Tolkien fans might want to sit up here. You can now get author-illustrated versions of both The Hobbit and The Silmarillion for a massive discount. That’s right, you can fully bookend your Middle Earth collection with both its most accessible and its most inaccessible volumes. The Silmarillion, Tolkien’s tome of Middle Earth lore and history, is down to just £72.54 at the moment. The author-illustrated version of The Hobbit is down to £89.69. These are both fantastic deals for Tolkien and Lord of the Rings fans, and would even make the perfect gift at any time of year.
You might even already own a copy of both of these books, but these illustrated versions are completely unique and worth every penny of the price tag. These editions let you see and experience Middle Earth exactly as Tolkien himself saw it. They contain over 50 sketches, paintings, maps, and illustrations all done by J.R.R Tolkien himself. There are also several bonus features that you’ll get with these versions that you won’t with other versions of either of these titles.
If seeing this deal has got you craving some more books, then you can’t get more topical than the Dune graphic novels. The Kindle version of Book 1 will only set you back £1.99 on Amazon at the moment. Who can say no to a £2 book?
We recently covered how to read all the books in chronological order, as it can be a tiny bit tricky to get this right. There are technically 23 books in the series six of which were written by Frank Herbert. All of the books are canon, and fit somewhere in the Dune timeline, but many of them have been written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
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