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The Nature of Middle-earth

Published
1 January 2021
Pages
464
ISBN-13
9780008387921
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About this book

The Nature of Middle-earth (2021), edited by Carl F. Hostetter, gathers late essays and fragments in which Tolkien worked out how Middle-earth actually functions -- a companion volume rather than a narrative in its own right.

Key facts about The Nature of Middle-earth

J. R. R. Tolkien wrote The Nature of Middle-earth, a book on our list. It has been out since 2021. The book has 464 pages.

We list 1 edition of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780008387921 to find the main one.

J. R. R. Tolkien has 19 books on our list. 3 of them belong to a series, while 16 stand alone. All 19 are out now. Other books by J. R. R. Tolkien on file include The Battle of Maldon: Together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth (2023), Beren and Lúthien (2017), The Story of Kullervo (2015) and The Fall of Arthur (2013).

Earlier, The Fall of Gondolin came out in 2018. After it came The Fall of Númenor in 2022. Since then, our list has added 3 more books by J. R. R. Tolkien.

J. R. R. Tolkien has 1 series on file, The Lord of the Rings. That series sits on our epic fantasy shelf. Meanwhile, The Bovadium Fragments is the latest published J. R. R. Tolkien book on file, from 2025.

About J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) was a British philologist and novelist whose The Lord of the Rings, published in three volumes between 1954 and 1955, effectively created the modern epic fantasy genre and remains one of the best-selling novels ever written. See every J. R. R. Tolkien book in order.

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