This is a list of all the books that Roald Dahl wrote or edited. Some were published during his lifetime, while others have been repackaged or anthologised after his death. Click on a title to see information, cover illustrations, reviews, and more. If you’d prefer, you can see a timeline of his books and stories. Feel free to send through any questions, comments, and corrections.
Sections: Autobiographies | Children’s Books | Novels | Poetry | Short Story Collections | Cookbooks | Toddler Books | Activity Books | Miscellaneous
Autobiographies
- Boy – Tales of Childhood
- Boy and Going Solo
- Going Solo
- Love from Boy: Roald Dahl’s Letters to his Mother
- More About Boy: Roald Dahl’s Tales from Childhood
- My Year
- The Great Mouse Plot
Children’s Books
- Billy and the Minpins
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
- Danny the Champion of the World
- Esio Trot
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- George’s Marvelous Medicine
- James and the Giant Peach
- Matilda
- The BFG
- The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka
- The Enormous Crocodile
- The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
- The Gremlins
- The Magic Finger
- The Minpins
- The Twits
- The Vicar of Nibbleswicke
- The Witches
Novels
Poetry
Short Story Collections
Note: If you want the most complete collection of all of Dahl’s short stories, you need to get The Complete Short Stories: Volume One and Volume Two.
- 5 Bestsellers Including Over 40 Tales of the Unexpected
- A Roald Dahl Selection: Nine Short Stories
- A Second Roald Dahl Selection: Eight Short Stories
- A Taste of the Unexpected
- Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
- Completely Unexpected Tales
- Cruelty
- Deception
- Fear
- Further Tales of the Unexpected
- Innocence
- Kiss Kiss
- Lamb to the Slaughter and Other Stories
- Lust
- Madness
- More Tales of the Unexpected
- Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying
- Selected Stories of Roald Dahl
- Selected Works of Roald Dahl
- Skin and Other Stories
- Someone Like You
- Switch B***h
- Tales of the Unexpected
- Tales of the Unexpected (Volume 1)
- Tales of the Unexpected (Volume 2)
- Taste and Other Tales
- The Best of Roald Dahl
- The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl
- The Complete Short Stories: Volume One
- The Complete Short Stories: Volume Two
- The Complete Tales of the Unexpected and Other Stories
- The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories
- The Mildenhall Treasure
- The Roald Dahl Omnibus
- The Umbrella Man and Other Stories
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
- Trickery
- Twenty Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl
- Two Fables
- War
Cookbooks
- Memories with Food at Gipsy House
- Roald Dahl’s Completely Revolting Recipes
- Roald Dahl’s Cookbook
- Roald Dahl’s Even More Revolting Recipes
- Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes
Toddler Books
- A Phizz-Whizzing 123 Finger Trail Book
- Birthday Bonanza
- Disgusterous Noisy Sound Book
- Easter EGGstravaganza
- Fantastic Feelings
- First 100 Words
- Hide and Seek
- Marvellous Magnet Book
- My Dad is Fantastic
- My Mum is Magnificent
- On the First Day of Christmas
- Revolting Rhymes: Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
- Revolting Things to Touch and Feel
- Roald Dahl’s 123
- Roald Dahl’s ABC
- Roald Dahl’s Animal Sounds
- Roald Dahl’s Colours
- Roald Dahl’s Opposites
- Roald Dahl’s Shapes
- Roald Dahl’s Words
- Trick or Treat
Activity Books
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mad Libs
- George’s Marvellous Experiments
- James’s Giant Bug Book
- Matilda’s Fantastically Fine Notebook
- Roald Dahl Address Book
- Roald Dahl Scribble Book
- Roald Dahl’s Big Official Sticker Book
- Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Whipple-Scrumptious Sticker Activity Book
- Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach Sticker Activity Book
- Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Colouring-Book Adventure
- Roald Dahl’s Matilda Wonderful Sticker Activity Book
- Roald Dahl’s Matilda’s How to be a Genius
- Roald Dahl’s Scrumdiddlyumptious Sticker Book
- Roald Dahl’s Story-Sketcher
- Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: How to Write Tremendous Characters
- Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing with Fantastic Mr Fox: How to Write a Marvellous Plot
- Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing with James and the Giant Peach: How to Write Phenomenal Poetry
- Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing with Matilda: How to Write Spellbinding Speech
- Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing with The BFG: How to Write Splendid Settings
- Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing with The Twits: Remarkable Reasons to Write
- The BFG Mad Libs
- The BFG’s Gloriumptious Journal
- The BFG’s Gloriumptious Sticker Activity Book
- The Big Friendly Doodle Book
- The Marvelous Matilda Sticker and Activity Book
- The Roald Dahl Diary
- The Twelve Days of Christmas with Roald Dahl
- The World of Roald Dahl
- The World of Roald Dahl Mad Libs
Miscellaneous
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Pop-Up Book
- D is for Dahl
- Dahlmanac
- Dahlmanac 2
- How Not To Be A Twit and Other Wisdom from Roald Dahl
- How to be a Spot a Witch
- How to Have a Frightful Halloween
- Matilda’s How to be Brave
- Matilda’s Jokes For Awesome Kids
- Matilda: Be Outrageous – Big Ideas from a Small Girl
- McDonald’s Happy Meal Books
- Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary
- Oxford Roald Dahl Thesaurus
- Roald Dahl 15 Book Box Set
- Roald Dahl Collection
- Roald Dahl Collection
- Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghost Stories
- Roald Dahl’s Fantabulous Facts
- Roald Dahl’s Glorious Galumptious Story Collection
- Roald Dahl’s Guide to Railway Safety
- Roald Dahl’s Heroes and Villains
- Roald Dahl’s Incredible Chocolate Box
- Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Joke Book
- Roald Dahl’s Mischief and Mayhem
- Roald Dahl’s Phizz-Whizzing Christmas Book
- Roald Dahl’s Rotsome and Repulsant Words
- Roald Dahl’s Scrumdiddlyumptious Story Collection
- Roald Dahl’s Whizzpopping Joke Book
- Roald Dahl’s Whoppsy-Whiffling Joke Book
- Roald Dahl’s Words of Magical Mischief
- Roald Dahl: Three Tales of Magic and Mischief
- So You Think You Know Roald Dahl?
- Spotty Powder and other Splendiferous Secrets
- The BFG, Matilda, and George’s Marvelous Medicine
- The Gloriumptious Worlds of Roald Dahl
- The Marvellous Roald Dahl Library
- The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets
- The Puffin Roald Dahl Collection 1
- The Puffin Roald Dahl Collection 2
- The Puffin Roald Dahl Collection 3
- The Roald Dahl Centenary Boxed Set
- The Roald Dahl Collection
- The Roald Dahl Quiz Book
- The Roald Dahl Treasury
- Wonderful, Wicked, and Whizzpopping: The Stories, Characters, and Inventions of Roald Dahl