Books by Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2004)
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious cho...

Switch Bitch (1976)
Storties included: The Visor, The Great Switcheroo, The Last Act, Bitch....

Boy (2009)
Humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood describe summer vacations in Norway and life in an En...

Someone Like You (2010)
These eighteen tales of the macabre show Dahl?s dark brilliance as a short-story writer. They are wi...

My Uncle Oswald (1980)
Roald Dahl's first-ever novel presents the scurrilous memoirs of that delightful old reprobate from ...

The Witches (2007)
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plo...

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (2009)
While Billy and the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company are cleaning the windows of the Duke of Hamps...

The Enormous Crocodile (2009)
The enormous crocodile devises secret plans and a few clever tricks to secure his lunch, only to hav...

Matilda (2007)
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress,...

Going Solo (2009)
The children's author recounts his adventures as a young man working in East Africa for the Shell Co...

James and the Giant Peach (2010)
James's life could hardly have been more horrible. He lives with his two beastly aunts in a ramshack...

The Best of Roald Dahl (1990)
Stories relate the macabre exploits of an assortment of comical and grotesque characters from all wa...

George's Marvelous Medicine (1998)
George's grouchy grandmother needs a taste of her own medicine, and George knows just the right ingr...

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (2007)
Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka fin...

The Twits (2007)
The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitte...

Fantastic Mr. Fox (1998)
Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his fam...

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (1982)
The seven stories in this collection are brilliant examples of the macabre, the sinister and the who...

The magic finger (1996)
Angered by a neighboring family's sport hunting, an eight-year-old girl turns her magic finger on th...