Tolkien Bucket List

Visit the Hobbiton Movie Set in New Zealand, the filming location for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies

Read The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth

Read J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Hobbit, along with the collection Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth.

Read J.R.R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth, a collection of stories and essays expanding on the history and lore of Middle-earth.

Read The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the final volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy series, and also read Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth, a collection of stories and essays expanding on Middle-earth lore.

Read The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth, the foundational works of J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium

Read The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the second volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy series, and also read Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth, a collection of stories and essays expanding on the lore of Middle-earth.

Barrel-riding down the Forest River and the dragon under the Lonely Mountain.

Smaug falls on Lake-town and five armies meet at the gates of Erebor.

Helm's Deep, Gollum, and the best battle sequence of its decade.

Eleven Oscars, Pelennor Fields and a very long goodbye.

Nine walkers set out from Rivendell; New Zealand becomes Middle-earth.

Bilbo leaves Bag End with thirteen dwarves and a wizard.

The Ring goes south while armies burn Middle-earth; the best Tolkien game.

An app-driven co-operative campaign through Tolkien's world.

Middle-earth from the Shire to Mordor, with instruments that play real notes so players can hold concerts in Bree.

The Nemesis system: orcs who remember killing you; Monolith's Tolkien.