Books

This is a list of all the books that Roald Dahl wrote, edited, or inspired. 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 | Inspired By

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

• My Uncle Oswald
• Some Time Never

Poetry

• Dirty Beasts
• Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
• Revolting Rhymes
• Rhyme Stew
• Songs and Verse
• Vile Verses

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

These books were published after Dahl’s death and repackage his works for a younger audience.

• 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
• Splendiferous School
• Trick or Treat

Activity Books

These books were published after Dahl’s death and use his works as inspiration for activities and games.

• 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
• Where’s Wonka?: A Search-And-Find Book

Miscellaneous

While a few of these works were written or authorised by Dahl himself, the majority are simply repackaging his work in new formats after his death.

• 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 Beastly and Bewildering Words
• 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

Inspired By

In 2024, Dahl’s estate began authorising new books inspired by Roald Dahl’s characters, written by other authors.

• Charlie and the Christmas Factory
• The Twits Next Door