The Adventures of Tom Bombadil was written by British philologist and author J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien is best known for his classic high fantasy works, such as The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil was published in 1962 and is a collection of 16 poems about the character Tom Bombadil, who appears in Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.