| The History of Middle-earth |
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| Volumes I and II |
| Volume III |
| Volume IV |
| Volume V |
| Volumes VI–IX |
| Volume X |
| Volume XI |
| Volume XII |
| Middle-earth Portal |
The Lost Road and Other Writings is the fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth, a series of compilations of drafts and essays written by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was edited and published posthumously in 1987 by Christopher Tolkien. It contains the following pieces:
- "The Early History of the Legend" — an introduction to the following two pieces, detailing how Tolkien's correspondence with C. S. Lewis led to the writing of The Lost Road.
- The Fall of Númenor — an early draft of the Akallabêth
- The Lost Road — a story that connects Tolkien's other tales to the present
- The later Annals of Beleriand
- The later Annals of Valinor
- The Ainulindalë — an early version of The Music of the Ainur
- The Lhammas ("Account of Tongues") — an overview of the various languages of the Elves
- Quenta Silmarillion — a draft of The Silmarillion
- The Etymologies — a long list of words and roots, the best source on Elvish languages
- The second Silmarillion map
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| Fiction | Songs for the Philologists (1936) • The Hobbit or There and Back Again (1937) • Leaf by Niggle (1945) • The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun (1945) • Farmer Giles of Ham (1949) • The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son (1953) • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (1954), The Two Towers (1954), The Return of the King (1955) • The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book (1962) • The Road Goes Ever On (1967) • Tree and Leaf (1964) • The Tolkien Reader (1966) • Smith of Wootton Major (1967) |
| Posthumous Fiction | The Father Christmas Letters (1976) • The Silmarillion (1977) • Unfinished Tales (1980) • Bilbo's Last Song (1990) • The History of Middle-earth (12 Volumes) (1983–1996) • Roverandom (1998) • The Children of Húrin (2007) • The History of The Hobbit (2007) |
| Academic | A Middle English Vocabulary (1922) • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Middle English text, 1925) • Some Contributions to Middle-English Lexicography (1925) • The Devil's Coach Horses (1925) • Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad (1929) • The Name 'Nodens' (1932) • Sigelwara Land parts I and II, in Medium Aevum (1932-34) • Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve's Tale (1934) • Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics (1936) • The Reeve's Tale: version prepared for recitation at the 'summer diversions' (1939) • On Fairy-Stories (1939) • Sir Orfeo (1944) • Ofermod and Beorhtnoth's Death (1953) • Middle English "Losenger": Sketch of an etymological and semantic enquiry (1953) • Ancrene Wisse: The English Text of the Ancrene Riwle (1962) • English and Welsh (1963) • Introduction to Tree and Leaf (1964) • Contributions to the Jerusalem Bible (as translator and lexicographer) (1966) • Tolkien on Tolkien (autobiographical) (1966) |
| Posthumous Academic | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo (Modern English translations, 1975) • Finn and Hengest (1982) • The Monsters and the Critics (1983) • Beowulf and the Critics (2002) |
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| Published during his lifetime: | The Hobbit · The Lord of the Rings · The Adventures of Tom Bombadil · The Road Goes Ever On |
| Posthumous publications: | The Silmarillion · Unfinished Tales · The History of Middle-earth (12 volumes) · Bilbo's Last Song · The Children of Húrin · The History of The Hobbit |
| Lists of articles: | By category · By name · Writings · Characters · Peoples · Rivers · Realms · Ages |
