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Amazon's full Black Friday deals officially kick off on November 19, but there are already dozens of early discounts to take advantage of before then. If you're an avid reader or fan of Middle-earth, the regular paperback version of the Silmarillion is discounted down to a measly $7.99, 58% off of the original $18.99 sticker price. This is currently the cheapest copy of the Silmarillion available to buy and the best price we've seen since 2020.
The Silmarillion serves as a sort of prequel and lore companion to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, with J.R.R. Tolkien offering significant and deep explanations of the history of Middle-earth and the events leading to those original four novels. This 384-page paperback printing is a relatively basic version, but is a good and extremely affordable way to maintain a reader copy to mark up and annotate instead of the massive illustrated editions.
With The Rings of Power season 3 happening now (and of course the generous price tag), there's no better time to explore the history of Tolkien's vast world. In IGN's review of the first four episodes, we gave it an 8 out of 10, saying it "prove
Silmarillion Illustrated Editions
If you're more interested in a flashier collector's item, the beautiful illustrated versions of the Silmarillion make for great gifts for any Lord of the Rings fan and offer a deeper look into Tolkien's mind thanks to the included expanded lore, maps, and drawings. So while the paperback version is the perfect way to read and study Middle-Earth's history, these heftier harcover tomes make excellent coffee table centerpieces and look great on display on a bookshelf.
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