On Sept. 15, 1939, two weeks after Nazi Germany invaded Poland, triggering World War II, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote to his publisher to explain why he didn’t expect to make much progress on his new story ...

The publication of "The Fall of Gondolin," at long last, represents the conclusion of a loose trilogy set in the Elder Days of J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional realm of Middle-earth. As with the ...

Beren and Lúthien, a story that Tolkien recounted in a chapter of his posthumously published The Silmarillion, was edited by his son Christopher Tolkien. According to BBC, the novel has been described ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Books. Followed categories will be added to My News. Beren and Lúthien, a story that Tolkien recounted in a chapter of his posthumously published The Silmarillion, ...

The publication of “The Fall of Gondolin,” at long last, represents the conclusion of a loose trilogy set in the Elder Days of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional realm of Middle-earth. As with the ...

Hidden in an old copy of The Lord of the Rings, a U.K. rare book store has found a map of Middle-earth annotated by J.R.R. Tolkien himself. The map, found in a book given to Blackwell's Rare Books, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An expert collector of J.R.R. Tolkien has claimed the Oxford author's alleged belongings listed for sale in a now-cancelled ...

Good news for “Lord of the Rings” fans: A new book by J.R.R. Tolkien hit shelves Thursday, a century after the fantasy author first started working on it. “Beren and Lúthien,” a story that Tolkien ...