About this book
The Silmarillion (1977), assembled and edited by Tolkien's son Christopher after his father's death, tells the deep prehistory of Middle-earth -- the creation of the world, the wars of the Elves and Valar, and tragic tales like Beren and Lúthien and the fall of Gondolin that Tolkien worked on for most of his adult life without ever finishing to his own satisfaction.
Key facts about The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion is a book by J. R. R. Tolkien. Readers have had it since 1977. It runs to 365 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Silmarillion. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780007322565 to find the main one.
J. R. R. Tolkien has 19 books in our catalogue. 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), The Fall of Númenor (2022), The Nature of Middle-earth (2021) and The Fall of Gondolin (2018).
Before this one, Smith of Wootton Major came out in 1967. After it came Unfinished Tales in 1980. Since then, our list has added 12 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.
Editions
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