Tolkien-related book releases – 2021 and beyond

 

Tolkien-related book releases – 2021 and beyond

The following is a list of expected Tolkien-related book releases for 2021 (so far).

Thank you to Steve Hopkins for helping collect the information.

I’ll do my best to regularly update the blog here over the year. I also post this information over on the Tolkien Society Facebook page, here. 

JANUARY 2021

16 January 2021
Tolkien and the Classical World (Cormarë 45)
Hamish Williams (Editor)
Publisher: Walking Tree Publishers
ISBN: 978-3905703450
Website: http://www.walking-tree.org/books/tolkien_and_the_classical_world.php Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tolkien-Classical-World-45-Cormar%C3%AB/dp/3905703459/

FEBRUARY 2021 

28 February 2021
The Real JRR Tolkien: The Man Who Created Middle-Earth
Jesse Xander (Author)
Publisher: White Owl/Pen & Sword Books Ltd
ISBN: 978-1526765154
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-JRR-Tolkien-Created-Middle-Earth/dp/1526765152/

MARCH 2021 

1 March 2021
A Hobbit Devotional (Imitation leather)
Ed Strauss (Author)
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 978-1643527581
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hobbit-Devotional-Ed-Strauss/dp/1643527584/

18 March 2021
The Silmarillion Illustrated Edition
J. R. R. Tolkien (Author), Christopher Tolkien (Editor), Ted Nasmith (Illustrator)
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0008433949
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silmarillion-J-R-Tolkien/dp/0008433941/

18 March 2021
The Silmarillion Special Edition
J. R. R. Tolkien (Author), Christopher Tolkien (Editor), Ted Nasmith (Illustrator)
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0008433956
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silmarillion-J-R-Tolkien/dp/000843395X/

APRIL 2021

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MAY 2021 

7 May 2021
Tolkien as a Literary Artist: Exploring Rhetoric, Language and Style in The Lord of the Rings
Thomas Kullmann (Author), Dirk Siepmann (Author)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-3030692988
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tolkien-Literary-Artist-Exploring-Rhetoric/dp/3030692981/

13 May 2021
The Science of Middle-earth: a new understanding of Tolkien and his world
Roland Lehoucq (Editor), Loic Mangin (Editor), Jean-Sebastien Steyer (Editor), Arnaud Rafaelian (Illustrator)
Publisher: Pegasus Books
ISBN: 978-1643136165
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Science-Middle-Earth-Understanding-Tolkien/dp/164313616X/

25 May 2021
Leadership in Middle-Earth: Theories and Applications for Organizations
Michael J. Urick
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
ISBN: 978-1800715288
Website: https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Leadership-in-MiddleEarth/?K=9781800715288
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leadership-Middle-Earth-Applications-Organizations-Exploring/dp/1800715285/

27 MAY 2021
Tales from the Perilous Realm
J. R. R. Tolkien (Author), Alan Lee (Illustrator)
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0008453343
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Perilous-Realm-J-Tolkien/dp/0008453349/

September 2021

2 September 2021
The Nature of Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien and Carl F Hostetter
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0008387921
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nature-Middle-earth-J-R-Tolkien/dp/0008387923/

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Summer 2021
Lore-masters and Libraries in Fantasy and Science-fiction: A Gedenkschrift for David Oberhelman
Jason Fisher & Janet Brennan Croft
Publisher: Mythopoeic Press
ISBN:
Source: https://www.facebook.com/MythPress/posts/3586185854836059

Unknown date – expected 2021? 

Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth: Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien’s Legendarium
Cami Agan (Editor)
Publisher: Mythopoeic Press
https://www.facebook.com/MythPress/posts/2680146505440003
Source: https://tolkienists.org/cfp/2020/mythpress/cities-and-strongholds

Adapting Tolkien: Proceedings of the Tolkien Society Seminar 2020
Peter Roe Series XX?
Publisher: Luna Press? 

The Annotated Hobbit (Revised 30th Anniversary edition)
J.R.R. Tolkien (Author), Douglas A. Anderson (Editor)
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0008323332
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Annotated-Hobbit-J-R-Tolkien/dp/000832333X

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Book websites and publishers of note:

Official Tolkien Bookstore: https://www.tolkien.co.uk/
Tolkien Society publications: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/society/publications/other/
Luna Press: https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/tolkien-section
Mythopoeic Press: http://www.mythsoc.org/press.htm
Walking Tree Publishers (Cormarë series): http://www.walking-tree.org/