Hm, this gets complicated for me, because (especially in HoME) I've picked and chosen without reading the whole thing quite often. But my best summary is:
Lord of the Rings (repeatedly)
Whatever's in the Tolkien Reader-
I believe its Farmer Giles,
On Fairy Stories,
the Homecoming of Beo... (someone, my books are packed),
The Adventures of Tom B.,
and Leaf by Niggle.
The Silmarillion (repeatedly)
Most of Unfinished Tales
Lost Tales I&II
The Monsters and the Critics
The interesting parts from Lays of Beleriand
The Lost Road and other writings
a few articles whenever I can get my hands on a copy of Vinya Tengwar
Other things include:
the Humphrey Carter Biography
Verlyn Flieger, Splintered Light
and the Saucepan Man's favorite, the Tolkien Companion (read sadly, cover to cover)
Sophia
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The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!
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