Roald Dahl Books in Order

 

Roald Dahl has had a truly fascinating life. Born in Wales to Norwegian parents, he was a pilot in the RAF during the Second World War, then an intelligence officer. In the 1960s he invented a stent, the Wade-Dahl-Till valve prompted by the need to alleviate head injuries. He then went on to write; children's books, adult books and screenplays. He is for many the world's Number One storyteller

Children's Books

• The Gremlins (1943)
• James and the Giant Peach (1961)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)
• The Magic Finger (1966)
• Fantastic Mr Fox (1968)
• Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972)
• Danny, the Champion of the World (1975)
• The Enormous Crocodile (1978)
• The Twits (1980)
• George's Marvellous Medicine (1981)
• Revolting Rhymes (1982)
• The BFG (1982)
• Dirty Beasts (1983)
• The Witches (1983)
• The Giraffe, and the Pelly and Me (1985)
• Matilda (1988)
• Rhyme Stew (1989)
• Esio Trot (1990)
• The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991)
• The Minpins (1991)
• Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991)

Anthologies and collections

• The Roald Dahl Cookbook (1991)
• Revolting Recipes (1994)
• The Roald Dahl Treasury (1997)
• Even More Revolting Recipes (2001)
• Songs and Verse (2005)
• More About Boy (2008)
• Completely Revolting Recipes (2009)

Autobiographical Works

• Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984)
• Going Solo (1986)

Adult's Books

• Over to You (1946)
• Some Time Never (1948)
• Someone Like You (1953)
• Kiss Kiss ((1960)
• Switch Switch (1974)
• The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977)
• My Uncle Oswald (1979)
• Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories (1983)
• Two Fables (1985)
• Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (1989)
• My Year (1991)