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A list of reliable and unreliable sources which respectively should and shouldn't be used on Tolkien Gateway. The list below covers secondary material only (i.e. not publications by J.R.R. Tolkien or his son Christopher Tolkien) both published and online.
Reliable
Online
Publications
- The History of The Hobbit by John D. Rateliff
- J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography by Wayne G. Hammond and Douglas A. Anderson
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
- J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter
- The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
- The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
- The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare by Chris Smith (for film information)
- The Ring of Words by Peter Gilliver, Edmund Weiner and Jeremy Marshall
- The Road to Middle-earth by Tom Shippey
- Tolkien's Bag End by Andrew H. Morton
- Tolkien's Gedling by Andrew H. Morton and John Hayes
- Tolkien and the Great War by John Garth
- Tolkien and Wales by Carl Phelpstead
Semi-reliable
Online
Publications
Unreliable
Online
Publications
- The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth by Ruth S. Noel
- The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare by Chris Smith (for Tolkien information)
- Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia by David Day (or any other works by this author)