Of all of Tolkien's works, only six books are 'final' products:
Hobbit, FOTR, TT, ROTK, Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. After this, the HoME series is largely a collection of scholarly works, essays and occasionally used background material. Even for the real die-hards it can be difficult reading at times.
The absolutely best story in the BoLT is the story of the downfall of Gondolin in the second volume. I highly recommend it.
- Cirdan
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