Question: what order were the lord of the rings books written in?
Answer: The Hobbit (1937) The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) The Two Towers (1954) The Return of the King (1955) The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962) The Silmarillion (1977) The Children of Húrin (2007) Any other Middle-earth stories attributed to J.R.R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien.