10 must-read fantasy books like A Tolkien Compass by Jared Lobdell

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A Tolkien Compass

By: Jared Lobdell

3.51

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Eleven essays and articles, including: * Gollum's Character Transformation in THE HOBBIT Examin…

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Cover of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by J.R.R. Tolkien, Roger Garland

1. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Roger Garland

3.81

Format: 75 pages, Hardcover

This adventure book tells of Tom's encounters with the River-woman's beautiful daughter, Old Man Wi… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Para siempre un mensajero, Un viajero demorado, Errante como una pluma, Un marinero guiado por el viento."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

"There is an inn, a merry old inn beneath an old grey hill, And there they brew a beer so brown That the Man in the Moon himself came down one night to drink his fill."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

"There was a merry passenger, a messenger, a mariner: he built a gilded gondola to wander in, and had in her a load of yellow oranges and porridge for his provender; he perfumed her with marjoram and …"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

Cover of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Folger Shakespeare Library

2. Twelfth Night

By: William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays w… read more

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  • fiction
"a raven's heart within a dove."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"I pity you That's a degree to love"

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

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3. 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
  • fiction
  • reference
Cover of Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

4. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth

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

2.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Unfinished Talesis a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth t… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. Beowulf

By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney

3.49

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Fate goes ever as fate must."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Fate will unwind as it must!"

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Let whoever can win glory before death."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."

-Unknown, Beowulf

Cover of The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, Alan  Lee

6. The Children of Húrin

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Alan Lee

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

The Children of Hurin is the first complete book by J.R.R.Tolkien since the 1977 publication of The… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Visual Companion by Jude Fisher

7. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Visual Companion

By: Jude Fisher

3.87

Format: 160 pages,

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Two Towers Visual Companion comes a lavishly ill… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • reference
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8. 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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9. The Silmarillion

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

4.01

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the an… read more

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  • fiction
"Nightingales sang about her wherever she went."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

"The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

"All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

"No ames demasiado la obra de tus manos ni las invenciones de tu corazón."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

10. Roverandom

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Wayne G. Hammond , Christina Scull

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A classic children's story by the author of The Hobbit Rover should never have bitten the wizard's … read more

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11. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Visual Companion

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Jude Fisher

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Houghton Mifflin is proud to present a full-color, large-format, guide to the characters, cultures,… read more

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12. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Visual Companion

By: Jude Fisher , Viggo Mortensen

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The official, fully authorized companion to the second part of Peter Jackson's award-winning trilog… read more

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13. The Witch in the Wood (The Once and Future King, #2)

By: T.H. White

3.98

Format: 240 pages,

The Queen of Air and Darkness, is the second book in his epic work, The Once and Future King. It co… read more

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14. The Book of Lost Tales, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, #1)

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

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

The Book of Lost Tales 1 xxi, 345pp. THE BOOK OF LOST TALES, I, stands at the beginning of the enti… read more

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Cover of Tales from the Perilous Realm by J.R.R. Tolkien

15. Tales from the Perilous Realm

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.03

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

'Four classic tales from the author of The Hobbit The fat and unheroic Farmer Giles of Ham is calle… read more

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  • fiction
"God is the Lord, of angels, and of men... and of elves. Legend and History have met and fused"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm

"Bet visą tą laiką Makaliukas Klajūnas laukė pasirodant paštininkės Klyksnės su naujienomis iš žemės (net maži šuniukai žino, kad tai dažniausiai žmogžudystės ir futbolo rungtynių rezultatai, bet kart…"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm

"He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling,…"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm

"Fantasy is a natural human activity. It certainly does not destroy or even insult Reason; and it does not either blunt the appetite for, nor obscure the perception of, scientific veracity. On the con…"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm

16. 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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17. Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Unknown , Christopher Tolkien

3.33

Format: 194 pages, ebook

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18. 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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19. The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.36

Format: 524 pages, Paperback

A fantastic starter set for new Tolkien fans or readers interested in rediscovering the magic of Mi… read more

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20. The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth o… read more

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  • fiction
"Glory dwelt in that city of Gondolin of the Seven Names, and its ruin was the most dread of all the sacks of cities upon the face of Earth."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)

"There long he sojourned alone and roamed about the shore or fared over the rocks at the ebb, marvelling at the pools and the great weeds, the dripping caverns and the strange sea-fowl that he saw and…"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)

"If I chose to send thee, Tour son of Hour, them believe not that thy one sword is not worth the sending. For the valour of the Edain the Elves shall ever remember as the ages lengthen, marveling that…"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)

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21. A Tolkien Compass

By: Jared Lobdell

3.51

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Eleven essays and articles, including: * Gollum's Character Transformation in THE HOBBIT Examin… read more

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11 must-read fiction books like A Tolkien Compass by Jared Lobdell

Transform Your Habits

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

J.R.R. Tolkien , Roger Garland

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook

Alan Lee , Ian McKellen

2.86

Transform Your Habits

Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth

J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien

2.43

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Transform Your Habits

Leaf by Niggle

J.R.R. Tolkien

4.26

Transform Your Habits

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

Transform Your Habits

The Silmarillion

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

4.01

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