Past Book Clubs

Past Book Clubs

Silmarillion Summer Course: Summer 2022

For those who haven’t read The Silmarillion before but wanted to be familiar with its general plotlines before The Rings of Power begins in September.

Fall 2021 Book Club: The Lord of the Rings

From September 2021 through February 2022, our Book Club read The Lord of the Rings together over the course of six months. Below you’ll find links to our Podcast episodes for this Book Club.

2020 Book Club: The Silmarillion

In 2020, our Book Club read The Silmarillion together over the course of twenty weeks.
Below you’ll find links to our Podcast episodes and Blog Posts for the Silmarillion.


The Waldman Letter

Ainulindalë

Valaquenta

Ch. 1: Of the Beginning of Days

Ch. 2: Of Aulë and Yavanna

Ch. 3: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor

Ch. 4: Of Thingol and Melian

Ch. 5: Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië

Ch. 6: Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor

Ch. 7: Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor

Ch. 8: Of the Darkening of Valinor

Ch. 9: Of the Flight of the Noldor

Ch. 10: Of the Sindar

Ch. 11: Of the Sun and the Moon and the Hiding of Valinor

Ch. 12: Of Men

Ch. 13: Of the Return of the Noldor

Ch. 14: Of Beleriand and Its Realms

Ch. 15: Of the Noldor in Beleriand

Ch. 16: Of Maeglin

Ch. 17: Of the Coming of Men into the West

Ch. 18: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin

Ch. 19: Of Beren and Lúthien

Blog: Guide to The Silmarillion: Of Beren and Lúthien (Ch. 19)

Podcast: Silmarillion Book Club: Chapter 19, Of Beren and Lúthien

Ch. 20: Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad

Ch. 21: Of Túrin Turambar

Ch. 22: Of the Ruin of Doriath

Ch. 23: Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin

Ch. 24: Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath

Akallabêth

Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age