![]() ![]() Instead, I recommend mostly following publication order, which I explain below. I know some people like to read authors’ works in chronological order, but that may not be the best approach with Tolkien. ![]() And that led me to wonder how I would recommend newcomers to approach Tolkien’s work. ![]() Most recently, I wondered if The Fall of Gondolin would make sense to anyone who hadn’t read The Silmarillion or perhaps even The Children of Húrin. As I’ve been reading Christopher Tolkien’s new releases of his father’s work over the past couple years, I’ve been repeatedly struck by the notion that the books are really for Tolkien fans and not so much for Tolkien newcomers. ![]()
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