Order of Roald Dahl Books

Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was a British writer renowned for his fantasy, mystery, and horror novels and short stories aimed at both children and adults. Born in Wales to Norwegian parents, Dahl joined the Royal Air Force, where he earned the title of flying ace. After a crash and suffering from severe headaches, he returned home. During this period, he met author C.S. Forester, who was so taken with Dahl’s war tales that he published them as they were. As a children’s author, Dahl created some of the most unforgettable stories of the 20th century, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, and many more. He is regarded as one of the greatest children’s authors of his time. Dahl made his debut as a published novelist in 1943 with the children’s book The Gremlins, which draws on RAF folklore about gremlins being blamed for aircraft troubles. Below is a list of Roald Dahl’s books in the order of their original publication.

Roald Dahl became a published novelist in 1943 with the novel The Gremlins. Below is a list of Roald Dahl's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Charlie Bucket Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Two Classics by Roald Dahl (By: Quentin Blake)	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Pop-Up Book	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Gremlins	(1943)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
James and the Giant Peach	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Magic Finger	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fantastic Mr. Fox	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Danny: The Champion of the World	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
My Uncle Oswald	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
George's Marvellous Medicine	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The BFG	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Witches	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Matilda	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Esio Trot	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mildenhall Treasure	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Visitor	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Parson's Pleasure	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Great Switcheroo	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Someone Like You	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Kiss Kiss	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Skin and Other Stories	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Selected Stories of Roald Dahl	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Switch Bitch	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of the Unexpected	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Taste and Other Tales	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Roald Dahl Selection: Nine Short Stories	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
More Tales of the Unexpected	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Tales of the Unexpected	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Way Up to Heaven and Other Stories	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Revolting Rhymes	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dirty Beasts	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best of Roald Dahl	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Two Fables	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Completely Unexpected Tales	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Second Roald Dahl Selection	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rhyme Stew	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Die Prinzessin und der Wilderer	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lamb to the Slaughter and Other Stories	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Edward the Conqueror and Other Stories	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Roald Dahl Treasury	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Further Tales of the Unexpected	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Taste of the Unexpected	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Vile Verses	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Songs and Verse. Roald Dahl	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Collected Short Stories	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Spotty Powder and other Splendiferous Secrets	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Three Tales of Magic and Mischief	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Roald Dahl's Mischief and Mayhem	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cruelty	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Madness	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Deception	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lust	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trickery	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Innocence	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fear	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
War	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Picture Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Enormous Crocodile	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Minpins / Billy and the Minpins	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Words	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shapes	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trick or Treat (With: Quentin Blake)	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Boy: Tales of Childhood	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Going Solo	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Memories with Food at Gipsy House	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
My Year	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Roald Dahl's Cookbook	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Roald Dahl's Even More Revolting Recipes	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dahlmanac	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
More About Boy: Roald Dahl's Tales from Childhood	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dahlmanac 2	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Roald Dahl's Marvellous Joke Book	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Roald Dahl's Fantabulous Facts	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Roald Dahl's Scrumdiddlyumptious Sticker Book	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Marvelously Revolting Recipes (With: Quentin Blake)	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Twits Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Twits	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Twits Next Door (By: Greg James,Chris Smith)	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Stories for the Dead of Night	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Late Great Future	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
65 Great Spine Chillers	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ready or Not: Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories!	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Duel — Horror Stories of the Road	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Friendship	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Man In Black	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sea-Cursed	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream!	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
It's Heaven to Be Seven	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
It's Great to Be Eight	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Distant Cry	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder On The Railways	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Tangled Web	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Secret Ingredients	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flight Patterns: A Century of Stories about Flying	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
That Glimpse of Truth	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flight or Fright	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Puffin Book of Bedtime Stories: Big Dreams for Every Child	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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