well, the books aren't for anyone. Not everyone enjoys reading literature, I understand that.
not like us
people.
As far as the history of Middle-earth, there are also rumors of the Silmarillion being made in a movie. Now this could be hard, since the Silmarillion reads more like an epic than a regular story. There's less actualy dialogue, and it would need ot be adapted in a way so that it could be understood vey clearly (obviously, if some people cannot understand what is going on in the LotR, the Silmarillion would be a nightmare for them)
so much stuff! November 18th is coming closer! and December is right around the corner.