The Fall of Gondolin

The Fall of Gondolin is a 2018 book built from Tolkien's drafts and different versions of the story of Gondolin, one of the great tales set in the First Age of Middle-earth. It was edited by Christopher Tolkien, who gathered his father's material and added an introduction and explanatory notes. Rather than a finished novel in the usual sense, it is a compilation that shows how the story changed over many years of writing.

This book is best suited to readers already drawn to Tolkien's world, as well as anyone interested in how a mythic story takes shape across drafts and revisions. Its appeal comes from the mix of narrative and editorial context, which makes it feel part story, part literary archive. If you like fantasy with a deep internal history, a serious tone, and a strong sense of legend, this sits close to that kind of reading.