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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 941 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,662,412 ratings — published 1937
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 740 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,252,777 ratings — published 1954
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 676 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,189,887 ratings — published 1954
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 671 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,098,344 ratings — published 1955
The Silmarillion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 632 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.04 — 352,135 ratings — published 1977
The Children of Húrin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 426 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.07 — 97,308 ratings — published 2007
Unfinished Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 353 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.03 — 46,118 ratings — published 1980
Beren and Lúthien (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 272 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.06 — 26,814 ratings — published 2017
The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
by (shelved 254 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.09 — 19,712 ratings — published 2018
The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)
by (shelved 250 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.55 — 752,878 ratings — published 1955
The Book of Lost Tales 1 (The History of Middle-Earth, #1)
by (shelved 190 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.87 — 17,025 ratings — published 1983
The Book of Lost Tales 2 (The History of Middle-Earth, #2)
by (shelved 159 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.90 — 9,299 ratings — published 1984
The Lays of Beleriand (The History of Middle-Earth, #3)
by (shelved 133 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,351 ratings — published 1985
The Shaping of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle-Earth #4)
by (shelved 128 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,492 ratings — published 1986
The Lost Road and Other Writings (The History of Middle-Earth, #5)
by (shelved 126 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,075 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 123 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.11 — 3,489 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 119 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,709 ratings — published 1989
The Peoples of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle-Earth #12)
by (shelved 118 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,895 ratings — published 1996
The Fall of Númenor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 117 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.30 — 8,384 ratings — published 2022
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.81 — 12,315 ratings — published 1962
The War of the Ring (The History of Middle-Earth, #8)
by (shelved 113 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,002 ratings — published 1990
Morgoth's Ring (The History of Middle-Earth, #10)
by (shelved 104 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,490 ratings — published 1993
The War of the Jewels (The History of Middle-Earth, #11)
by (shelved 104 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,885 ratings — published 1994
Sauron Defeated: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four (The History of Middle-Earth, #9)
by (shelved 102 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,202 ratings — published 1992
Tales from the Perilous Realm (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.07 — 12,501 ratings — published 1997
Bilbo's Last Song (Middle Earth, #4.5)
by (shelved 87 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.20 — 6,463 ratings — published 1974
The Atlas of Middle-Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.24 — 14,053 ratings — published 1981
The Nature of Middle-Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,541 ratings — published 2021
The History of Middle Earth Index (The History of Middle-Earth, #13)
by (shelved 53 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.25 — 593 ratings — published 2002
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.24 — 7,471 ratings — published 1981
The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.19 — 11,972 ratings — published 1971
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.62 — 147,951 ratings — published 1954
A Tolkien Bestiary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.05 — 7,397 ratings — published 1978
The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.87 — 8,034 ratings — published 2009
The Tolkien Reader (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.00 — 5,384 ratings — published 1995
The Hobbit (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.51 — 283,876 ratings — published 2001
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 — 586 ratings — published 1992
Roverandom (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.88 — 16,931 ratings — published 1998
The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.15 — 7,875 ratings — published 1994
A Middle-Earth Traveller: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.58 — 2,140 ratings — published 2018
The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.81 — 104,853 ratings — published 2007
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.07 — 17,037 ratings — published 1977
The Complete Tolkien Companion (Illustrated)
by (shelved 19 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,062 ratings — published 1976
J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.26 — 10,649 ratings — published 1995
The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 3.99 — 4,762 ratings — published 1974
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 — 6,176 ratings — published 1982
A Dictionary of Tolkien (Tolkien Illustrated Guides)
by (shelved 16 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.11 — 971 ratings — published
The Histories of Middle Earth, Volumes 1-5 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.47 — 846 ratings — published 1991
The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.58 — 88,897 ratings — published 2003
The History of the Hobbit, Part Two: Return to Bag-End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as middle-earth)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,691 ratings — published 2007
“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
“I met a lot of things on the way that astonished me. Tom Bombadil I knew already; but I had never been to Bree. Strider sitting in the corner at the inn was a shock, and I had no more idea who he was than had Frodo. The Mines of Moria had been a mere name; and of Lothloriene no word had reached my mortal ears till I came there. Far away I knew there were the Horselords on the confines of an ancient Kingdom of Men, but Fanghorn Forest was an unforeseen adventure. I had never heard of the House of Eorl nor of the Stewards of Gondor. Most disquieting of all, Saruman had never been revealed to me, and I was as mystefied as Frodo at Gandalf's failure to appear on September 22.
J.R.R. Tolkien, in a letter to W.H. Auden, June 7, 1955”
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J.R.R. Tolkien, in a letter to W.H. Auden, June 7, 1955”
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