Of course, with many of these books being prequels to Frodo's story, it can sometimes be confusing to pinpoint a reading order. Those looking to get into Tolkien's Middle-earth works can choose ...

You'll get two fold-out, poster-sized maps of Thror's Map and the Wilderland, an 88-page illustrated booklet, an art card reproduction of the painting Tolkien made for The Hobbit's original dust ...

She wrote that determining distances was a challenge: “Tolkien’s usage of leagues ... Fonstad spent two and a half years on the project, reading through the novels line by line and ...