Template:Publishedmajorbooks/Timeline

An entry is listed here only when it aims to publish Tolkien's original materials in its entirety, and is large enough to be considered a "book".
Only the first editions are concerned.

It gives a glance of the progress and the rate of the publication of Tolkien's materials.

• 1920

• 1921

• 1922 — A Middle English Vocabulary

• 1923

• 1924

• 1925 — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ed. Norman Davis (from 1967)

• 1926

• 1927

• 1928

• 1929

• 1930

• 1931

• 1932

• 1933

• 1934

• 1935

• 1936

• 1937 — The Hobbit

• 1938

• 1939

• 1940

• 1941

• 1942

• 1943

• 1944

• 1945

• 1946

• 1947

• 1948

• 1949 — Farmer Giles of Ham eds. Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond (from 1999)

• 1950

• 1951

• 1952

• 1953

• 1954 — The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers

• 1955 — The Return of the King

• 1956

• 1957

• 1958

• 1959

• 1960

• 1961

• 1962 — The Adventures of Tom Bombadil eds. Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond (from 2014); Ancrene Wisse

• 1963

• 1964 — Tree and Leaf

• 1965

• 1966

• 1967 — Smith of Wootton Major ed. Verlyn Flieger (from 2005); The Road Goes Ever On

• 1968

• 1969

• 1970

• 1971

• 1972

• 1973

• 1974 — Bilbo's Last Song

• 1975 — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 1976 — Letters from Father Christmas ed. Baillie Tolkien

• 1977 — The Silmarillion ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 1978

• 1979 — Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 1980 — Unfinished Tales ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 1981 — The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien eds. Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien

• 1982 — Finn and Hengest: The Fragment and the Episode ed. Alan Bliss; The Old English Exodus ed. Joan Turville-Petre; Mr. Bliss

• 1983 — The Book of Lost Tales: Part One ed. Christopher Tolkien; The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 1984 — The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 1985 — The Lays of Beleriand ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 1986 — The Shaping of Middle-earth ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 1987 — The Lost Road and Other Writings ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 1988 — The Return of the Shadow ed. Christopher Tolkien; The Annotated Hobbit ed. Douglas A. Anderson

• 1989 — The Treason of Isengard ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 1990 — The War of the Ring ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 1991

• 1992 — Sauron Defeated ed. Christopher Tolkien; J.R.R. Tolkien: Life and Legend Judith Priestman

• 1993 — Morgoth's Ring ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 1994 — The War of the Jewels ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 1995 — J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond; Parma Eldalamberon 11 eds. Christopher Gilson et al.

• 1996 — The Peoples of Middle-earth ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 1997 — Tales from the Perilous Realm

• 1998 — Roverandom eds. Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond; Parma Eldalamberon 12 eds. Christopher Gilson et al.

• 1999

• 2000

• 2001 — Parma Eldalamberon 13 eds. Christopher Gilson et al.

• 2002 — Beowulf and the Critics ed. Michael D.C. Drout

• 2003 — Parma Eldalamberon 14 eds. Christopher Gilson et al.

• 2004 — Parma Eldalamberon 15 eds. Christopher Gilson et al.

• 2005

• 2006 — Parma Eldalamberon 16 eds. Christopher Gilson et al.

• 2007 — The Children of Húrin ed. Christopher Tolkien; The History of The Hobbit ed. John D. Rateliff; Parma Eldalamberon 17 ed. Christopher Gilson

• 2008 — Tolkien On Fairy-stories eds. Verlyn Flieger, Douglas A. Anderson

• 2009 — The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún ed. Christopher Tolkien; Parma Eldalamberon 18 eds. Christopher Gilson et al.

• 2010 — Parma Eldalamberon 19 ed. Christopher Gilson

• 2011 — The Art of The Hobbit Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond

• 2012 — Parma Eldalamberon 20 ed. Arden R. Smith

• 2013 — The Fall of Arthur ed. Christopher Tolkien; Parma Eldalamberon 21 eds. Christopher Gilson et al.

• 2014 — Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 2015 — The Story of Kullervo ed. Verlyn Flieger; The Art of The Lord of the Rings Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond; Parma Eldalamberon 22 eds. Christopher Gilson et al.

• 2016 — The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun ed. Verlyn Flieger; A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages eds. Dimitra Fimi, Andrew Higgins; Leaf by Niggle

• 2017 — Beren and Lúthien ed. Christopher Tolkien

• 2018 — The Fall of Gondolin ed. Christopher Tolkien; Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth Catherine McIlwaine; Tolkien: Treasures Catherine McIlwaine

• 2019

• 2020

• 2021 — The Nature of Middle-earth ed. Carl F. Hostetter

• 2022 — The Chronology of The Lord of the Rings ed. William Cloud Hicklin; The Fall of Númenor ed. Brian Sibley; J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript William M. Fliss, Sarah C. Schaefer

• 2023 — The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth ed. Peter Grybauskas