The Return of the King
| First published | 1955 |
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| Type | Novel |
| Series | Middle Earth Universe › The Lord of the Rings #3 |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| 1955 |
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The Return of the King | George Allen & Unwin | Novel | |
| 1956 |
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The Return of the King | Houghton Mifflin | Novel | |
| 1961 |
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The Return of the King | George Allen & Unwin and Houghton Mifflin | Novel | |
| 1965 |
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The Return of the King | Ace Books | Novel | |
| November 1965 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| December 1965 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | |
| December 1965 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| December 1965 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |3 |
| 1966 | The Return of the King | George Allen & Unwin | Novel | ||
| January 1966 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| June 1966 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| June 1966 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| August 1966 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| August 1966 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| August 1966 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| August 1966 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |
| September 1966 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| October 1966 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| October 1966 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| October 1966 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |
| 1967 | The Return of the King | George Allen & Unwin | Novel | ||
| February 1967 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | |
| February 1967 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | |
| March 1967 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| April 1967 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| July 1967 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| September 1967 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| September 1967 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| 1968 |
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The Lord of the Rings | George Allen & Unwin | Omnibus | 777 |
| 1968 | The Lord of the Rings | Nelson (Canada) | Omnibus | |3 | |
| 1968 |
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The Lord of the Rings | George Allen & Unwin | Omnibus | 777 |
| January 1968 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| March 1968 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| July 1968 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| July 1968 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |
| 1969 | The Lord of the Rings | George Allen & Unwin | Omnibus | 777 | |
| 1969 | The Return of the King | George Allen & Unwin | Novel | ||
| March 1969 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| April 1969 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| June 1969 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| September 1969 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| October 1969 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| October 1969 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| January 1970 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| March 1970 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| June 1970 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| September 1970 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| November 1970 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| 1971 |
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The Return of the King | Methuen | Novel | 19 |
| 1971 |
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The Lord of the Rings | George Allen & Unwin | Omnibus | 777 |
| February 1971 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| June 1971 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| August 1971 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| August 1971 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |
| November 1971 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| December 1971 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| December 1971 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| 1972 |
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The Lord of the Rings | George Allen & Unwin | Omnibus | 777 |
| 1972 |
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The Lord of the Rings | George Allen & Unwin | Omnibus | 777 |
| January 1972 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| September 1972 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| September 1972 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| November 1972 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| November 1972 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |
| November 1972 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| 1973 |
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The Return of the King | Methuen (Canada) | Novel | |
| 1973 |
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The Lord of the Rings | George Allen & Unwin | Omnibus | 777 |
| 1973 |
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The Return of the King | Methuen (Canada) | Novel | |
| 1973 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Methuen | Omnibus | |
| March 1973 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |
| September 1973 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| September 1973 |
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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |3 |
| December 1973 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| 1974 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | |3 |
| 1974 |
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The Return of the King | George Allen & Unwin | Novel | |
| 1974 |
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The Return of the King | George Allen & Unwin | Novel | |
| September 1974 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| September 1974 |
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Tolkien | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |4 |
| December 1974 |
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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |4 |
| 1975 |
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The Return of the King | Methuen (Canada) | Novel | |
| 1975 |
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The Return of the King | Methuen (Canada) | Novel | |
| April 1975 |
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Tolkien | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |4 |
| July 1975 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| September 1975 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |
| 1976 |
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Heroic Tales | Magnum (Canada) | Omnibus | |
| 1976 | The Lord of the Rings | George Allen & Unwin | Omnibus | 777 | |
| March 1976 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| June 1976 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| 1977 |
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Heroic Tales | Magnum | Omnibus | |
| 1977 |
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The Return of the King | Magnum (Canada) | Novel | 21 |
| 1977 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | |
| 1977 |
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The Return of the King | Magnum (Canada) | Novel | 21 |
| 1977 | The Lord of the Rings | Unwin Paperbacks | Omnibus | |3 | |
| October 1977 |
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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |
| October 1977 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| 1978 | The Lord of the Rings | Guild Publishing | Omnibus | |3 | |
| May 1978 |
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| November 1978 | The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | ||
| 1979 |
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The Return of the King | Unwin Paperbacks | Novel | |
| October 1979 | The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings (Boxed Set) | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | ||
| October 1980 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| October 1980 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 |
| 1981 | The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | ||
| March 1981 |
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The Return of the King | Unwin Paperbacks | Novel | 15 |
| April 1981 | The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | ||
| May 1981 | The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | ||
| 1982 | The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | ||
| April 1982 |
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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |
| April 1982 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | |
| 1983 |
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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | Del Rey / Ballantine | Omnibus | |
| 1983 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Unwin | Omnibus | 771 |
| January 1983 | The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | 19 | |
| 1984 | The Lord of the Rings | The Easton Press | Omnibus | |3 | |
| April 1984 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | |
| 1985 | The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | ||
| July 1985 | The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | ||
| 1986 | The Return of the King | Unwin Paperbacks | Novel | ||
| 1986 | The Return of the King | Houghton Mifflin / SFBC | Novel | ||
| 1986 | The Lord of the Rings | Unwin Paperbacks | Omnibus | ||
| 1986 |
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The Return of the King | Unwin Paperbacks | Novel | |
| 1986 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Unwin Paperbacks | Omnibus | |3 |
| 1986 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Unwin Paperbacks | Omnibus | |3 |
| March 1986 | The Return of the King | Unwin Paperbacks | Novel | ||
| July 1986 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | |
| July 1986 |
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The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings | Ballantine Books | Omnibus | |
| 1987 | The Lord of the Rings | Unwin Paperbacks | Omnibus | |3 | |
| 1987 | The Lord of the Rings | Hodder & Stoughton | Omnibus | |3 | |
| March 1987 | The Return of the King | Unwin Hyman | Novel | ||
| April 1987 |
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The Return of the King | Houghton Mifflin | Novel | 19 |
| August 1987 | The Lord of the Rings | Unwin | Omnibus | |3 | |
| September 1987 | The Lord of the Rings | Unwin Hyman | Omnibus | |3 | |
| September 1987 | Lord of the Rings and Hobbit Boxed Set | Unwin | Omnibus | ||
| September 1988 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | |
| October 1988 | The Lord of the Rings | Unwin Hyman | Omnibus | |3 | |
| October 1988 |
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The Return of the King | Houghton Mifflin | Novel | |
| October 1988 |
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The Return of the King | Houghton Mifflin | Novel | |
| 1989 |
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The Return of the King | BBC Audio Collection | Novel | |
| 1990 |
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The Return of the King | Recorded Books | Novel | |
| September 1990 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Unwin Hyman | Omnibus | 773 |
| October 1990 | The Return of the King | Unwin | Novel | ||
| August 1991 | The Lord of the Rings | Grafton | Omnibus | 777 | |
| September 1991 | The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | ||
| September 1991 | The Return of the King | Grafton | Novel | ||
| September 1991 | The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | 777 | |
| November 1991 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | |3 |
| November 1991 | The Lord of the Rings | Grafton | Omnibus | |3 | |
| January 1992 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Grafton | Omnibus | 777 |
| January 1992 | The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |3 | |
| January 1992 | The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | |3 | |
| October 1992 | The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | ||
| 1993 |
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The Return of the King | Ballantine Books | Novel | |
| 1994 | The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | 777 | |
| November 1994 | The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |777 | |
| May 1995 |
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The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | 727 |
| June 1995 | The Lord of the Rings | BOMC / QPB Creations | Omnibus | |3 | |
| November 1996 | The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | ||
| November 1996 | The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | 777 | |
| November 1997 | The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | ||
| 1999 | The Return of the King | The Easton Press | Novel | ||
| 1999 |
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The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins | Omnibus | |
| 1999 |
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The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollinsPublishers | Omnibus | |
| 1999 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollinsPublishers | Novel | 1 |
| January 1999 | The Return of the King | HarperCollinsPublishers | Novel | 1 | |
| June 1999 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | 727 |
| February 2000 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Science Fiction Book Club | Omnibus | |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | ||
| 2001 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollins | Novel | |
| 2001 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollins | Novel | |
| January 2001 |
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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | Del Rey / Ballantine | Omnibus | |
| June 2001 |
|
The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | 731 |
| August 2001 |
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The Return of the King | Voyager Classics / HarperCollins | Novel | |
| 2002 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollins | Novel | |
| 2002 |
|
The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | 727 |
| August 2002 |
|
The Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit | Collins | Omnibus | |
| October 2002 |
|
The Return of the King | Houghton Mifflin | Novel | |
| July 2003 |
|
The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | 727 |
| March 2004 | The Lord of the Rings | Science Fiction Book Club | Omnibus | ||
| October 2004 |
|
The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | |
| June 2005 |
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The Return of the King | Houghton Mifflin | Novel | |
| June 2005 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | |3 |
| October 2005 | The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin | Omnibus | |3 | |
| August 2008 |
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The Return of the King | Paw Prints | Novel | |
| September 2008 |
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The Lord of the Rings | BBC Audiobooks America | Omnibus | |3 |
| April 2009 |
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The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |
| April 2009 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | |
| April 2010 | The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | ||
| October 2011 |
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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins | Omnibus | |4 |
| October 2011 |
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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: Box Set | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |
| October 2011 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | |
| February 2012 |
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The Return of the King | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Novel | |
| February 2012 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Omnibus | |3 |
| July 2012 |
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The Return of the King | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| July 2012 |
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The Return of the King | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| July 2012 |
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The Return of the King | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| August 2012 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Mariner Books | Omnibus | |3 |
| August 2012 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | |
| August 2012 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | |
| August 2012 |
|
The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |
| August 2012 |
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The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |
| August 2012 |
|
The Lord of the Rings (7 book) Slipcase | HarperCollins Children's Books | Omnibus | |
| September 2012 |
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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | Mariner Books | Omnibus | |
| September 2012 |
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The Return of the King | Mariner Books | Novel | |
| September 2012 | The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | Del Rey / Ballantine | Omnibus | ||
| November 2012 |
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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |
| October 2013 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | |
| October 2013 |
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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |
| October 2013 |
|
The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Omnibus | |
| November 2013 |
|
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |
| November 2013 |
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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: Boxed Set | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |3 |
| November 2013 |
|
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |
| June 2014 | The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | ||
| June 2014 |
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The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |
| December 2014 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | |
| October 2018 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollinsPublishers | Novel | |
| April 2020 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | |
| June 2020 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | |
| June 2020 |
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The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings (Boxed Set) | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |3 |
| October 2020 |
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The Return of the King | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Novel | |
| October 2020 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Omnibus | |3 |
| October 2020 | The Lord of the Rings: Boxed Set | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Omnibus | |3 | |
| September 2021 | The Return of the King | Recorded Books | Novel | ||
| September 2021 |
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The Return of the King | Recorded Books | Novel | |1 |
| October 2021 |
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The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |3 |
| October 2021 |
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The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |3 |
| November 2021 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Mariner Books | Omnibus | |3 |
| November 2021 |
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The Lord of the Rings | Mariner Books | Omnibus | |3 |
| 2022 |
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The Return of the King | Recorded Books | Novel | |1 |
| July 2022 |
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The Return of the King | Del Rey | Novel | |
| July 2022 |
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The Return of the King | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Novel | |
| July 2022 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | |
| August 2022 |
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The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |3 |
| August 2022 |
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The Lord of the Rings | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Omnibus | |3 |
| August 2022 |
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The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | |
| August 2022 |
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The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |3 |
| September 2022 | The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Novel | ||
| September 2022 |
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The Lord of the Rings | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |3 |
| September 2022 |
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The Lord of the Rings | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Omnibus | |3 |
| October 2022 |
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The Lord of the Rings | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Omnibus | |3 |
| September 2024 |
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The Return of the King | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Novel | |
| October 2024 |
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The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Omnibus | |3 |
| October 2024 |
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The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King | HarperCollins (UK) | Omnibus | |3 |
| November 2024 |
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The Lord of the Rings | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Omnibus | |3 |
| October 2025 |
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The Hobbit / The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Omnibus | |4 |