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[ohnonotnow]

my library

here's some of the best the hobbit/lotr fanfics I've read cuz they can be quite hard to find and I wanna help

will update the list as I read

edit (1st, Aug, 2025): okay so this post actually got quite popular honestly I never thought it would get this much attention but I'm very glad I managed to share some good fics and help these talented writers get more recognition! I have unfortunately stopped updating this list a while ago, not because I couldn't find any new fics but because I simply stopped reading them :/ I will probably come back one day but for now this is it. If anyone has some good recommendations feel free to suggest them in the comments!

Thorin

Smoke, iron and Thorin

Fire and Gold

Learning Khuzdul

Braid of Gold

Thorin being soft

The Beauty of Chance

Those Hands

Misunderstanding

The arrival

A king's crown

Covered In Steam

There's just inches in between us

Thorin after a long day of training with his nephews

In This Moment 

Agreement

Symphony of your life

Oh so quiet

Confession

Find Your Way Back

Fili

fili oneshots

Moonrise

The Most Unpleasant, Defective, and Abominable Incident

Stay with me

The Redeemer

Durin's Garage

Restless

Lost My Way

Charcoal

Kili

The book keeper

insecurities

The beauty and the Beast

getting back at Kili for teasing

My Treasure

Madly in love

It's in his kiss

Love Bites

Sway With Me

Wood Carvings

Softly. . .

Sweet like nectar

A Shot in the Dark

Beorn

Early Mornings

Beorn takes care of you when you're injured

Linger

Legolas

Watcher of Wanderers

The Innocence of Brutality

Blessing

Sensitive

Being best friends with Legolas

Hazy Memories

Spellbound

Thranduil

Bookworm

Relax

Best friends father

Fascination

Flower On My Skin

To Meet Under the Stars

Passenger Princess

Autumn Thunderstorm

I Could Love You With My Eyes Closed

Haldir

Gentle Dark

Lindir

My Heart Is In Your Hands

Moonlight

Just a Little Help

Warriors Great Tales

The Fountain

Return to Me

Èomer

Burnt Bread

A Helping Hand

Wildest Dreams

Falling In Love With A Librarian

SFW alphabet

Happiness

A Roll in the Hay

Blessing

Turning Points

More characters

various characters oneshots

Imagine: elves having highly sensitive ears and you finding out by accidently touching them.

Journey to Erebor

Hair braiding

Elves + Braiding

What Type of Kisser is Each LoTR Character?

The Hobbit Characters + Physical Affection (Suggestive Version)

A Headcanon For Each Member of Thorin’s Company

Cuddling With Thorin's Company

Imagine some of the elves of Middle Earth find out how easy it is to make you (a human staying in Rivendell) blush and become aroused.

The LOTR characters reacting to a modern reader

[ladythedrunken]

[ornithologistsorders]

[winwin17]

There's not a lot of actual canon content on Thranduil in the books, but I absolutely love that one interaction he has with Bilbo after the battle of five armies, where he's like, "May your shadow never grow shorter, or else it would be too easy for you to sneak into my palace again." (Not a direct quote; I don't have it in front of me.)

It's just so genuine and friendly and funny. And yeah, now we know where Legolas gets it from, that sassy, teasing humor of his.

[lonicera-edulis]

I had an idea that Fili could find an interest in healing after BOTFA (in everyone lives AUs). And it is interesting to investigate Oin's character as a mentor for his younger cousin and future king of Erebor.

[frodosrings]

i love ‘em

[silme-lorien]

i wish gimli and legolas were more poetic in the movies like they were in the books. i would love to see this gruff ass dwarf recite the stories of his people to a clueless elf who sometimes talks about the stars or something

[oshetart]

Happy Birthday, Tolkien! Tried my hand at an Ivan Bilibin style Nazgûl piece, then did a digital riso pass. #Tolkien #lotr

[ohnonotnow]

saw this comment on tiktok and just had to repost it here

[human-for-tonight]

if your dad (1) goads the king into challenging him to a fight, (2) accepts the king's challenge to fight, (3) insults the king's daughter that he's super protective of, and (4) hits the king first in the fight then I don't think you can be that mad when the king accidentally one punch kills your dad. that's kinda on your dad for getting into that situation and I think he might've had some underlying health issues that contributed to the single punch instantly killing him

[erumelde]

[pippinstook]

it will never stop making me happy to see how GENUINELY JOYFUL and excited gandalf looks when he's making fireworks for the hobbits !!!

like this is the face of a wizard who's doing EXACTLY what he loves to do in life T-T

[the-road-betwixt]

I think it’s been said before but I really love how Tolkien does consequences of individual actions in his writing. For example Bilbo vs Gollum in regards to the ring. Gollum starts off his “relationship” to the ring with a murder and can’t let it go it consumes him. While Bilbo starts his with kindness by choosing not kill Gollum using the ring, and because of that he more able to give it up and then this act of kindness leads to middle earth being saved. I just really love how Tolkien continually shows how much individual actions and choices matter through his work. It’s one of the reasons he is one of my favourite authors.

[ohnonotnow]

Absolutely the best thing I ordered from Temu

[ohnonotnow]

I have an idea... but unfortunately not the skill.

nevertheless I MAY try if I find the patience

[autistook]

Craig Parker on the set of Fellowship of the Ring

[irinviolet]

Another Hobbit painting from my archives. The first time i watched the hobbit was on a 10 hour drive to my university and i loved it and ofc fell for Thorin hard ….so i had to paint the majestic Oakenshield in his full glory.

I also wanna thank everyone for the love that those lotr sketches got. It helped me push through and made my days so much nicer.