J.R.R. Tolkien



John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973) was the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings.

Works

 * Songs for the Philologists, with E.V. Gordon et al.
 * The Hobbit or There and Back Again
 * Leaf by Niggle (short story)
 * The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, published in Welsh Review
 * Farmer Giles of Ham (medieval fable)
 * The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son published with the essay Ofermod
 * The Lord of the Rings
 * The Fellowship of the Ring: being the first part of The Lord of the Rings
 * The Two Towers: being the second part of The Lord of the Rings
 * The Return of the King: being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
 * The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book
 * The Road Goes Ever On, with Donald Swann
 * Tree and Leaf (On Fairy-Stories and Leaf by Niggle in book form)
 * The Tolkien Reader (The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorthelm's Son, On Fairy Stories, Leaf by Niggle, Farmer Giles of Ham' and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil'')
 * Tolkien on Tolkien (autobiographical)
 * Smith of Wootton Major