Literature quiz
Tolkien's Middle-earth books in order of publication
The Hobbit, the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings and six books published after Tolkien's death. Sort them by when they first appeared.
- Format
- Put them in order
- Items
- 10 to sort
- Limit
- None
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
See every entry and put the whole list in order.
- Entries
- 10
- Sort by
- Published
- Time limit
- None
- Touch screens start in Tap mode: tap the entries in order, and tap one again to take it back.
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About this quiz
The Hobbit, Tolkien's first published work of fiction, appeared in 1937. He began a sequel that December, and it was eventually published in three volumes in 1954 and 1955 as The Lord of the Rings.
- The Fellowship of the Ring came out in July 1954 and The Two Towers four months later.
- The Silmarillion was published in 1977, edited by Christopher Tolkien.
- The Book of Lost Tales is the first of the 12 volumes of The History of Middle-earth.
- The Fall of Gondolin, in 2018, was the last book Christopher Tolkien edited.
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