Outline of Middle-earth

• J. R. R. Tolkien
• Christopher Tolkien

• The Hobbit (1937)
• The Lord of the Rings
  • The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
  • The Two Towers (1954)
  • The Return of the King (1955)
• The Road Goes Ever On, with music by Donald Swann (1967)

Posthumously published

• The Silmarillion (1977)
• Unfinished Tales (1980)

These works present extended selections of unpublished texts by J. R. R. Tolkien, with extensive notes and posthumous editing by his son.

• The History of Middle-earth (12 volumes)

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

• The Hobbit (1967) – Gene Deitch's extremely short animated adaptation
• The Hobbit (1977) – an animated musical television special by Rankin/Bass
• The Lord of the Rings (1978) – an animated film of the first half of the book by Ralph Bakshi
• The Return of the King (1980) – the animated sequel to 1977's The Hobbit
• The Lord of the Rings film series – the live-action trilogy by Peter Jackson
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• The Hobbit film series – Jackson's three-part prequel to his The Lord of the Rings series
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

• Middle-earth Role Playing (Iron Crown Enterprises, 1984)
• Lord of the Rings Adventure Game (Iron Crown Enterprises, 1991)
• The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game (Decipher, Inc., 2002)
• The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild (Cubicle 7, 2011)
• Adventures in Middle-earth (OGL supplement by Cubicle 7, 2016)

• The Hobbit (1982)
• Elendor (1991)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• The Hobbit (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth (2004)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (Game Boy Advance) (2004)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (2006)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king (2006)
• The Lord of the Rings: The White Council (2007; cancelled)
• The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (2007)
• The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (2009)
• The Lord of the Rings: Tactics (2009)
• The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest (2010)
• The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (2011)
• Guardians of Middle-earth (2012)
• Lego The Lord of the Rings (2012)
• Lego The Hobbit (2014)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War (2017)

• Eärendil, the Evening Star
• The Two Trees

• Middle-earth
• Númenor
• Valinor

• Beleriand
• Dead Marshes
• Gondor
• Harad
• Lothlórien
• Mirkwood
• Mordor
• The Old Forest
• Rohan
• The Shire

• Mount Doom

• Barad-dûr
• Bree
• Dol Guldur
• Esgaroth
• Isengard
• Moria
• Rivendell

• Mithril
• The Palantíri
• Rings of Power
  • The One Ring
  • The Three Rings
• The Silmarils
• Weapons and armour

• Battle of Helm's Deep
• Battle of the Pelennor Fields
• Battle of the Morannon
• The Scouring of the Shire

House of Finwë

• Finwë
• Fëanor
• Maedhros
• Finrod Felagund
• Galadriel

House of Elwë and Olwë

• Thingol
• Lúthien

House of Marach

• Húrin
• Túrin Turambar
• Tuor
• Elrond
• Arwen

Others

• Beren
• Sauron
• Ungoliant

• Elendil
• Isildur

Thorin and Company

• Thorin Oakenshield
• Balin
• Bilbo Baggins
• Gandalf

The Fellowship of the Ring

• Frodo Baggins
• Samwise Gamgee
• Merry Brandybuck
• Pippin Took
• Aragorn
• Boromir
• Gandalf
• Legolas
• Gimli

Wizards:

• Gandalf
• Radagast
• Saruman

Men

• Aragorn
• Beorn
• Boromir
• Denethor
• Éomer
• Éowyn
• Faramir
• Gríma Wormtongue
• Théoden

Other characters

• Barrow-wight
• Galadriel
• Gollum
• Shelob
• Treebeard
• Tom Bombadil

Ainur

• Valar
• Maiar
  • Balrogs
  • Wizards

Men

• Drúedain
• Dúnedain

Other

• Dwarves
• Eagles
• Elves
• Ents
• Hobbits
• Orcs
• Trolls
• Wargs
• Watcher in the Water

Elvish languages

• Primitive Quendian
  • Common Eldarin
    • Quenya
    • Sindarin

Mannish languages

• Adûnaic
• Taliska

Other

• Khuzdul
• Black Speech

Scripts

• Tengwar
• Sarati
• Cirth

• A Elbereth Gilthoniel
• A Walking Song
• Namárië
• Song of Eärendil
• The Lay of Leithian
• The Lay of the Children of Húrin
• The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late
• The Road Goes Ever On
• The Fall of Gondolin
• The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
• Beren and Lúthien