What Order to Read Tolkien In: A Friendly Guide
A spoiler-free guide to Tolkien's Middle-earth books, from The Hobbit to the posthumous Great Tales, with publication dates and three reading paths.
Spoilers: none6 min read
There and back again (and again).
Middle-earth
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and the adaptations: maps, languages, lore rabbit holes and second breakfasts.
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The Ages of Middle-earth: From the Elder Days to the Fourth Age
A guided timeline of Middle-earth's history, from the creation of the world through the First, Second and Third Ages to the dawn of the Fourth.
Spoilers: full6 min read
The Lord of the Rings: Books vs. Peter Jackson's Films
A full-spoiler tour of what Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films cut, changed, added and kept from Tolkien's book.
Spoilers: full6 min read
Tolkien's Languages: How He Built Quenya and Sindarin
How Tolkien invented Quenya and Sindarin, the real languages that inspired them, and the scripts and fictional histories he built around them.
Spoilers: none6 min read