- NOTE ON THE TEXT ... xi
- NOTE ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION ... xviii
- FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION ... xxii
- PROLOGUE Concerning Hobbits, and other matters ... 1
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
BOOK ONE
- I. A Long-expected Party ... 21
- II. The Shadow of the Past ... 42
- III. Three Is Company ... 65
- IV. A Short Cut to Mushrooms ... 86
- V. A Conspiracy Unmasked ... 98
- VI. The Old Forest ... 109 (*1)
- VII. In The House of Tom Bombadil ... 123
- VII. Fog on the Barrow-downs ... 135
- IX. At the Sign of The Prancing Pony ... 149
- X. Strider ... 163
- XI. A Knife in the Dark ... 176
- XII. Fight to the Ford ... 197
BOOK TWO
- I. Many Meetings ... 219
- II. The Council of Elrond ... 239
- III. The Ring Goes South ... 272
- IV. A Journey in the Dark ... 295
- V. The Bridge of Khazad-dûm ... 321
- VI. Lothlórien ... 333
- VII. The Mirror of Galadriel ... 353
- VIII. Farewell to Lórien ... 367
- IX. The Great River ... 380
- X. The Breaking of the Fellowship ... 395
THE TWO TOWERS
BOOK THREE
- I. The Departure of Boromir ... 413
- II. The Riders of Rohan ... 421
- III. The Uruk-hai ... 444
- IV. Treebeard ... 461
- V. The White Rider ... 488
- VI. The King of the Golden Hall ... 506
- VII. Helm's Deep ... 526
- VIII. The Road to Isengard ... 543
- IX. Flotsam and Jetsam ... 560
- X. The Voice of Saruman ... 576
- XI. The Palantír ... 588
BOOK FOUR
- I. The Taming of Sméagol ... 603
- II. The Passage of the Marshes ... 620
- III. The Black Gate Is Closed ... 636
- IV. Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit ... 648
- V. The Window on the West ... 663
- VI. The Forbidden Pool ... 683
- VII. Journey to the Cross-roads ... 694
- VIII. The Stairs of Cirith Ungol ... 703
- IX. Shelob's Lair ... 717
- X. The Choices of Master Samwise ... 728
THE RETURN OF THE KING
BOOK FIVE
- I. Minas Tirith ... 747
- II. The Passing of the Grey Company ... 773
- III. The Muster of Rohan ... 791
- IV. The Siege of Gondor ... 806
- V. The Ride of the Rohirrim ... 830
- VI. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields ... 839
- VII. The Pyre of Denethor ... 850
- VIII. The Houses of Healing ... 858
- IX. The Last Debate ... 872
- X. The Black Gate Opens ... 883
BOOK SIX
- I. The Tower of Cirith Ungol ... 897
- II. The Land of Shadow ... 916
- III. Mount Doom ... 933
- IV. The Field of Cormallen ... 948
- V. The Steward and the King ... 958
- VI. Many Partings ... 974
- VII. Homeward Bound ... 989
- VIII. The Scouring of the Shire ... 998
- IX. The Grey Havens ... 1021
APPENDICES
- A. ANNALS OF THE KINGS AND RULERS ... 1033
- I. The NÚmenÓrean Kings ... 1033
- II. The House of Eorl ... 1063
- III. Durin's Folk ... 1071
- B. THE TALE OF YEARS (CHORONOLOGY OF THE WESTLANDS) ... 1082
- C. FAMILY TREES (HOBBITS) ... 1099
- D. CALENDARS ... 1106
- E. WRITING AND SPELLING ... 1113
- I. Pronunciation of Words and Names ... 1113
- II. Writing ... 1117
- F.
- I. The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age ... 1127
- II. On Translation ... 1133
INDEXES (*2)
- I. Poems and Songs ... 1140
- II. Poems and Phrases in Languages Other Than Common Speech ... 1141
- III. Persons, Places and Things ... 1141 (*3)
(*1)
Book1-VI は 2004年版１巻本と2005年版3巻本ハードカーバーでは、p.108 と記されていますが、
本書のCONTENTS（目次） 頁の p.109 が正しいと思われます。
(*2)
2005年版でWayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull編集によって改められた新しい index です。
p.1139 に、それについての説明があります。
(*3)
～ p.1178 まで。
2005年版 50th Anniversary Edition は他にも以下のエディションが出版されています。
- HarperCollins ハードカバー 3巻本 + 注釈巻 ボックスセット ・・・ The Lord of the Rings A Reader's Companion (ISBN: 000720308X) も含んだ4冊ボックスセットで、各巻は単体でも発売されています。
- HarperCollins ペーパーバック3巻本 + 注釈巻 ボックスセット (ISBN: 0007203632) ・・・ The Lord of the Rings A Reader's Companion (ISBN: 000720907X) も含んだ4冊ボックスセットで、各巻は単体でも発売されています。
- HarperCollins ペーパーバック1巻本 (ISBN: 0261103253)
- Houghton Mifflin ハードカバー 1巻本 (ISBN: 0618645616)