The Silmarillion
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The Silmarillion
| Author | J.R.R. Tolkien |
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| Published | 1977 |
| Pages | 442 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The mythology behind The Lord of the Rings, from the creation of the world through the First Age — the making of the three Silmarils, their theft by the first dark lord, and the long ruinous oath sworn to get them back. It reads less like a novel than a chronicle or a scripture, which is the point and also why many readers who loved the trilogy bounce off it. |
The Silmarillion
Where I heard about it
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Photographed in July 2026 (Books photo album)
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Dissident Teacher — on A Library to Build Great Americans, a 468-title curriculum published on Substack in December 2025, the single Fantasy title in the Ages 13–99+ band (Lexile 1150).
About this edition
Drafted over decades and never finished — Tolkien died in 1973, and his son Christopher assembled and published it in 1977.
Connections
- A Library to Build Great Americans — the list this came from.
- J.R.R. Tolkien — the author; the book was edited into publishable shape by his son Christopher.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.