Published last November for $105, the collection includes beautiful editions of all three volumes in Tolkien's Lord of the ...

Of course, with many of these books being prequels to Frodo's story, it can sometimes be confusing to pinpoint a reading order. Those looking to get into Tolkien's Middle-earth works can choose ...

George R.R. Martin may be a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings but he revealed there’s another fantasy author who ...

The Hobbit, the earliest of Professor Tolkien’s selections from the Red Book, was first published in 1937, and I mention it because it forms a prologue to Tolkien’s major work. It is the ...

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J.R.R. Tolkien wrote his famous books, “The Hobbit”and “The Lord of the Rings,” in the style of ancient folklore. The elaborate historical and linguistic backstory he created for the books clearly ...

Tolkien described this civilizational backslide ... Love everything about books? Make sure to subscribe to our Book Club newsletter, where Ron Charles guides you through the literary news of ...

JRR Tolkien - full name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - was an English writer, poet and academic. He is best known for his fantasy novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien is often ...

an art card reproduction of the painting Tolkien made for The Hobbit's original dust jacket, a redesigned cover with a premium binding, and a clothbound slipcase to protect your expensive book.