Lemony Snicket books

Lemony Snicket is the pen name of Daniel Handler, an American author best known for A Series of Unfortunate Events, the thirteen-book children's series following the Baudelaire orphans.

A Series Of Unfortunate Events Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Lemony Snicket 2002 N/A
Mysterious Messages Concerning the Dismal Dinner 2004 N/A
Ankea alku 1999 N/A
The Bad Beginning 1999 Buy
Käärmekammio 1999 N/A
The Reptile Room 1999 Buy
El ventanal 2000 N/A
The Wide Window 2000 Buy
Saiturin saha 2000 N/A
The Miserable Mill 2000 Buy
The Austere Academy 2000 Buy
مدرسه‌ی سختگیر 2000 N/A
Haamuhissi 2001 N/A
The Ersatz Elevator 2001 Buy
The Vile Village 2001 Buy
دهکده‌ی شوم 2001 N/A
The Hostile Hospital 2001 Buy
بیمارستان خطرناک 2001 N/A
The Carnivorous Carnival 2002 Buy
سیرک مرگبار 2002 N/A
The Slippery Slope 2003 Buy
آبشار یخ‌زده 2003 N/A
Groźna Grota 2004 N/A
The Grim Grotto 2004 Buy
The Penultimate Peril 2005 Buy
خطر ماقبل آخر 2005 N/A
Loppu 2006 N/A
The End 2006 Buy

A Series Of Unfortunate Events Companion Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Lemony Snicket 2002 N/A
Mysterious Messages Concerning the Dismal Dinner 2004 N/A
Ankea alku 1999 N/A
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography 2002 Buy
Käärmekammio 1999 N/A
The Blank Book 2004 Buy
El ventanal 2000 N/A
Behind the Scenes with Count Olaf 2004 Buy
Saiturin saha 2000 N/A
The Notorious Notations 2006 Buy
مدرسه‌ی سختگیر 2000 N/A
The Beatrice Letters 2006 Buy
Haamuhissi 2001 N/A
Horseradish 2007 Buy
دهکده‌ی شوم 2001 N/A
بیمارستان خطرناک 2001 N/A
سیرک مرگبار 2002 N/A
آبشار یخ‌زده 2003 N/A
Groźna Grota 2004 N/A
خطر ماقبل آخر 2005 N/A
Loppu 2006 N/A

All The Wrong Questions Collections Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Der Fluch der falschen Frage 2012 N/A
When Did You See Her Last? 2013 N/A
File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents 2014 Buy
Shouldn’t You Be in School 2014 N/A
Die singende Statue: Roman 2015 N/A

All the Wrong Questions Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Der Fluch der falschen Frage 2012 N/A
Who Could That Be at This Hour? 2012 Buy
When Did You See Her Last? 2013 Buy
File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents 2014 N/A
Shouldn’t You Be in School? 2014 Buy
Die singende Statue: Roman 2015 N/A
Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? 2015 Buy

Collections

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Read Something Else: Collected & Dubious Wit & Wisdom of Lemony Snicket 2019 Buy

Daniel Handler Picture Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Baby in the Manger 2007 Buy
The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming 2007 Buy
The Lump of Coal 2008 Buy
13 Words 2010 Buy
The Dark 2013 Buy
29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy 2014 Buy
The Bad Mood and the Stick 2017 Buy

Lemony Snicket A Series Of Unfortunate Events Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Bad Beginning 1999 Buy
The Reptile Room 1999 Buy
The Austere Academy 2000 Buy
The Miserable Mill 2000 Buy
The Wide Window 2000 Buy
The Ersatz Elevator 2001 Buy
The Hostile Hospital 2001 Buy
The Vile Village 2001 Buy
The Carnivorous Carnival 2002 Buy
The Slippery Slope 2003 Buy
The Grim Grotto 2004 Buy
The Penultimate Peril 2005 Buy
The End 2006 Buy

Lemony Snicket A Series Of Unfortunate Events Companion Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography 2002 Buy
Behind the Scenes with Count Olaf 2004 Buy
The Blank Book 2004 Buy
The Beatrice Letters 2006 Buy
The Notorious Notations 2006 Buy
Horseradish 2007 Buy

Lemony Snicket All The Wrong Questions Collections

Title Published Buy on Amazon
File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents 2014 Buy

Lemony Snicket All the Wrong Questions Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Who Could That Be at This Hour? 2012 Buy
When Did You See Her Last? 2013 Buy
Shouldn’t You Be in School? 2014 Buy
Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? 2015 Buy

Lemony Snicket Anthologies Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
It Was a Dark and Silly Night… 2003 Buy
Big Fat Little Lit 2006 Buy
Half-Minute Horrors 2009 Buy
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick 2011 Buy
Who Done It? 2013 Buy
One Minute till Bedtime 2016 Buy
The Creativity Project 2018 Buy

Lemony Snicket Standalone Novels Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Composer Is Dead 2009 Buy
Poison for Breakfast 2021 Buy
Model Citizens 2022 Buy

Picture Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Baby in the Manger 2007 Buy
The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming 2007 Buy
The Lump of Coal 2008 Buy
13 Words 2010 Buy
The Dark 2013 Buy
29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy 2014 Buy
Goldfish Ghost 2017 Buy
The Bad Mood and the Stick 2017 Buy

Lemony Snicket is the pen name of Daniel Handler, used for his children’s and young adult fiction. A Series of Unfortunate Events, published between 1999 and 2006, follows the three Baudelaire orphans — Violet, Klaus, and Sunny — through thirteen books of escalating misfortune, each narrated by Snicket in a voice that is equal parts mournful and darkly comic. The series was a publishing phenomenon and remains one of the most popular children’s series of the early twenty-first century.

Handler followed the main series with companion volumes including Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography and The Beatrice Letters, then launched All the Wrong Questions (2012-2015), a four-book prequel series featuring young Lemony Snicket himself as the protagonist. His picture books — The Dark, The Lump of Coal, The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming — bring his deadpan humor to younger readers.

The catalog spans 111 titles when counting international editions, companion books, and Handler’s work under his own name, including picture books published as Daniel Handler. The range covers everything from the original thirteen-book series through anthologies, standalone novels like Poison for Breakfast (2021), and contributions to multi-author collections.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Lemony Snicket written?

Lemony Snicket has written 111 books across thirteen series.

What was Lemony Snicket's first book?

Lemony Snicket’s first book is Ankea alku, published in 1999.

What is Lemony Snicket best known for?

Lemony Snicket is best known for A Series of Unfortunate Events, thirteen novels published between 1999 and 2006 following the Baudelaire orphans as they endure increasingly terrible guardians and circumstances while pursued by the villainous Count Olaf. The series has sold over 65 million copies and was adapted into both a film (2004) and a Netflix series (2017-2019).

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