The History of Middle-earth

• The Book of Lost Tales 1 (1983)
• The Book of Lost Tales 2 (1984)
• The Lays of Beleriand (1985)
• The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986)
• The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987)
• The Return of the Shadow (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.1) (1988)
• The Treason of Isengard (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.2) (1989)
• The War of the Ring (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.3) (1990)
• Sauron Defeated (includes The History of The Lord of the Rings v.4) (1992)
• Morgoth's Ring (The Later Silmarillion v.1) (1993)
• The War of the Jewels (The Later Silmarillion v.2) (1994)
• The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996)

Other

• The Hobbit (1937)
• The Lord of the Rings (1954-5)
• The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962)
• Bilbo's Last Song (poem given to Joy Hill 1966)
• The Silmarillion (1977)
• Unfinished Tales (1980)
• The Children of Húrin (2007)
• The Lay of Leithian (unfinished poem)