The Elder Days

Tolkien’s earliest and most worked upon writings concerned ‘The Elder Days’, starting with the creation of the Ainu and then the universe and leading up to the Third Age. From an audio perspective, the titles that we have at present are:

Beren and Lúthien
The Children of Húrin
The Fall of Gondolin
The Fall of Númenor
The History of Middle-earth
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales

Dates of January 1st indicate that the exact day of the year is not known.

January 1, 1978

Silmarillion: Bob Askey

Library of Congress produced unabridged English reading

January 1, 1978
January 1, 1982

Unfinished Tales: Norman Barrs

Library of Congress produced unabridged English reading

January 1, 1982
January 1, 1983

Book of Lost Tales, Part 1: Patrick Horgan

Library of Congress produced unabridged English reading

January 1, 1983
January 1, 1986

Book of Lost Tales, Part 2: John Horton

Library of Congress produced unabridged English reading

January 1, 1986
January 1, 1995

Silmarillion: Martin Shaw

HarperCollins produced abridged English reading

January 1, 1995
January 1, 2000

Unfinished Tales: Erin Jones

Library of Congress produced unabridged English reading

January 1, 2000
January 1, 2005

Silmarillion: Erin Jones

Library of Congress produced unabridged English reading

January 1, 2005
September 1, 2005

The Silmarillion: Achim Höppner

Das Silmarillion
Der Hörverlag produced unabridged German reading

September 1, 2005
January 1, 2006

Silmarillion: Morten Røhrt

Lydbokforlaget produced unabridged Norwegian reading

January 1, 2006
January 1, 2018

Silmarillion: LP Association

Le Silmarillion
Independent unabridged French reading

January 1, 2018
May 6, 2021

Unfinished Tales: Samuel & Timothy West

HarperCollins produced unabridged English reading

May 6, 2021
October 20, 2021

Silmarillion: Thierry Janssen

Le Silmarillion
Audiolib produced unabridged French reading

October 20, 2021
November 22, 2021

Unfinished Tales: Gert Heidenreich & Timmo Niesner

Nachrichten aus Mittelerde
Der Hörverlag produced unabridged German reading

November 22, 2021
February 8, 2022

Silmarillion: Toni Kamula

WSOY produced unabridged Finnish reading

February 8, 2022
February 23, 2022

Unfinished Tales: Toni Kamula

Keskeneräisten tarujen kirja
WSOY produced unabridged Finnish reading

February 23, 2022
June 23, 2022

Silmarillion: Andy Serkis

HarperCollins produced unabridged English reading

June 23, 2022
September 21, 2022

Beren and Lúthien: Locus

Beren et Lúthien
Independently produced unabridged French produced

September 21, 2022
October 14, 2022

Unfinished Tales: Locus

Contes et Légendes Inachevés
Independently produced unabridged French produced

October 14, 2022
October 22, 2022

Fall of Númenor: Brian Sibley & Samuel West

HarperCollins produced unabridged English reading

October 22, 2022
October 26, 2022

Unfinished Tales: Thierry Janssen

Contes et Légendes Inachevés
Audiolib produced unabridged French reading

October 26, 2022
January 1, 2023

Fall of Númenor: George Holmes

Library of Congress produced unabridged English reading

January 1, 2023
January 1, 2023

Lays of Beleriand: George Holmes

Library of Congress produced unabridged English reading

January 1, 2023
January 1, 2023

Silmarillion: Wojciech Masiak

Zysk i S-ka produced unabridged Polish reading

January 1, 2023
January 1, 2023

Lost Road and Other Writings: George Holmes

Library of Congress produced unabridged English reading

January 1, 2023
February 28, 2023

Silmarillion: Oğuz Yanık

Independent unabridged Turkish reading

February 28, 2023
March 20, 2023

Fall of Númenor: Gert Heidenreich, Timmo Niesner, Johannes Steck

Der Untergang von Númenor
Der Hörverlag produced unabridged German reading

March 20, 2023
April 12, 2023

Silmarillion: Luis Posada

El Silmarillion
Planet Audio produced unabridged Spanish (Castilian) reading

April 12, 2023
August 3, 2023

Fall of Númenor: Tomi Kamula

Númenorin Tuho
WSOY produced unabridged Finnish reading

August 3, 2023
October 16, 2023

Silmarillion: Slušalište

Independent unabridged Bosnian reading

October 16, 2023
January 1, 2024

Shaping of Middle-Earth: George Holmes

Library of Congress produced unabridged English reading

January 1, 2024
January 1, 2024

Fall of Númenor: Wojciech Masiak

Upadek Numenoru
Zysk i S-ka produced unabridged Polish reading

January 1, 2024
January 8, 2024

Unfinished Tales: Torben Sekov

Efterladte Historier
Gyldendalske Boghandel produced unabridged Danish reading

January 8, 2024
April 29, 2024

Silmarillion: Torben Sekov

Gyldendalske Boghandel produced unabridged Danish reading

April 29, 2024
December 16, 2026

Kirjoituksia Keski-Maasta: Tomi Kamula?

The Nature of Middle-earth
Forthcoming unabridged Finnish reading

December 16, 2026