The History of Middle-Earth is broken down pretty well
on this site, but here is a list anyway:
- 1. The Book of Lost Tales 1
- 2. The Book of Lost Tales 2
- 3. The Lays of Beleriand
- 4. The Shaping of Middle-Earth
- 5. The Lost Road and other writings
- 6. The Return of the Shadow*
- 7. The Treason of Isengard*
- 8. The War of the Ring*
- 9. Sauron Deafeated*
- 10. Morgoth's Ring
- 11. The War of the Jewels
- 12. The Peoples of Middle-Earth
* indicates there are bitas on Lord of the Rings in them. The earlier and later ones are early versions and such of the Silmarillion tales.