Order of Roald Dahl Books
Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was a British author of fantasy, mystery and horror novels and short stories for both children and adults. He was born in Wales to Norwegian parents. Dahl enlisted to the Royal Air Force where he became a flying ace. Following a crash and some severe headaches, he returned home. It was around this time he ended up meeting author C.S. Forester, who was so impressed by Dahl’s war stories that he published them verbatim. As a children’s author, he wrote some of the most memorable children’s stories of the 20th century, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG and many others. Dahl is considered to be one of the greatest children’s authors of the time period.
Roald Dahl became a published novelist in 1943 with the children’s book The Gremlins. The story is based on the RAF folklore that gremlins were responsible for any issues with their planes. Below is a list of Roald Dahl’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Charlie Bucket Books
(with Quentin Blake)
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | (1964) |    |
| Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator | (1972) | |
| Two Classics by Roald Dahl | (2003) | |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Pop-Up Book | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Gremlins | (1943) | |
| Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen | (1948) | |
| James and the Giant Peach | (1961) | |
| The Magic Finger | (1966) | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | (1970) | |
| Danny: The Champion of the World | (1975) | |
| My Uncle Oswald | (1979) | |
| The Twits | (1980) | |
| George's Marvellous Medicine | (1981) | |
| The BFG | (1982) | |
| The Witches | (1983) | |
| The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me | (1985) | |
| Matilda | (1988) | |
| Esio Trot | (1990) | |
| The Vicar of Nibbleswicke | (1991) | |
| The Mildenhall Treasure | (1999) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Great Switcheroo | (1985) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying | (1946) | |
| Someone Like You | (1953) | |
| Kiss Kiss | (1959) | |
| Skin and Other Stories | (1960) | |
| Selected Stories of Roald Dahl | (1968) | |
| Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl | (1969) | |
| Switch Bitch | (1974) | |
| The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More | (1977) | |
| Tales of the Unexpected | (1979) | |
| Taste and Other Tales | (1979) | |
| A Roald Dahl Selection: Nine Short Stories | (1980) | |
| More Tales of the Unexpected | (1980) | |
| New Tales of the Unexpected | (1980) | |
| The Way Up to Heaven and Other Stories | (1980) | |
| Revolting Rhymes | (1982) | |
| The Umbrella Man and Other Stories | (1982) | |
| The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories | (1982) | |
| Dirty Beasts | (1983) | |
| The Best of Roald Dahl | (1983) | |
| Two Fables | (1986) | |
| Completely Unexpected Tales | (1986) | |
| A Second Roald Dahl Selection | (1987) | |
| Rhyme Stew | (1989) | |
| Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life | (1989) | |
| Lamb to the Slaughter and Other Stories | (1995) | |
| Edward the Conqueror and Other Stories | (1996) | |
| The Roald Dahl Treasury | (1997) | |
| Further Tales of the Unexpected | (1999) | |
| A Taste of the Unexpected | (2005) | |
| Vile Verses | (2005) | |
| Songs and Verse. Roald Dahl | (2005) | |
| Collected Short Stories | (2006) | |
| Spotty Powder and other Splendiferous Secrets | (2010) | |
| Three Tales of Magic and Mischief | (2012) | |
| Cruelty | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| The Enormous Crocodile | (1978) | |
| The Minpins | (1991) | |
| Words | (2023) | |
| Shapes | (2023) | |
| Trick or Treat | (2023) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Boy: Tales of Childhood | (1984) | |
| Going Solo | (1986) | |
| Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety | (1991) | |
| Memories with Food at Gipsy House | (1991) | |
| My Year | (1993) | |
| Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes | (1994) | |
| Roald Dahl's Cookbook | (1996) | |
| Roald Dahl's Even More Revolting Recipes | (2001) | |
| The Dahlmanac | (2006) | |
| More About Boy: Roald Dahl's Tales from Childhood | (2009) | |
| Dahlmanac 2 | (2009) | |
| Roald Dahl's Marvellous Joke Book | (2011) | |
| Roald Dahl's Fantabulous Facts | (2012) | |
| Roald Dahl's Scrumdiddlyumptious Sticker Book | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | (1956) | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents 13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | (1957) | |
| Stories for the Dead of Night | (1957) | |
| The Late Great Future | (1976) | |
| 65 Great Spine Chillers | (1982) | |
| The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1983) | |
| Friendship | (1990) | |
| The Man In Black | (1990) | |
| The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror | (1992) | |
| Sea-Cursed | (1994) | |
| The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings | (1998) | |
| Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream! | (1999) | |
| It's Heaven to Be Seven | (2000) | |
| A Distant Cry | (2002) | |
| Murder On The Railways | (2003) | |
| A Tangled Web | (2005) | |
| Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink | (2007) | |
| Flight Patterns: A Century of Stories about Flying | (2009) | |
| That Glimpse of Truth | (2014) | |
| Flight or Fright | (2018) | |
Notes: Memories with Food at Gipsy House and Roald Dahl’s Cookbook were co-authored with Felicity Dahl.
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Roald Dahl Synopsis: In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, only five children will be allowed inside of Willy Wonka’s world famous chocolate factory. Those five children are: the rather rotund Augustus Gloop, the spoiled Veruca Salt, gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde, TV-loving Mike Teavee and the honest and brave Charlie Bucket. The novel made into a film starring Gene Wilder in 1971 (as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) and then in 2005, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp.
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