Lord of the Rings Trilogy

1. The Fellowship of the Rings
2. The Two Towers
3. The Return of the King

• The Hobbit - Prequel
• The Lord of the Rings (contains books #1-3)

History of Middle-Earth 

1. Book of Lost Tales vol. 1
2. Book of Lost Tales vol. 2
3. The Lays of Beleriand
4. The Shaping of Middle-Earth
5. The Lost Road and Other Writings
6. The Return of the Shadow
7. The Treason of Isengard
8. The War of the Ring
9. Sauron Defeated
10. Morgoth's Ring
11. The War of the Jewels
12. The Peoples of Middle-Earth