1937 The Hobbit or There and Back Again, ISBN 0-618-00221-9 (HM). 1945 Leaf by Niggle (short story) 1945 The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, published in Welsh Review 1949 Farmer Giles of Ham (medieval fable) 1953 The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son 1954-55 The Lord of the Rings 962 The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book 1964 Tree and Leaf (On Fairy-Stories and Leaf by Niggle in book form) 1966 Bilbo's Last Song (poem) 1966 The Tolkien Reader (The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, On Fairy-Stories, Leaf by Niggle, Farmer Giles of Ham, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil) 1967 The Road Goes Ever On, with Donald Swann 1967 Smith of Wootton Major
Poetry
1936 Songs for the Philologists, with E.V. Gordon et al. (apparently one of the rarest to find now) 1945 The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun 1964 Tree and Leaf
Posthumous publication
1975 Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings (edited version) was published in 2005 in The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull 1975 Translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo 1976 The Father Christmas Letters 1977 The Silmarillion 1979 Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien 1980 Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth 1980 Poems and Stories (a compilation of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, On Fairy-Stories, Leaf by Niggle, Farmer Giles of Ham and Smith of Wootton Major) 1981 The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (eds. Christopher Tolkien and Humphrey Carpenter) 1981 The Old English "Exodus" Text translation and commentary by J. R. R. Tolkien; edited by Joan Turville-Petre. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1982 Finn and Hengest: The Fragment and the Episode 1982 Mr. Bliss 1983 The Monsters and the Critics (essays) 1983–1996 The History of Middle-earth 1995 J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator - a compilation of Tolkien's art 1998 Roverandom 2002 A Tolkien Miscellany 2002 Beowulf and the Critics 2007 The Children of Húrin 2007 The History of The Hobbit 2008 Tales from the Perilous Realm (a compilation of Roverandom, Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Leaf by Niggle and Smith of Wootton Major) 2009 The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún 2013 The Fall of Arthur (a poem)
I've read several of Tolkien's works myself and consider that I've completed his novels but I want to go on and read his collections of essays, short stories and poems since he was a linguist and a great intellect.
1937 The Hobbit or There and Back Again, ISBN 0-618-00221-9 (HM).
1945 Leaf by Niggle (short story)
1945 The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, published in Welsh Review
1949 Farmer Giles of Ham (medieval fable)
1953 The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son
1954-55 The Lord of the Rings
962 The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book
1964 Tree and Leaf (On Fairy-Stories and Leaf by Niggle in book form)
1966 Bilbo's Last Song (poem)
1966 The Tolkien Reader (The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, On Fairy-Stories, Leaf by Niggle, Farmer Giles of Ham, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil)
1967 The Road Goes Ever On, with Donald Swann
1967 Smith of Wootton Major
Poetry
1936 Songs for the Philologists, with E.V. Gordon et al. (apparently one of the rarest to find now)
1945 The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun
1964 Tree and Leaf
Posthumous publication
1975 Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings (edited version) was published in 2005 in The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
1975 Translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo
1976 The Father Christmas Letters
1977 The Silmarillion
1979 Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien
1980 Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth
1980 Poems and Stories (a compilation of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, On Fairy-Stories, Leaf by Niggle, Farmer Giles of Ham and Smith of Wootton Major)
1981 The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (eds. Christopher Tolkien and Humphrey Carpenter)
1981 The Old English "Exodus" Text translation and commentary by J. R. R. Tolkien; edited by Joan Turville-Petre. Clarendon Press, Oxford
1982 Finn and Hengest: The Fragment and the Episode
1982 Mr. Bliss
1983 The Monsters and the Critics (essays)
1983–1996 The History of Middle-earth
1995 J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator - a compilation of Tolkien's art
1998 Roverandom
2002 A Tolkien Miscellany
2002 Beowulf and the Critics
2007 The Children of Húrin
2007 The History of The Hobbit
2008 Tales from the Perilous Realm (a compilation of Roverandom, Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Leaf by Niggle and Smith of Wootton Major)
2009 The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
2013 The Fall of Arthur (a poem)
I've read several of Tolkien's works myself and consider that I've completed his novels but I want to go on and read his collections of essays, short stories and poems since he was a linguist and a great intellect.