Series
The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien & uncredited · 3 novels · 9 short stories · 1 collection · 1954–2001
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by the English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book The Hobbit but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-selling books ever written, with over 150 million copies sold.
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A curated way into the series.
✦ Curated by the Loreful team
+4 newer works not in this orderThe Lord of the Rings is one story published in three volumes, and they run in order: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King. There is no earlier volume to find first and nothing later that rearranges them. The prologue and the appendices travel inside the volumes themselves — the prologue opens the first, the appendices close the third — so the three books are the whole route.
- The Lord of the Rings Appendices(6 works)
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
The Lord of the Rings at the centre, 1 subseries around it, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1950s9
- 1960s1
- 1970s0
- 1980s2
- 1990s0
- 2000s1
Shape
3 novels · 9 short stories · 1 collection
1 author
reads like:epic fantasywarsecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedreflectiveadult
Mood
Bright and calm: 30% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 6%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book10 of 13 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Prologue: Concerning Hobbitsdarkest · calmest
- The Fellowship of the Ringbrightest
- The Two Towersmost intense