Summary Bibliography: Roald Dahl

Author: Roald Dahl Author Record # 508
Legal Name: Dahl, Roald
Birthplace: Llandaff, South Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Birthdate: 13 September 1916
Deathdate: 23 November 1990
Language: English
Webpages: Books and Writers, Encyclopedia of Fantasy, IMDB, Library of Congress, SFE, Wikipedia-EN
Used These Alternate Names:
ロアルド・ダール^?Roarudo Dāru
Roarudo Daaru
Note: Roald Dahl's second wife was Felicity Dahl.
Author Tags: horror (10), juvenile fantasy (9), into-movie (6), into-tv (4), murder (2), young-adult fantasy (2), science fiction (2), transformation into animal (1), young-adult horror (1), into-video game (1), Kenya (1), cannibalism (1), insanity (1), tall tale (1), fantasy (1), ghosts (1), insects (1), witches (1), magic (1), Escape (Radio) (1) and 5 additional tags. View all tags for Roald Dahl

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Fiction Series

Charlie (Roald Dahl)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Sjakie en de chocoladefabriek [Dutch] (1968)
  - Translation: Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrik [German] (1969)
  - Translation: Charlie et la chocolaterie [French] (1987)
  - Translation: Chairlie and the Chocolate Works [Scots] (2016)
- Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Charlie e o grande elevador de vidro [Portuguese] (2001)
- The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka (1987) [O/2N] also appeared as:
  - Variant: Roald Dahl Charlie Boxed Set (2001) [O]
  - Variant: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (2003) [O/2N]
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (abridged) (2001) [SF]
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) [SF]
Uncle Oswald
- 1 The Visitor (1965) [SF] [non-genre]
- 2 Bitch (1974) [SF]
- 3 My Uncle Oswald (1979) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Oom Oswald [Dutch] (1980)

Novels

Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen (1948) also appeared as:
- Variant: Sometime Never (1948)
James and the Giant Peach (1961) also appeared as:
- Translation: James y el Melocoton Gigante [Spanish] (2002)
The BFG (1982)
The Witches (1983) also appeared as:
- Translation: As Bruxas [Galician] (1989)
- Translation: Le streghe [Italian] (2016)
Matilda (1988) also appeared as:
- Translation: Matilda [German] (1989)
- Translation: Matilda [French] (1994)
- Translation: Matilda [Spanish] (2018)
- Translation: Matilda [German] (2022)
The BFG: Plays for Children (2009) with David Wood

Collections

Someone Like You (1953) also appeared as:
- Translation: Någon som du [Swedish] (1955)
- Translation: M'n liefje, m'n duifje [Dutch] (1962)
Kiss Kiss (1960) also appeared as:
- Translation: Op weg naar de hemel [Dutch] (1961)
- Translation: Küsschen, Küsschen! [German] (1962)
- Translation: Kiss Kiss [French] (2003)
Rakkaani, kyyhkyläiseni [Finnish] (1961)
Joku kaltaisesi [Finnish] (1970)
Switch Bitch (1974)
Lammkeule und andere Geschichten [German] (1977)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977) also appeared as:
- Translation: Het wonderlijk verhaal van Hendrik Meier en zes andere verhalen [Dutch] (1978)
The Best of Roald Dahl (1978)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
More Tales of the Unexpected (1980) also appeared as:
- Variant: Further Tales of the Unexpected (1981)
Küßchen, Küßchen!^?Kuesschen, Kuesschen!
[German] (1980)
Revolting Rhymes (1982)
Dirty Beasts (1983)
Four Tales of the Unexpected (1986)
Two Fables (1986)
A Second Roald Dahl Selection (1987)
Rhyme Stew (1989)
The Hitch-Hiker and Other Short Stories (1989)
Someone Like You: and Other Short Stories (1989)
The Umbrella Man and Other Short Stories (1992)
Lamb to the Slaughter and Other Stories (1995)
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories (1996) also appeared as:
- Variant: The Umbrella Man and Other Stories (1998)
The Roald Dahl Treasury (1997)
Skin and Other Stories (2000)
Ten Short Stories (2000)
Küßchen, Küßchen! [German] (2005)
A Taste of the Unexpected (2005)
Collected Stories (2006)
The BFG: A Set of Plays (2007) with David Wood
The Witches: A Set of Plays (2007) with David Wood also appeared as:
- Variant: The Witches: Plays for Children (2009)
The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets (2010)
Wonderful, Wicked, and Whizzpopping: The Stories, Characters, and Inventions of Roald Dahl (2017)

Omnibus

Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl (1969) [O]
Rakkaani, kyyhkyläiseni / Joku kaltaisesi [Finnish] (1985) [O/2C]
Kiss Kiss / Over to You / Switch Bitch / Someone Like You / Four Tales of the Unexpected / My Uncle Oswald (1986) [O]
Completely Unexpected Tales (1986) [O]
Boy and Going Solo (1988) [O]
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl (1991) [O]
The BFG / Matilda / George's Marvellous Medicine (1992) [O]
The Charlie Novels and Henry Sugar Box Set (2001) [O]
Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts (2004) [O]
Roald Dahl's Glorious Galumptious Story Collection (2009) [O]

Anthologies

Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories (1983)

Chapbooks

The Gremlins (1943)
The Magic Finger (1966) also appeared as:
- Translation: El dedo mágico [Spanish] (1985)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (1970) also appeared as:
- Variant: Fantastic Mr Fox (1974)
The Enormous Crocodile (1978) also appeared as:
- Translation: El cocodrilo enorme [Spanish] (1982)
- Translation: L'énorme crocodile [French] (2001)
The Twits (1980) also appeared as:
- Translation: Die Zwicks stehen kopf [German] (1981)
- Translation: Los Cretinos [Spanish] (2002)
George's Marvellous Medicine (1981) also appeared as:
- Variant: George's Marvelous Medicine (1981)
- Translation: La maravillosa medicina de Jorge [Spanish] (1996)
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985) also appeared as:
- Translation: Die Giraffe, der Peli und ich [German] (1986)
- Translation: La jirafa, el pelícano y el mono [Spanish] (1987)
- Variant: The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me (2003)
Esio Trot (1990)
The Minpins (1991) also appeared as:
- Translation: Les minuscules [French] (2002)
- Variant: Billy and the Minpins (2017)
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991) also appeared as:
- Translation:
  ねぶそくの牧師さん^?ねぶそくのぼくしさん
  Nebusoku no Bokushi-san
  Nebusoku no Bokushisan
  [Japanese] (1999) [as by
  ロアルド・ダール^?Roarudo Dāru
  Roarudo Daaru
  ]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (abridged) (2001)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
George's Marvellous Medicine (2010) with David Wood

Nonfiction

Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984)
Going Solo (1986)
Roald Dahl's Cookbook (1996) with Felicity Dahl
Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes (1997) with Felicity Dahl and Josie Fison
Even More Revolting Recipes (2002)
More About Boy (2008)

Short Fiction

The Gremlins (1943)
Only This (1944)
They Shall Not Grow Old (1944) also appeared as:
- Translation: Alt werden sie nicht [German] (1966)
Death of an Old Old Man (1945) also appeared as:
- Variant: Death of an Old Man (unknown)
An African Story (1946)
The Wish (1948) also appeared as:
- Translation: De wens [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: De wens [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: Toivomus [Finnish] (1970)
- Translation: Der Wunsch [German] (1980)
- Translation: O desejo [Portuguese] (2003)
Man from the South (1948) also appeared as:
- Translation: De man uit het zuiden [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: Jeu [French] (1965)
- Translation: Mies etelästä [Finnish] (1970)
- Translation: O Homem do Sul [Portuguese] (1975)
- Translation:
  Mann aus dem Süden^?Mann aus dem Sueden
  [German] (1977)
The Sound Machine (1949) also appeared as:
- Translation: Het kermen der bomen [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: De geluidsmachine [Dutch] (1964)
- Translation: Äänikone [Finnish] (1970)
- Translation: Vrisak ruža [Croatian] (1978)
- Translation: Der Lautforscher [German] (1980)
- Translation: De Geluidsmachine [Dutch] (1984)
- Translation:
  La machine à capter les sons^?La machine a capter les sons
  [French] (1985)
The Great Automatic Grammatisator (1953) also appeared as:
- Variant: The Great Automatic Grammatizator (1953)
- Translation: Suuri automaattinen kielikone [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: De verhalenmachine [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation:
  Der große automatische Grammatisator^?Der grosse automatische Grammatisator
  [German] (1977)
Edward the Conqueror (1953) also appeared as:
- Translation: Edward en Louise [Dutch] (1961)
- Translation: Edward voittaja [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: Edward der Eroberer [German] (1966)
- Translation: Edward le conquérant [French] (2003)
Georgy Porgy (1959) also appeared as:
- Translation: Complex [Dutch] (1961)
- Translation: Georgy Porgy [German] (1966)
- Translation: Georgy Porgy [Finnish] (1970)
- Translation: Pauvre George [French] (2003)
Pig (1959) also appeared as:
- Translation: 't zwijntje [Dutch] (1961)
- Translation: Schwein [German] (1966)
- Translation: Sika [Finnish] (1970)
- Translation: Cochon [French] (2003)
Royal Jelly (1959) also appeared as:
- Translation: Hormonen [Dutch] (1961)
- Translation: Kuningatarhyytelö [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: Gelée Royale [German] (1966)
- Translation: Gelee Royale [German] (1984)
- Translation: Gelée royale [French] (2003)
The Landlady (1959) also appeared as:
- Translation: De hospita [Dutch] (1961)
- Translation: Vuokraemäntä [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: Die Wirtin [German] (1966)
- Translation: Die Wirtin [German] (1985)
- Translation: La logeuse [French] (2003)
William and Mary (1960) also appeared as:
- Translation: William en Mary [Dutch] (1961)
- Translation: William ja Mary [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: William und Mary [German] (1966)
- Translation: William et Mary [French] (2003)
James and the Giant Peach (excerpt) (1961)
In the Ruins (1965) also appeared as:
- Translation: Tussen de ruïnes [Dutch] (1967)
The Magic Finger (1966) also appeared as:
- Translation: El dedo mágico [Spanish] (1985)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (1970) also appeared as:
- Variant: Fantastic Mr Fox (1970)
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (1974) also appeared as:
- Variant: Ah Sweet Mystery of Life (1974)
- Translation: Ach, süßes Geheimnis des Lebens [German] (1999)
The Boy Who Talked with Animals (1977) also appeared as:
- Translation: De jongen die met dieren praatte [Dutch] (1978)
The Swan (1977) also appeared as:
- Translation: De zwaan [Dutch] (1978)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (1977) also appeared as:
- Translation: Het wonderlijk verhaal van Hendrik Meier [Dutch] (1978)
The Enormous Crocodile (1978) also appeared as:
- Translation: El cocodrilo enorme [Spanish] (1982)
- Translation: L'énorme crocodile [French] (2001)
The Twits (1980) also appeared as:
- Translation: Die Zwicks stehen kopf [German] (1981)
- Translation: Los Cretinos [Spanish] (2002)
My Uncle Oswald (excerpt) (1980)
George's Marvellous Medicine (1981) also appeared as:
- Variant: George's Marvelous Medicine (1982)
- Translation: La maravillosa medicina de Jorge [Spanish] (1996)
The Magic Child-Killer (excerpt from The Witches) (1983) also appeared as:
- Translation: A fórmula rato-transformadora nº 86 [Portuguese] (2007)
The Witches (excerpt) (1983)
The Witches (excerpt) (1983) only appeared as:
- Translation: Las brujas (fragmento) [Spanish] (2003)
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985) also appeared as:
- Translation: Die Giraffe, der Peli und ich [German] (1986)
- Translation: La jirafa, el pelícano y el mono [Spanish] (1987)
- Variant: The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me (2003)
Princess Mammalia (1986)
The Princess and the Poacher (1986)
Esio Trot (1990)
The Minpins (1991) also appeared as:
- Translation: Les minuscules [French] (2002)
- Variant: Billy and the Minpins (2017)
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1992) also appeared as:
- Translation:
  ねぶそくの牧師さん^?Nebusoku no bokushisan
  [Japanese] (1999) [as by
  ロアルド・ダール^?Roarudo Dāru
  Roarudo Daaru
  ]
Spotty Powder (1998)
from The Witches (excerpt) (2001)
George's Marvellous Medicine (2010) with David Wood

Poems

Cinderella (1982)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1982)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1982)
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf (1982)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1982)
The Three Little Pigs (1982)
A Hand in the Bird (1989)
A Little Nut-Tree (1989)
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (1989)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1989)
Dick Whittington and His Cat (1989)
Hansel and Gretel (1989)
Hey Diddle Diddle (1989)
Hot and Cold (1989)
Mary, Mary (1989)
Physical Training (1989)
St Ives (1989)
The Dentist and the Crocodile (1989)
The Emperor's New Clothes (1989)
The Price of Debauchery (1989)
The Tortoise and the Hare (1989)

Essays

Foreword (Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen) (1948)
Lucky Break (1977) also appeared as:
- Translation: Een buitenkansje [Dutch] (1978)
Acknowledgements (Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories) (1983)
Introduction (Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories) (1983)
Going Solo (Introduction) (1986)
Preface (Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life) (1990)
My BFG (2016)

Interviews with This Author

Roald Dahl: "It's Got to Be Bloody Good!" (1983) by Lisa Tuttle

Non-Genre Titles

Novels

Danny: The Champion of the World (1975) also appeared as:
- Translation: Danny: el campeón del mundo [Spanish] (1986)
- Translation: Danny, le champion du monde [French] (1988)
- Translation: Danny o Campeón do Mundo [Galician] (1989)
- Translation: Danny oder Die Fasanenjagd [German] (2001)

Collections

Over to You (1946)
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (1989)

Short Fiction

A Piece of Cake (1942) also appeared as:
- Translation: Een zacht eitje [Dutch] (1978)
Katina (1944)
Beware of the Dog (1944)
Madame Rosette (1945)
Someone Like You (1945)
Yesterday Was Beautiful (1946)
Mr. Botibol (1948) also appeared as:
- Variant: Mr Botibol (2000)
Poison (1950) also appeared as:
- Translation: Myrkky [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: Vergif [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: Gift [German] (1980)
Taste (1951) also appeared as:
- Translation: De fijnproever [Dutch] (1959)
- Translation: Maku [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: De fijnproever [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: Geschmack [German] (1977)
- Translation: Geschmack [German] (1980)
Dip in the Pool (1952) also appeared as:
- Translation: Lage zone [Dutch] (1959)
- Translation: Een frisse duik [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: En plein jus [French] (1967)
- Translation: Sukellus pottiin [Finnish] (1970)
- Translation: Einsatz [German] (1977)
- Translation: Einsatz [German] (1985)
- Translation: Plouf ! [French] (2000)
Skin (1952) also appeared as:
- Translation: Huid [Dutch] (1959)
- Translation: Nahka [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: Huid [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: Haut [German] (1980)
My Lady Love, My Dove (1952) also appeared as:
- Translation: Rakkaani, kyyhkyläiseni [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: M'n liefje, m'n duifje [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: Mein Herzblatt [German] (1977)
Claud's Dog (1953) also appeared as:
- Translation: Claudin koira [Finnish] (1970)
- Translation: Das Hunderennen [German] (1977)
- Translation: Der krumme Hund [German] (1980)
Mr. Hoddy (1953) also appeared as:
- Translation: Mr Hoddy [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: Hoddy [German] (1977)
Neck (1953) also appeared as:
- Translation: Kaula [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: Klem [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: Hals [German] (1980)
Rummins (1953) also appeared as:
- Translation: Rummins [Dutch] (1962)
The Ratcatcher (1953) also appeared as:
- Translation: De rattenvanger [Dutch] (1962)
The Soldier (1953) also appeared as:
- Translation: Gedemobiliseerd [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: Sotilas [Finnish] (1970)
- Translation: Der Soldat [German] (1980)
Mr. Feasey (1953) also appeared as:
- Translation: Mr Feasey [Dutch] (1962)
Lamb to the Slaughter (1953) also appeared as:
- Translation: Lampaalla teurastettu [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: Lam ter slachtbank [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: Lammkeule [German] (1977)
Nunc Dimittis (1953) also appeared as:
- Translation: Nunc Dimittis [Dutch] (1959)
- Translation: Nunc dimittis [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: Nunc dimittis [Finnish] (1970)
- Translation: Nunc Dimittis [German] (1977)
Galloping Foxley (1953) also appeared as:
- Translation: Foxley [Dutch] (1962)
- Translation: Laukkaava Foxley [Finnish] (1970)
- Translation: Der rasende Foxley [German] (1980)
The Way Up to Heaven (1954) also appeared as:
- Translation: Op weg naar de hemel [Dutch] (1961)
- Translation: Tie taivaaseen [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: Der Weg zum Himmel [German] (1966)
- Translation: La via verso il cielo [Italian] (1972)
- Translation: Der Weg zum Himmel [German] (1985)
- Variant: The Way up to Heaven (2000)
- Translation: Tous les chemins mènent au ciel [French] (2003)
Parson's Pleasure (1958) also appeared as:
- Translation: Dominee's liefhebberij [Dutch] (1961)
- Translation: Pastorin huvi [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: Des Pfarrers Freude [German] (1966)
- Translation: Un beau dimanche [French] (2003)
The Champion of the World (1959) also appeared as:
- Translation: De wereldkampioen [Dutch] (1961)
- Translation: Maailmanmestari [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: Der Weltmeister [German] (1966)
- Translation: Le champion du monde [French] (2003)
A Fine Son (1959) also appeared as:
- Variant: Genesis and Catastrophe: A True Story (1959)
- Variant: Genesis and Catastrophe (1959)
- Translation: Een blijvertje [Dutch] (1961)
- Translation: Genesis und Katastrophe [German] (1966)
- Translation: Genesis ja katastrofi: Tosi juttu [Finnish] (1970)
- Translation: Une histoire vraie [French] (2003)
Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat (1959) also appeared as:
- Variant: Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat (1959)
- Translation: De bontmantel [Dutch] (1961)
- Translation: Rouva Bixby ja everstin takki [Finnish] (1961)
- Translation: Mrs. Bixby und der Mantel des Obersts [German] (1966)
- Translation: Mrs. Bixby und der Mantel des Obersten [German] (1977)
- Translation: Madame Bixby et le manteau du colonel [French] (2003)
The Last Act (1966)
The Great Switcheroo (1974)
The Butler (1974)
The Hitchhiker (1977) also appeared as:
- Variant: The Hitch-Hiker (1977)
- Translation: De lifter [Dutch] (1978)
The Bookseller (1978)
The Umbrella Man (1979)
Vengeance Is Mine Inc. (1980)
The Surgeon (1988)

Essays

The Mildenhall Treasure (1946) also appeared as:
- Translation: De schat van Mildenhall [Dutch] (1978)

Summary Bibliography: Roald Dahl

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