Tolkien The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (1981) – selected, introduced and edited by Humphrey Carpenter, assisted by Christopher Tolkien Edited by Carl F. Hostetter The Nature of Middle-earth (2021) – essays and fragments, including on Elvish linguistics, with commentary by the scholar Carl F. Hostetter Edited by John D. Rateliff The History of The Hobbit (2007) - 2 volumes on the construction of The Hobbit with commentary by the scholar John D. Rateliff Edited by Christopher Tolkien These works present extended selections of Tolkien's legendarium (the large body of documents relating to The Silmarillion), with extensive notes and posthumous editing by his son Christopher. The separate 4-volume body of his comments on the drafts of The Lord of the Rings is included as volumes 6-9. The History of Middle-earth Early legendarium 1 The Book of Lost Tales 1 (1983) 2 The Book of Lost Tales 2 (1984) 3 The Lays of Beleriand (1985) 4 The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986) 5 The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987) The History of The Lord of the Rings 6 [1] The Return of the Shadow (1988) 7 [2] The Treason of Isengard (1989) 8 [3] The War of the Ring (1990) 9 [4] Sauron Defeated (1992) The later Silmarillion 10 [1] Morgoth's Ring (1993) 11 [2] The War of the Jewels (1994) Further details 12 The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996) Other stories The Tolkien Reader and Tales from the Perilous Realm both reprint The Adventures of Tom Bombadil Additional materials from the legendarium, with Christopher Tolkien's commentary. The Children of Húrin (2007) Beren and Lúthien (2017) The Fall of Gondolin (2018) Audio recordings Poems and Songs of Middle Earth (1967) – poems read by Tolkien; songs sung by William Elvin, accompanied by composer Donald Swann (as published in The Road Goes Ever On) J. R. R. Tolkien Reads and Sings his The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings (1975), Caedmon TC 1477, TC 1478 (based on an August, 1952 recording by George Sayer) Graphical works Tolkien's artwork Tolkien's maps Tolkien's scripts Cirth Sarati Tengwar Translations Translations of The Hobbit Translations of The Lord of the Rings Translation of The Lord of the Rings into Swedish Translations of The Lord of the Rings into Russian Adaptations and developments Maps A Map of Middle-earth, meaning either of two posters: by Barbara Remington (1965) by Pauline Baynes (1970) The Atlas of Middle-earth (1981,