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Locations to Underline in the Kindle Editions

Using Chronological Tolkien on an Amazon Kindle requires two steps.

Step One, described on this page, involves "underlining" certain phrases in your Tolkien e-books. The tables below will tell you which phrases to underline.

All the "jumps" occur between paragraphs. I never break up a whole paragraph. So when you see "There was Eru . . .", the dots following the words indicate that this is the beginning of a paragraph. If the dots come before the words, it indicates the end of a paragraph, like this: ". . . their bodies lay." In this example, you will underline the words "There was Eru" and the words "their bodies lay." As you read, whenever you encounter a paragraph that ends with an underline you will know it is time to jump to a new section. At that point, you will consult a table which will tell you the book and location number to jump to. Load the new book on your Kindle, jump to that location number, and you will see a paragraph whose beginning is underlined. Start reading from that point!

Two important notes:

This system assumes that you purchased The Lord of the Rings from Amazon as a Kindle book (rather than purchasing The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King as three separate Kindle books).
From time to time, Amazon performs an "update" to one of its Kindle books. When this happens, all the location numbers in that book change. The location numbers below are current as of January 2014. I suggest that before you use this system, you look up the very first location number listed in each of the tables below, and make sure that you see a paragraph that begins with the words shown in the table. If your editions don't match, please email me and let me know.

Here are the words to underline in your Kindle books:

The Silmarillion

Location	Text to Underline
395	There was Eru . . .
3414	. . . their bodies lay.
3415	In those days . . .
3572	. . . come to him.
3578	And even so . . .
3584	. . . crumbled into rust.
4126	So ended the . . .
4166	. . . of Cabed Naeramarth.
4174	But Hurin did not answer . . .
4314	. . . by the sea.
4352	Thus it was . . .
4624	. . . dooms of Mandos.
4627	It is said . . .
4705	. . . with its fragrance.
4706	Thus it was . . .
4716	. . . their hearts returned.
4716	Now this yearning . . .
4760	. . . body and mind.
4761	Then Tar-Ancalimon . . .
4782	. . . legends of Men.
4782	In this Age . . .
4835	. . . to Ar-Zimraphel.
4835	The mightiest and . . .
5068	. . . before they died.
5071	Of old there . . .
5097	. . . Quenta Silmarillion.
5098	Elsewhere in . . .
5134	. . . to the One.
5134	From that time . . .
5150	. . . voices of death.
5151	Now Sauron's . . .
5162	. . . abode with fire.
5162	Yet there came . . .
5263	. . . the Black Land.
5263	But Isildur was . . .
5285	. . . world was young.
5285	Yet at the last . . .
5299	. . . war and destruction.
5308	In all the days . . .
5343	. . . was their peril.
5344	Even as the first . . .
5363	. . . and their history.
5363	Now the Shadow . . .
5387	. . . upon the Enemy.
5387	But ever the . . .
5399	. . . none save himself.
5430	Now all these . . .
5443	. . . and of song.

Unfinished Tales

Location	Text to Underline
332	Rian wife of . . .
486	. . . that it brings.
487	Tuor tarried many . . .
1005	. . . from Ulmo himself.
1478	Thus began the sojourn . . .
1511	. . . sorrow of his heart.
3060	For fear of . . .
3068	. . . in the eye.
3232	The land of . . .
3349	. . . that follows here.
3361	Meneldur was the . . .
4133	. . . came to pass.
4148	3: As is told . . .
4172	. . . the First Age.
4255	The realm of . . .
4278	. . . back to Middle-Earth.
4296	VIII: Tar-Anarion . . .
4313	. . . Numenor be seen.
4314	XIII: Tar-Atanamir . . .
4324	. . . bring ill-fortune.
4324	XV: Tar-Telemmaite . . .
4338	. . . called Ar-Belzagar.
4338	XIX: Tar-Ardamin . . .
4370	. . . named Ar-Zimraphel.
4598	Galadriel was the . . .
4666	. . . defence against Sauron.
4667	Sauron himself departed . . .
4725	. . . a long time.
4741	Amroth was King . . .
4792	. . . memory of it.
4794	The people of . . .
4804	. . . son became king.
4818	But during the . . .
4834	. . . of the Ring.
4861	Late and fragmentary . . .
4880	. . . into the mountains.
4881	In a note . . .
4897	. . . face and mind.
4901	There was in . . .
4953	. . . Sauron rose again.
5100	Something more of . . .
5139	. . . had disturbed it.
5174	The river Gwathlo . . .
5219	. . . This was Agathurush.
5221	Glanduin means . . .
5248	. . . and Minhiriath.
5299	After the fall . . .
5411	. . . long years after.
5412	The story of . . .
5447	. . . not his worst.
5641	A note to . . .
5645	. . . his mother's father.
5651	In another place . . .
5668	. . . of being seen.
5669	The Chronicle of . . .
5701	. . . by the Wainriders.
5702	But at length . . .
5739	. . . than it needed.
5740	Ondoher was aware . . .
5807	. . . and routed them.
5816	While the Eotheod . . .
6117	. . . the Holy Mount.
6359	I have not found . . .
6461	. . . in Middle-Earth.
6493	So Thorin Oakenshield . . .
6507	. . . tale of his wrongs.
6513	After the crowning . . .
6533	. . . me) shall I speak more openly.
6533	Then I said . . .
6572	. . . Took of Great Smials.
6572	When Gandalf accepted . . .
6655	. . . his ears too soon.
6655	It was on the morning . . .
6661	. . . have been ruined.
6663	From this point the . . .
6674	. . . oversights often do.
6675	Gollum was captured . . .
6688	. . . of the Gladden.
6688	Now Sauron learning . . .
6701	. . . war against Gondor.
6702	Therefore when Osgiliath . . .
6754	. . . him with torture.
6755	Night was waning . . .
6761	. . . Rohan far behind.
6768	In D it is said . . .
6814	. . . strength of Gondor.
6814	In the event Gollum . . .
6818	. . . its main purpose.
6831	It seems clear that . . .
6844	. . . when they did.
6876	When the Black . . .
6912	. . . the Barrow-downs.
6916	Saruman soon became . . .
6947	. . . of his grasp.
6948	Now because of his . . .
6967	. . . own sake merely.
7040	The chief obstacles . . .
7052	. . . death of Theodred.
7053	It was clearly . . .
7130	. . . Uruks had gone.
7130	So ended the First . . .
7212	. . . await the dawn.
7212	What followed is . . .
7220	. . . to join Erkenbrand.
7282	Marshal of the . . .
7299	. . . resist the invasion.
7333	In ancient days . . .
7361	. . . renewed their attacks.
7362	No alliance of . . .
7399	. . . invasions of 2758.
7400	It can thus . . .
7409	. . . less against it.
7411	The Folk of . . .
7560	. . . name for themselves.
7640	Wizard is a . . .
7684	. . . of that time.
7685	Indeed of all . . .
7705	. . . came never back.
7730	Most of the . . .
7745	. . . Mandos and Nienna.
7775	Elendil and Gil-galad . . .
7806	. . . as a slow menace.
7914	7. In a letter written in 1956 . . .
7931	. . . figure-head on the prow.
7941	The palantiri were . . .
7982	. . . domination and deceit.

The Children of Húrin

Location	Text to Underline
282	Hador Goldenhead was . . .
299	. . . never saw him again.
332	So the days passed . . .
488	. . . his house no more.
596	Therefore Hurin was . . .
636	. . . be hidden from you.
638	To Brethil three men . . .
760	. . . now here in love.
789	In the years of his . . .
1754	. . . treated with honour.
1757	When five years had . . .
1837	. . . Well met!
1838	Then Turin sprang . . .
2677	. . . lays of Beleriand.
2680	But Hurin did not look . . .
2692	. . . that she had died.

The Hobbit

Location	Text to Underline
70	In a hole . . .
459	. . . he woke up.
461	Up jumped Bilbo . . .
2652	. . . to be seen.
2654	The day grew . . .
4199	. . . the tobacco-jar.

The Lord of the Rings

I am listing the three books of the trilogy separately (to make the tables easier to read), but these are all part of a single Kindle book, and so you can treat the following three tables as just one long table.

The Fellowship of the Ring

Location	Text to Underline
363	Hobbits are an . . .
517	. . . put his mind to.
518	The Shire was . . .
551	. . . that he had found.
590	Now it is a . . .
612	. . . this History begins.
613	At the end of . . .
650	. . . in Middle-Earth.
658	When Mr. Bilbo . . .
1120	. . . in the Shire.
1121	There were rumours . . .
1610	. . . was tall and full.
1610	Autumn was well . . .
6504	. . . road may wind much.
6505	After only a brief . . .
8451	. . . the Land of Shadow.

The Two Towers

Location	Text to Underline
8458	Aragorn sped on . . .
8615	. . . in a stony land.
8617	Dusk deepened . . .
9085	. . . did not return.
9088	Pippin lay in . . .
9418	. . . many watchful eyes.
9420	Meanwhile the hobbits . . .
10761	. . . be a black night.
10761	As the second day . . .
10788	. . . said the other.
10788	The host turned . . .
14210	. . . black night fell.
14213	Gollum was tugging . . .
14987	. . . taken by the Enemy.

The Return of the King

Location	Text to Underline
14994	Pippin looked out . . .
16552	. . . through the dark.
16552	Messengers came again . . .
16648	. . . had come at last.
16651	It was dark . . .
16830	. . . even to the City.
16833	But it was no . . .
17486	. . . been but a dream.
17488	The morning came . . .
17908	. . . eyes saw no more.
17912	Sam roused himself . . .
18429	. . . deep untroubled sleep.
18429	They woke together . . .
19448	. . . come to fulfilment.
19451	When the days . . .
20612	. . . back, he said.
20759	Eriador was of old . . .
20776	. . . keeping of Arthedain.
20777	It was in the . . .
20795	. . . people of fishers.
20796	In the days of Argeleb II . . .
20803	. . . war of 1409.
20803	In 1974 the . . .
20834	. . . our reckoning (1979).
20834	After Arvedui the . . .
20848	. . . by Bandobras Took.
20849	There were fifteen . . .
20859	. . . old was renewed.
20861	There were thirty-one . . .
20870	. . . 'Lord of the Coasts'.
20870	Earnil I, his nephew . . .
20887	. . . never fully repaired.
20888	Minalcar son of . . .
20944	. . . spent in exile.
20944	The second and . . .
20959	. . . of the Harad.
20959	The third evil . . .
20964	. . . re-entered Mordor.
20965	Calimehtar son of . . .
20970	. . . in great force.
20970	Many of the . . .
20996	. . . are united again.
20996	In Gondor also . . .
21028	. . . that was revealed.
21028	It was thus . . .
21058	. . . beneath seven stars.
21059	After Mardil Voronwe . . .
21067	. . . after his father.
21079	In the days of Beren . . .
21087	. . . dwelt in Isengard.
21087	It was in the days . . .
21091	. . . could be found.
21091	In the days of Turin . . .
21102	. . . and fortified it.
21103	Ecthelion II . . .
21126	. . . to supplant him.
21126	When Denethor became . . .
21151	. . . Tower of Ecthelion.
21153	Arador was the . . .
21233	. . . from the rock.
21233	It came to pass . . .
21268	. . . the next spring.
21269	Thus the years . . .
21311	. . . days of old.
21312	Eorl the Young . . .
21320	. . . of their home.
21337	Many lords and . . .
21354	. . . West over Sea.
21354	Of the Kings . . .
21406	. . . creatures more evil.
21408	1. Eorl the Young . . .
21421	. . . son, became king.
21422	10. Frealaf Hildeson . . .
21430	. . . that it gave him.
21430	14. Folcwine . . .
21442	. . . supporting its enemies.
21447	In 2989 Theodwyn . . .
21457	. . . had called Steelsheen.
21458	2991 - FA 63 (3084) Eomer . . .
21471	. . . Eomer grew old.
21472	Concerning the beginning . . .
21484	. . . began to dwindle.
21485	It came to pass . . .
21497	. . . great cold-drake.
21497	Not long after . . .
21588	. . . little or none.
21588	Of this Ring . . .
21610	. . . at last he died.
21618	But at last . . .
21633	. . . grandson of Thror.
21667	Dis was the . . .
21674	. . . in their crafts.
21674	Gimli Gloin's son . . .
21686	. . . of this matter.
21741	These were the fading . . .
21760	. . . I will await you.
21956	After the fall . . .
21967	. . . in Caras Galad[h]on.
21967	At the same time . . .
21975	. . . King of the West.
22016	1422: With the beginning . . .
22026	. . . as deputy mayor.
22026	1448: Master Samwise . . .
22041	. . . great of Gondor.
22041	1541: In this year . . .
22044	. . . of the Ring.

Once you have underlined the passages listed above, go on to Step Two.

(And thanks to Jesse Peers for coming up with this system for reading Chronological Tolkien on a Kindle!)

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