Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916. He first began writing in 1942, and although for the first fifteen years of his career, he wrote short stories for adults, he is most well-known for his children's books. His first book, James and the Giant Peach, had its roots in bedtime stories for his daughters. Several years later, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was published, which became a success, and his successive children's books were all bestsellers. Several of his children's books have been made into movies, the classic being Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and the later 2005 version Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Although Mr. Dahl passed away in 1990 at the age of 74, his works remain popular and well-loved.

For more information on Mr. Dahl's history and life, visit The Official Roald Dahl Web Site.

Books
This is a list of books by Dahl, including his children's books, novels for adults, autobiographies, and collections of short stories. For a more complete list of his works, including specific poems and short story titles, please visit RoaldDahlfans.com.

• Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
• The BFG
• Boy
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Charlie and the Glass Elevator
• Completely Unexpected Tales
• Danny the Champion of the World
• Dirty Beasts
• The Enormous Crocodile
• Esio Trot
• Even More Revolting Recipes
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Great Automatic Grammatizator
• George's Marvellous Medicine
• Going Solo
• The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
• James and the Giant Peach
• Kiss Kiss
• The Magic Finger
• Matilda
• The Minpins
• The Mildenhall Trasure
• More Tales of the Unexpected
• My Uncle Oswald
• My Year
• Over to You
• Quiz Books
• Revolting Recipes
• Rhyme Stew
• Roald Dahl's Cookbook
• Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
• Skin and Other Stories
• Someone Like You
• Switch Bitch
• The Twits
• The Umbrella Man
• The Vicar of Nibbleswicke
• The Witches
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar