Here listed are the major UK editions of The Silmarillion.
1977-1990
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1977 hardcover
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1977 hardcover 1982 reissued
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1979 paperback
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1983 paperback
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1983 paperback 7th impression
- 1977: George Allen & Unwin, hardcover, pp. 365. ISBN 0048231398 - (cover based on J.R.R. Tolkien's artwork)
- Some reserved and issued as 1982 collector's edition in slipcase, ISBN 0048232238
- 1979: Unwin Paperbacks, paperback, ISBN 0048231533
- 1983: Unicorn / Unwin Paperbacks, paperback, ISBN 0048232300 - (cover art by Roger Garland)
- 1983 paperback edition, 7th impression (1987)
1990-2000
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1992 hardcover
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1994 paperback
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1998 hardcover
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1998 hardcover deluxe edition
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1999 hardcover
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1999 paperback
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1999 paperback
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1999 paperback 5th impression
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1999 paperback 6th impression
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1999 paperback 33rd impression
- 1992: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0261102427 - (cover art by John Howe)
- 1994: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261102737
- 1998: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0261103660 - (illustrated by Ted Nasmith)
- 1998: HarperCollins hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 0261103733 - (illustrated by Ted Nasmith)
- 1999: 1992 hardcover edition, reset in 1999 - (cover art by J.R.R. Tolkien)
- 1999: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261102443
- 1999: 1994 paperback edition, reset in 1999 - (cover art by Ted Nasmith)
- 1999 paperback edition, 5th impression - (issued as 2001 hardcover collector's edition)
- 1999 paperback edition, 6th impression
- 1999 paperback edition, 33rd? impression
2000-2010
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2000 paperback
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2002 hardcover deluxe edition
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2004 hardcover
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2006 hardcover
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2007 hardcover deluxe edition
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2008 paperback
- 2000: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0261103679 - (illustrated by Ted Nasmith)
- 2002: HarperCollins hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 0007136609
- 2004: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0007173024 - (illustrated by Ted Nasmith)
- 2006: 1999 hardcover edition, reset in 2006
- 2007: HarperCollins hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 0007264895
- 2008: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 0007284241 - (illustrated by Ted Nasmith)
Since 2010
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2013 paperback
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2013 paperback
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2021 hardcover
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2021 hardcover deluxe edition
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2022 hardcover illust. by author
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2022 hardcover illust. by author deluxe edition
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2023 hardcover
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2024 hardcover collector's edition
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2024 paperback
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2025 paperback large print
- 2013: 1999 paperback edition, 67th? impression - (cover based on J.R.R. Tolkien's artwork)
- 2013: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 000752322X
- 2021: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0008433941 - (illustrated by Ted Nasmith)
- 2021: HarperCollins hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 000843395X - (illustrated by Ted Nasmith)
- 2022: HarperCollins hardcover, ISBN 0008537895 - (illustrated by the author)
- 2022: HarperCollins hardcover in slipcase, ISBN 0008537909 - (illustrated by the author)
- 2023: HarperCollins hardcover with reversable dustjacket, ISBN 978-0008663124 - (Centenary Boxed Sets #1)
- 2024: HarperCollins jacketless hardcover, ISBN 0008669147 - (collector's edition)
- 2024: 2013 paperback edition, 22nd impression
- 2025: HarperCollins paperback, ISBN 978-0008775919 - (large print edition)
Audiobooks
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2002 audiobook
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2023 audiobook
- 2002: HarperCollins audiobook, read by Martin Shaw, ISBN B016N9U37Q
- 2023: HarperCollins audiobook, read by Andy Serkis, ISBN B0C5MQNGF8