Which volumes of HoME would you recommend?

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by Sauron the White

Skip should be forewarned that most of those books would be more accurately titled THE HISTORY OF THE WRITING OF MIDDLE EARTH. If somebody picks up all those books thinking they are going to get two feet worth of detailed information about actual Middle-earth events that were not in the standard HOBBIT and LOTR, they usually are greatly disappointed.

Well if people pick them up and don't bother to examine either the back cover or flip through the insides then they deserve to waste their money especially if they buy they whole lot without finding out about them. It isn't like going to a film, you can see what you are going to get before you cough up the cash, or get them from the library.