How many books are based on Middle-earth?

He anthologized his findings into The History of Middle-earth, a downright massive twelve-volume series containing Tolkien’s vast droves of auxiliary lore, from stories to poems to song cycles. Some of these volumes expand The Lord of the Rings, while others expand The Silmarillion.

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Are there any other books in Middle-earth?

Further posthumous publications (with text more closely following Tolkien’s original) include Unfinished Tales, The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, Bilbo’s Last Song, The Children of Húrin, Beren and Luthien and The Fall of Gondolin.

What books should I read for Middle-earth?

If you wish to read Tolkien’s Middle-earth works approximately in the order they were written, then this is a very rough guide:

The Book of Lost Tales [volumes 1 & 2]
The Lays of Beleriand.
The Shaping of Middle-earth.
The Lost Road.
The Hobbit.
The Return of the Shadow.
The Treason of Isengard.
The War of the Ring.

Is The Silmarillion part of Lord of the Rings?

The publisher instead asked Tolkien to write a sequel to The Hobbit. Tolkien began to revise The Silmarillion, but soon turned to the sequel, which became The Lord of the Rings. He renewed work on The Silmarillion after completing The Lord of the Rings, and he greatly desired to publish the two works together.

How many words is The Silmarillion?

by J. R. R. Tolkien

(about 520 pages) 130,112 total words 89th PERCENTILE of all the books in our library	39.63% vividness 29th PERCENTILE of all the books in our library
2.42% all adverbs 17th PERCENTILE of all the books in our library	0.31% ly-adverbs 1st PERCENTILE of all the books in our library

Is Amazon LotR based on Silmarillion?

And the answer surprised many fans who thought the show would be focused on the events in The Silmarillion. Amazon doesn’t actually have the rights to The Silmarillion. This means the series will be based on The Appendices at the end of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.