Middle Earth Books Reading Order. Tolkien, born on january 3, 1892, in bloemfontein, south africa, settled in england as a child, going on to study at exeter college.while teaching at oxford university, he published the popular fantasy novels the hobbit and the lord of the rings trilogy. I’ll differ on kunal roy’s order slightly:
The return of the king. If you’re not thoroughly exhausted after all that, “the history of middle earth” is vast & enthralling, & “the adventures of tom bombadil” is an entertaining diversion. These books give an extended version of the great tales of the elder days, featured as a part of the silmarillion unfinished tales
Barbara strachey's journeys of frodo is also very good and both will give you an idea of the difficulties of reconciling bilbo's journey in the hobbit with frodo's later trip over the same territory — a problem even tolkien found.
The lord of the rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by english author and scholar j. The lord of the rings; “silmarillion”, “unfinished tales”, and “the children of hurin” as prologue, then “the hobbit” & “lord of the rings”. The lord of the rings trilogy