J.R.R. Tolkien

All the world knows (and most of it has read) The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, both of which I cherish. I believe that I've read The Lord of the Rings upwards of fifteen or twenty times, starting when I was in third grade. I still take it down every year or so. Less well known are the stories Farmer Giles of Ham, Smith of Wooton Major, and Leaf by Niggle, all of which are excellent. The stories have been published in a variety of ways; the most recent is a collection entitled Stories and Poems. I have it in hardcover; it's probably available in softcover by now.

A Few Titles

• Poems and Stories

Reviews: 1 September 1997

• The Silmarillion

Reviews: 1 September 1997, 1 March 2004

• Roverandom

Reviews: 1 June 1998

• The Hobbit

Reviews: 1 January 2000, 1 September 2002, 1 December 2004

• The Lord of the Rings

Reviews: 1 January 2000, 1 April 2001, 1 February 2003, 1 February 2004

• The Fellowship of the Ring

Reviews: 1 February 2002

• The Two Towers

Reviews: 1 February 2002

• The Return of the King

Reviews: 1 February 2002

• The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

Reviews: 1 September 2001