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).