History of Middle-Earth, volumes 1 to 12. By J.R.R. and Christopher Tolkien.
[The Story of Civilization, by Will and Ariel Durant, only went to 11 volumes.]









- The Book of Lost Tales, Part I (1983)
- The Book of Lost Tales, Part II (1984)
- The Lays of Beleriand (1985)
- The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986)
- The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987)
- The Return of the Shadow (1988)
- The Treason of Isengard (1989)
- The War of the Ring (1990)
- Sauron Defeated (1992)
- Morgoth’s Ring (1993)
- The War of the Jewels (1994)
- The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996)
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