A reference guide of published works by J. R. R. Tolkien (including drafts published posthumously) as well as of secondary sources including research papers on Tolkien studies, non-fiction literature and reference works, mainly in English, but also in Russian, French, German, Italian, and Ukrainian. The bibliography contains a total of about 2,600 references. The list of writings by Tolkien is accompanied by an overview article describing the main components of his creative legacy.

For literary scholars and critics, specialists in constructed languages, and other readers interested in Tolkien’s fiction.