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J. R. R. Tolkien

1892–1973

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of the world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. This was peopled by Men (and women), Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Orcs (or Goblins) and of course Hobbits. He has regularly been condemned by the Eng. Lit. establishment, with honourable exceptions, but loved by literally millions of readers worldwide.

In the 1960s he was taken up by many members of the nascent "counter-culture" largely because of his concern with environmental issues. In 1997 he came top of three British polls, organised respectively by Channel 4 / Waterstone's, the Folio Society, and SFX, the UK's leading science fiction media magazine, amongst discerning readers asked to vote for the greatest book of the 20th century.

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Which books by J. R. R. Tolkien can I find here?: This page currently brings together 48 catalogue works, including The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring. This is a selection from our catalogue, not necessarily a complete bibliography. Open a work to compare editions and reviews.
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How are these books ordered?: The list uses catalogue reading-popularity data to put widely read works first. That is a discovery aid, not a claim that the first result is the author's best book or a recommended reading order.
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