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Middle Earth Books
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 880 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,455,423 ratings — published 1937
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 693 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,150,151 ratings — published 1954
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 652 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,125,157 ratings — published 1954
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 639 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,040,837 ratings — published 1955
The Silmarillion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 587 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.04 — 335,723 ratings — published 1977
The Children of Húrin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 408 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.06 — 93,385 ratings — published 2007
Unfinished Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 342 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.02 — 44,326 ratings — published 1980
Beren and Lúthien (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 249 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.06 — 24,544 ratings — published 2017
The Lord of the Rings (Paperback)
by (shelved 244 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.54 — 730,815 ratings — published 1959
The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
by (shelved 235 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.09 — 17,998 ratings — published 2018
The Book of Lost Tales 1 (The History of Middle-Earth, #1)
by (shelved 182 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.87 — 16,582 ratings — published 1983
The Book of Lost Tales 2 (The History of Middle-Earth, #2)
by (shelved 152 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.90 — 9,054 ratings — published 1984
The Lays of Beleriand (The History of Middle-Earth, #3)
by (shelved 124 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,199 ratings — published 1985
The Shaping of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle-Earth #4)
by (shelved 121 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,376 ratings — published 1986
The Lost Road and Other Writings (The History of Middle-Earth, #5)
by (shelved 120 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,967 ratings — published 1987
The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, #6)
by (shelved 117 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,390 ratings — published 1988
The Treason of Isengard: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two (The History of Middle-Earth, #7)
by (shelved 113 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,599 ratings — published 1989
The Peoples of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle-Earth #12)
by (shelved 112 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,829 ratings — published 1996
The War of the Ring (The History of Middle-Earth, #8)
by (shelved 107 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,941 ratings — published 1990
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.81 — 11,409 ratings — published 1962
Sauron Defeated: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four (The History of Middle-Earth, #9)
by (shelved 98 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,150 ratings — published 1992
Morgoth's Ring (The History of Middle-Earth, #10)
by (shelved 98 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,418 ratings — published 1993
The Fall of Númenor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.31 — 7,107 ratings — published 2022
The War of the Jewels (The History of Middle-Earth, #11)
by (shelved 96 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,826 ratings — published 1994
Tales from the Perilous Realm (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.07 — 11,863 ratings — published 1997
Bilbo's Last Song (Middle Earth, #4.5)
by (shelved 77 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.20 — 6,102 ratings — published 1974
The Atlas of Middle-Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.23 — 13,784 ratings — published 1981
The Nature of Middle-Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,443 ratings — published 2021
The History of Middle Earth Index (The History of Middle-Earth, #13)
by (shelved 49 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.25 — 589 ratings — published 2002
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.23 — 7,205 ratings — published 1981
The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.19 — 11,892 ratings — published 1971
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.62 — 144,258 ratings — published 1954
A Tolkien Bestiary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.04 — 7,334 ratings — published 1978
The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.87 — 7,900 ratings — published 2009
The Tolkien Reader (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.00 — 5,317 ratings — published 1995
The End of the Third Age: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four (The History of Middle-earth, #9a)
by (shelved 28 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.22 — 576 ratings — published 1992
The Hobbit (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.51 — 273,107 ratings — published 2001
Roverandom (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.88 — 16,347 ratings — published 1998
The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.15 — 7,842 ratings — published 1994
A Middle-Earth Traveller: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.58 — 2,030 ratings — published 2018
The Complete Tolkien Companion (Illustrated)
by (shelved 19 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.27 — 5,019 ratings — published 1976
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.06 — 16,526 ratings — published 1977
The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.99 — 4,755 ratings — published 1974
The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.81 — 105,071 ratings — published 2007
A Dictionary of Tolkien (Tolkien Illustrated Guides)
by (shelved 17 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.12 — 930 ratings — published
Tolkien: An Illustrated Atlas (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 17 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,475 ratings — published 2015
J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.25 — 10,401 ratings — published 1995
The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.58 — 85,105 ratings — published 2003
The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.95 — 6,139 ratings — published 1982
The Histories of Middle Earth, Volumes 1-5 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.47 — 836 ratings — published 1991
“But Ilúvatar knew that Men, being set amid the turmoils of the powers of the world, would stray often, and would not use their gifts in harmony; and he said: 'These too in their time shall find that all that they do redounds at the end only to the glory of my work.”
― The Silmarillion
― The Silmarillion
“His ordeal has stripped away every bit of himself and leaves him feeling completely exposed to his Enemy. He has no way to know when the next full-scale attack will come, only that it will and that he cannot hide or protect himself from it.
Yet even in Frodo’s darkness, with the fiery Ring as the only illumination he senses, there is still deep union between him and God. Evil continually forces its way into the hobbit’s soul, but God is already there to strengthen him in his struggle to keep the demonic power from overwhelming him completely. As Frodo burns upon the kindled wheel, he becomes a candle set alight by both Light and Dark, a figure 'clothed in flame' (LOTR, 890), as Sam saw by the red light in the Tower chamber. The combination of this torment, God’s love for him, and his own love for his world consume him in 'a holy sacrifice, truly pleasing to God' (Rom. 12:1).”
― Moments of Grace and Spiritual Warfare in The Lord of the Rings
Yet even in Frodo’s darkness, with the fiery Ring as the only illumination he senses, there is still deep union between him and God. Evil continually forces its way into the hobbit’s soul, but God is already there to strengthen him in his struggle to keep the demonic power from overwhelming him completely. As Frodo burns upon the kindled wheel, he becomes a candle set alight by both Light and Dark, a figure 'clothed in flame' (LOTR, 890), as Sam saw by the red light in the Tower chamber. The combination of this torment, God’s love for him, and his own love for his world consume him in 'a holy sacrifice, truly pleasing to God' (Rom. 12:1).”
― Moments of Grace and Spiritual Warfare in The Lord of the Rings
