Silmarillion Reading Resources & Favorite Editions of The Silmarillion

After it came up during our last discord chat, I wanted to share some recommended Silmarillion Reading Resources as well as favorite editions of The Silmarillion for those who were interested. This post contains affiliate links!

Silmarillion Reading Resources

• FREE Silmarillion Reader’s Guide from Tea with Tolkien

• Silmarillion Blog Posts & Podcast Episodes from Tea with Tolkien

• The Silmarillion Primer by Jeff LaSala

• The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad

• Tolkien's Requiem: Concerning Beren and Lúthien by John Carswell

• Tolkien's Overture: Concerning the Music of the Ainur by John Carswell

• Podcasts which have covered The Silmarillion:

  • The Tolkien Road

  • The Prancing Pony

• YouTube Channels:

  • Ælfwine's Road

  • Nerd of the Rings

• Signum University is hosted a summer course on The Second Age of Middle-earth in 2022, learn more here.

Favorite Editions of The Silmarillion

• Best Audiobook: The Silmarillion, narrated by Martin Shaw

• Most Affordable Paperback: The Silmarillion, paperback

• Prettiest Cover (in my opinion): The Silmarillion, 2001 Edition

• Illustrated Edition (Pre-Order): The Silmarillion [Illustrated Edition]: Illustrated by J.R.R. Tolkien

• Collectors Edition: Silmarillion, First Edition

All of these are currently on sale if you’d like to purchase through Amazon (as of 7/9/2022):