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The Silmarillion

by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

Fantasy fictionShort storiesMiddle Earth (Imaginary place)ElvesFictionBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, fantasy, epicMiddle earth (imaginary place), fiction

A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit.

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Book data: Open Library