6 must-read high fantasy books like The Nature of Middle-Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien

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The Nature of Middle-Earth

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

3.95

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

First ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of…

"It is also reflected in the commitment to the belief that everything, even Morgoth himself, was as created good, But that due to the free will possessed by every creature with a rational mind, they could fall: as one Vala and various Maiar, and Men corporately, did; and even Manwë, had he asserted his own will and judgement over Eru’s, would likewise have fallen."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Nature of Middle-Earth

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Cover of The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates by Ralph Louis Ketcham

1. The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates

By: Ralph Louis Ketcham

4.09

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The dissenting opinions of Patrick Henry and others who saw the Constitution as a threat to our har… read more

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  • classics
Cover of The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook by Alan  Lee, Ian McKellen

2. The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook

By: Alan Lee , Ian McKellen

2.86

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

In The Lord of the Rings SketchbookAlan Lee reveals in pictures and in words how he created the bea… read more

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  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • reference
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3. Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings

By: Henry N. Beard , The Harvard Lampoon , Douglas C. Kenney

4.25

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

A quest, a war, a ring that would be grounds for calling any wedding off, a king without a kingdom,… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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4. The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Robert Foster

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Hardcover

Now in a gorgeous new hardcover format with a four-color map of Middle-earth, this is the completel… read more

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  • literature
  • high fantasy
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  • reference
  • fantasy
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5. Tolkien: An Illustrated Atlas

By: David Day

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe is as vast as the human imagination, so an atlas is a helpful… read more

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  • high fantasy
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  • reference
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of Gormenghast (Gormenghast, #2) by Mervyn Peake

6. Gormenghast (Gormenghast, #2)

By: Mervyn Peake

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

Titus Groan is seven years old. Lord and heir to the crumbling castle Gormenghast. A gothic labyrin… read more

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  • literature
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  • novels
  • fantasy
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7. J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

By: Humphrey Carpenter

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in Septembe… read more

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  • literature

8. The Atlas of Middle-Earth

By: Karen Wynn Fonstad

3.04

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Karen Wynn Fonstad's THE ATLAS OF MIDDLE-EARTH is an essential volume that will enchant all Tolkien… read more

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9. The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created A New Mythology

By: Tom Shippey

3.91

Format: 631 pages, Paperback

Shippey's classic work, now revised in paperback, explores J.R.R. Tolkien's creativity and the sour… read more

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10. The Fortress of the Pearl (Elric #8)

By: Michael Moorcock

4.28

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

The seventh installment in the prolific Moorcock's series about warrior Elric of Melnibone is set e… read more

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11. The History of the Hobbit (One-Volume Edition)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , John D. Rateliff

3.69

Format: 47 pages, Hardcover

One-Volume Edition (revised update edition) Contains the complete unpublished manuscript version of… read more

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12. The Kalevala

By: Anonymous , Elias Lönnrot , Keith Bosley

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Kalevala is the great Finnish epic, which like the Iliad and the Odyssey, grew out of a rich or… read more

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13. The Federalist Papers

By: Alexander Hamilton

4.10

Format: 592 pages, Kindle Edition

Hailed by Thomas Jefferson as “the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever w… read more

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  • classics
  • reference
"Liberty is to faction what air is to fire..."

-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers

"If we are to be one Nation in any respect, it clearly ought to be in respect to other Nations."

-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers

"An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth. No. 75"

-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers

"No man ought certainly to be a judge in his own cause, or in any cause in respect to which he has the least interest or bias."

-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers

Cover of Blade of Dream (Kithamar, #2) by Daniel Abraham

14. Blade of Dream (Kithamar, #2)

By: Daniel Abraham

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Kithamar is a center of trade and wealth, an ancient city with a long, bloody history where countle… read more

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  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • epic fantasy
Cover of A Middle-Earth Traveller: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor by John  Howe

15. A Middle-Earth Traveller: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor

By: John Howe

4.59

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Let acclaimed Tolkien artist John Howe take you on an unforgettable journey across Middle-earth, fr… read more

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  • high fantasy
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  • fantasy
Cover of The Nature of Middle-Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien

16. The Nature of Middle-Earth

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

3.95

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

First ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • collections
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • reference
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"It is also reflected in the commitment to the belief that everything, even Morgoth himself, was as created good, But that due to the free will possessed by every creature with a rational mind, they c…"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Nature of Middle-Earth

Cover of Conan the Barbarian: Bound in Black Stone, Vol. 1 by Jim Zub

17. Conan the Barbarian: Bound in Black Stone, Vol. 1

By: Jim Zub

4.07

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

He forged a whole new genre – sword and sorcery. He spawned a thousand imitators and after 90 years… read more

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  • fantasy
Cover of The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy by Ursula K. Le Guin

18. The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Featuring a new introduction by Ken Liu, this revised edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s first full-len… read more

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  • literature
  • reference
"In many college English courses the words “myth"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

"I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

"The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world, and your fellow men, and your own feelings, and your destiny."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

"Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

Cover of The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-earth by John  Garth

19. The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-earth

By: John Garth

4.30

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A lavishly illustrated exploration of the places that inspired and shaped the work of J.R.R. Tolkie… read more

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  • literature
  • reference
"If Tolkien has a message, it is simple. Modern life tends to blind us to the true value of things - call it enchantment, if you will. Fantasy is a way to 'clean our windows' so we can see things as t…"

-John Garth, The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-earth

Cover of The Illustrated World of Tolkien by David Day

20. The Illustrated World of Tolkien

By: David Day

4.27

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An enchanting reference book for everything Tolkien! J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional universe is as… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of Faërie by Jonathan S. McIntosh

21. The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of Faërie

By: Jonathan S. McIntosh

4.43

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

J. R. R. Tolkien was a profoundly metaphysical thinker, and one of the most formative influences on… read more

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  • literature

9 Top fiction books like The Nature of Middle-Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien

Transform Your Habits

The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook

Alan Lee , Ian McKellen

2.86

Transform Your Habits

Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings

Henry N. Beard , The Harvard Lampoon , Douglas C. Kenney

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth

J.R.R. Tolkien , Robert Foster

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Tolkien: An Illustrated Atlas

David Day

3.51

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6 must-read literature books like J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter

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Leaf by Niggle

J.R.R. Tolkien

4.26

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The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth

J.R.R. Tolkien , Robert Foster

3.78

Transform Your Habits

J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

Humphrey Carpenter

3.94

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The Silmarillion

J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Ted Nasmith

4.01

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