Basic Hierarchy for this Wiki (decreasing relevance):
- 1st: J. R. R. Tolkien, works published during lifetime:
- The Hobbit (1937)
- The Lord of the Rings (series, 3 volumes)
- The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book (1962)
- The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle (1967-1968)
- 2nd: Posthumous publications:
- The Silmarillion (1977)
- Later unfinished works
- Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth (1980)
- The History of Middle-earth (series, 12 volumes)
- The Book of Lost Tales Part One (1983)
- The Book of Lost Tales Part Two (1984)
- The Lays of Beleriand (1985)
- The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta, and The Annals (1986)
- The Lost Road and Other Writings: Language and Legend before 'The Lord of the Rings' (1987)
- The Return of the Shadow: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part One (1988)
- The Treason of Isengard: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Two (1989)
- The War of the Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three (1990)
- Sauron Defeated: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Four (1992)
- Morgoth's Ring: The Later Silmarillion, Part One: The Legends of Aman (1993)
- The War of the Jewels: The Later Silmarillion, Part Two (1994)
- The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996)
- Books assembled and edited by C. J. R. Tolkien
- The Children of Húrin (2007)
- Beren and Lúthien (2017)
- The Fall of Gondolin (2018)
- Letters
- Early works
- Illustrations and sketches
- 3rd: Works not written by J.R.R Tolkien:
- Tolkien studies, Conlang publications
- Pen&Paper games, Tabletop games, Card games, Videogames etc.
- Fanfic