-41
  • The Lay of Beowulf c. 1930
  • Hengest c. 1930
  • The Derelicts c. 1930
  • Brýdleoþ 1930
  • The Adventures of Tom Bombadil c. 1931-62
  • Monday Morning c. 1931-4
  • The Last Ark c. 1931-?61 or ?62
  • Éarendel at the Helm ?1931
  • "Dir avosaith a gwaew hinar" ?1931
  • The Last of the Old Gods ?1931
  • Bilbo's Last Song (at the Grey Havens) ?1931-c. 1960
  • Errantry c. 1931-62
  • The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son 1931-53
  • The Children of Húrin (rhyming couplets) ?1931 or ?32
  • The Prophecy of the Sibyl ?1931 or ?32
  • Bleak Heave the Billows c. 1932
  • The Sea-Bell c. 1932 or 33-1961
  • Quare Fremunt Omnes Gentes 1932
  • Mythopoeia (Tree and Leaf)[b] ?1932 or ?33-?35
  • The Merryman c. 1933
  • A Cherry with No Stone c. 1933
  • Incipit Visio Petri Aratoris de Doworst ?1933-53
  • The Last Ship ?1933-62
  • The Wanderers: A Moral Lay c. 1935
  • "When little Louis came to stay" 1935
  • "Monath módaes lust mith meriflóda" ?1936 or ?37-?1946
  • "Ilu Ilúvatar en kárẹ eldain a fírimoin" ?1936 or ?37
  • Lay of King Sheave (The Lost Road and Other Writings; Sauron Defeated) ?1936 or ?37-?46
  • Shadow-Bride ?1936-62
  • Noel ?1936
  • Ring-verse (The Lord of the Rings), 1938-54
  • A Walking Song (The Lord of the Rings), 1938-54
  • Rhyme (The Father Christmas Letters) 1938
  • A Closed Letter to Andrea Charicoryides Surnamed Polygrapheus, Logothete of the Theme of Geodesia in the Empire, Bard of the Court of Camelot, Malleus Malitiarium, Inclinga Sum Sometimes Known as Charles Williams 1943
  • Imram (Time and Tide; Sauron Defeated) c. 1945-55
  • Elvish translations of Catholic prayers (edited by Wynne, Smith, Hostetter in Vinyar Tengwar 43, 44, 2002), composed in the 1950s:
  • Scatha the Worm c. 1954
  • Cat ?1956
  • The Complaint of Mîm the Dwarf 1961 or 62
  • Bombadil Goes Boating 1962
  • For W. H. A. (Shenandoah) ?1967
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Academic and other works

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Posthumous publications

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Constructed languages

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A large volume of Tolkien's writings on his constructed languages, primarily the Elvish languages such as Quenya and Sindarin, have been published and annotated by scholars in the journals Vinyar Tengwar and Parma Eldalamberon.

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Audio recordings

  • 1967 Poems and Songs of Middle-earth, Caedmon TC 1231
  • 1975 J. R. R. Tolkien Reads and Sings His The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Caedmon TC 1477, TC 1478 (based on an August 1952 recording by George Sayer)

Art

  • 1979 Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien, George Allen & Unwin, text by Christopher Tolkien, ISBN 0047410035. 2nd edition 1992.
  • 1995 J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator (text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull)
  • 2011 The Art of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull)
  • 2015 The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull)
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See also

Notes

  1. Included in Shippey, Tom. The Road to Middle-Earth, Grafton, 1992. pp 303–309
  2. Republished in various editions, lately in the 1999 edition of Tree and Leaf in the UK only.
  3. This essay was not finished and has never been published in its entirety, although parts of it were published in Unfinished Tales, and the remaining parts were published in the periodical Vinyar Tengwar, issue number 42 in 2001.

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