The Return of the King
core novel 1955 Middle-earth
Record
| First published | 1955 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.59 (1,081,447 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| Page count | 404 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345339737 |
| First-edition date | 1955-10-20 |
| First-edition publisher | George Allen & Unwin |
| First-edition country | UK |
Where it sits
- Universe: Middle-earth
- Series: The Lord of the Rings core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Notes
- From the series record (The Lord of the Rings): Published 1954-1955 in three volumes; structurally one novel issued as a trilogy.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Lord of the Rings: position 3 of 3: previous The Two Towers (1954)
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