Roald Dahl was a many of many talents, and did not just write children's stories. He wrote a vast array of material from short stories for adults to film screenplays. His body of work is substantial, with 39 works being composed and published. These works can be broken down by category and listed in order of publication.
Books, stories, curated collections, and other published works
The Gremlins (1943) Over To You (1946) Some Time Never (1948) Someone Like You (1953) Kiss Kiss (1960) 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) Switch Bitch (1974) Danny, the Champion of the World (1975) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977) The Enormous Crocodile (1978) My Uncle Oswald (1979) The Twits (1980) George's Marvellous Medicine (1981) |
Revolting Rhymes (1982) The BFG (1982) Dirty Beasts (1983) The Witches (1983) Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghost Stories (1983) Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985) Two Fables (1985) Going Solo (1986) Matilda (1988) Rhyme Stew (1989) Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (1989) Esio Trot (1990) The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991) The Minpins (1991) Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991) My Year (1991) |
Play scripts and film screenplays
The Honeys (stage play, 1955) You Only Live Twice (film screenplay, 1967) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (co-wrote film screenplay, 1968) The Night Digger (film screenplay, 1971) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (co-wrote film screenplay, 1971) |
Anthologies and collections co-written by Roald Dahl or inspired by his writings
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) |