18 must-read history books like The World of J.R.R. Tolkien by Dimitra Fimi

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The World of J.R.R. Tolkien

By: Dimitra Fimi

4.14

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Though there has been some contention over the title, J.R.R. Tolkien is regarded by many as the fat…

If you liked the history plot in The World of J.R.R. Tolkien by Dimitra Fimi , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings by Mark Eddy Smith

1. Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings

By: Mark Eddy Smith

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

For Christians who are fans of Tolkien, Smith compares the tales of the Hobbits to those of spiritu… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • literary criticism
Cover of The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life by Peter S. Beagle, Noble Smith

2. The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life

By: Peter S. Beagle , Noble Smith

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In The Wisdom of the Shire,Noble Smith sheds a light on the life-changing ideas tucked away inside … read more

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  • literature
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends by Humphrey Carpenter

3. The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends

By: Humphrey Carpenter

4.08

Format: 581 pages, Hardcover

During the 1930s at Oxford, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams met regularly to discu… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • literature
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

4. The History of Ancient Egypt (The Great Courses #350)

By: Bob Brier

0.00

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

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5. The Story Of Medieval England from King Arthur To The Tudor Conquest (Great Courses, #8410)

By: Jennifer Paxton

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Audio CD

The Story of Medieval England: From King Arthur to the Tudor Conquest tells the remarkable story of… read more

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6. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth

By: John Garth

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

Revealing the horror and heroism the creator of Middle-earth experienced as a young man, Tolkien an… read more

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7. 1066: The Year That Changed Everything

By: Jennifer Paxton

3.57

Format: 432 pages, Audio CD

If you were to look back at hundreds of years of history in search of the one critical moment after… read more

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8. The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

By: Humphrey Carpenter , J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien

4.40

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

'...If you wanted to go on from the end of The Hobbit I think the ring would be your inevitable cho… read more

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9. Tales from the Perilous Realm

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Tom Shippey , Alan Lee

3.00

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien's four novellas ("Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by N… read more

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10. The Science of Sci-Fi: From Warp Speed to Interstellar Travel

By: Erin Macdonald

3.93

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Science fiction allows listeners to go places they can only dream of seeing—other worlds, distant s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
Cover of Medieval Myths & Mysteries (The Great Courses) by Dorsey Armstrong

11. Medieval Myths & Mysteries (The Great Courses)

By: Dorsey Armstrong

4.14

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 5 hours and 6 minutes Was King Arthur a real person? What about Robin Hood? Is… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of C.S. Lewis: Writer, Scholar, Seeker by Sorina Higgins

12. C.S. Lewis: Writer, Scholar, Seeker

By: Sorina Higgins

3.54

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Although his career is much richer and more varied than a single series of tales for children, Cliv… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Zombified: Real-World Lessons from Fictional Apocalypses by Athena Aktipis

13. Zombified: Real-World Lessons from Fictional Apocalypses

By: Athena Aktipis

3.52

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

You watch a horror movie or TV series and think, "Zombies don’t really exist". But when you conside… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
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14. The Essentials of Social Psychology

By: Wind Goodfriend

3.83

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Every interaction you have with people, each day of your life, involves social psychology. For thos… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Charlemagne Father of Europe by Philip Daileader

15. Charlemagne Father of Europe

By: Philip Daileader

3.76

Format: None pages, Audiobook

In Charlemagne: Father of Europe, you will look back on Charlemagne’s rule and the way his dynasty … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Say It: Words That Make a Difference by Allison Friederichs Atkison

16. How to Say It: Words That Make a Difference

By: Allison Friederichs Atkison

3.47

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

Words. We use them all the time, every day, mostly without giving them much thought at all. We take… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook

17. Sleep and Folklore in Popular Culture

By: Dr. Franziska Kohlt

3.53

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

t’s easy to dismiss dreams as “just dreams”—incoherent visions, disturbing, odd images that don’t r… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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18. A History of Video Games

By: Jeremy Parish

3.67

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Since their arrival in the mid-20th century, video games have become a sprawling, multi-billion dol… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories: What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why by Michael Shermer

19. Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories: What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why

By: Michael Shermer

3.81

Format: 7 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 6 hours and 30 minutes The stuff of conspiracy theories makes for great, enter… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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20. Anything You Can Imagine

By: Ian Nathan

4.34

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth saga, Anything You Can Imagine takes us on a… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Wolves and Werewolves in History and Popular Culture

By: Shannon Scott

3.82

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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22. Witchcraft in the Western Tradition

By: Jennifer McNabb

3.76

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

10 lectures on European and American witchcraft trials and history. 5 hours and 11 minutes Fr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"He who is not the right faith of God is not of God, but of him in whom he believes, that is the Devil. -Canon Episcopi"

-Jennifer McNabb, Witchcraft in the Western Tradition

"He who is not the right faith of God is not of God, but of him in whom he believes, that is the Devil." -Canon Episcopi"

-Jennifer McNabb, Witchcraft in the Western Tradition

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23. The World of J.R.R. Tolkien

By: Dimitra Fimi

4.14

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Though there has been some contention over the title, J.R.R. Tolkien is regarded by many as the fat… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • biography
  • literature
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • 21st century
  • education
  • mythology
  • literary criticism
Cover of American Monsters by Adam Jortner

24. American Monsters

By: Adam Jortner

3.99

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

4 hours and 55 minutes Cackling witches in Puritan communities calling forth Satan. Sea serpents… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • mythology
  • audiobook

25. Writing the Bible: Origins of the Old Testament

By: Martien Halvorson-Taylor

3.82

Format: None pages, None

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of The History of Sugar by Kelley Deetz

26. The History of Sugar

By: Kelley Deetz

3.63

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Call it dextrose, fructose, maltose, or sucrose. Have it powdered or granulated, by the teaspoon or… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of How Horror Works in Books and Film by Shannon Scott

27. How Horror Works in Books and Film

By: Shannon Scott

3.75

Format: 4 pages, Audiobook

Why are we scared of ghosts, zombies, vampires, demons, and monsters, when we know they are not rea… read more

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  • literature
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mysterious Case of Agatha Christie by Maureen Corrigan

28. The Mysterious Case of Agatha Christie

By: Maureen Corrigan

4.16

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

5 hours and 43 minutes Meet Agatha Christie, the best-selling novelist in human history. Her wri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the Elementary by James Krasner

29. Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the Elementary

By: James Krasner

3.95

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Every hero works to soothe the fears of the people during their period in history. Heroes are not o… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • literary criticism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Serial Killers: Real and Imagined (The Great Courses) by Emily Zarka

30. Serial Killers: Real and Imagined (The Great Courses)

By: Emily Zarka

3.41

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Monster stories aren’t just meant to entertain. They’re meant to inform, even educate. Above all, t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The History of the Superhero by Lan Dong

31. The History of the Superhero

By: Lan Dong

3.29

Format: None pages, Audiobook

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • education
  • audiobook

25 Top audiobook books like The World of J.R.R. Tolkien by Dimitra Fimi

Transform Your Habits

Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings

Mark Eddy Smith

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life

Peter S. Beagle , Noble Smith

5.00

Transform Your Habits

The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends

Humphrey Carpenter

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Science of Sci-Fi: From Warp Speed to Interstellar Travel

Erin Macdonald

3.93

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29 Best audiobook books like American Monsters by Adam Jortner

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Medieval Myths & Mysteries (The Great Courses)

Dorsey Armstrong

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries

Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet

John McWhorter

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Works

Maureen Corrigan

4.18

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