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Home / Authors / Daniel Handler Daniel Handler American author Daniel Handler is best known for his Lemony Snicket series, *A Series of Unfortunate Events*, which has sold over 60 million copies worldwide. This page provides the Daniel Handler books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1999 The Basic Eight POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1999 The Bad Beginning POoASOUEB · 1 Buy ↗ 1999 The Reptile Room POoASOUEB · 2 Buy ↗ 2000 Watch Your Mouth POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 2000 The Wide Window POoASOUEB · 3 Buy ↗ 2000 The Miserable Mill POoASOUEB · 4 Buy ↗ 2000 The Austere Academy POoASOUEB · 5 Buy ↗ 2001 The Ersatz Elevator POoASOUEB · 6 Buy ↗ 2001 The Vile Village POoASOUEB · 7 Buy ↗ 2001 The Hostile Hospital POoASOUEB · 8 Buy ↗ 2002 Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography POoASOUECB · 1 Buy ↗ 2002 The Carnivorous Carnival POoASOUEB · 9 Buy ↗ 2003 The Slippery Slope POoASOUEB · 10 Buy ↗ 2004 The Blank Book POoASOUECB · 2 Buy ↗ 2004 Behind the Scenes with Count Olaf POoASOUECB · 3 Buy ↗ 2004 The Grim Grotto POoASOUEB · 11 Buy ↗ 2005 The Penultimate Peril POoASOUEB · 12 Buy ↗ 2006 Adverbs POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 2006 The Notorious Notations POoASOUECB · 4 Buy ↗ 2006 The Beatrice Letters POoASOUECB · 5 Buy ↗ 2006 The End POoASOUEB · 13 Buy ↗ 2007 Baby in the Manger POoLSPB · 1 Buy ↗ 2007 The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming POoPB · 2 Buy ↗ 2007 Horseradish POoASOUECB · 6 Buy ↗ 2008 The Lump of Coal POoLSPB · 3 Buy ↗ 2009 The Composer Is Dead(As: Lemony Snicket) POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 2010 13 Words POoLSPB · 4 Buy ↗ 2011 Why We Broke Up POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 2012 Who Could That Be at This Hour? POoAtWQB · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 When Did You See Her Last? POoAtWQB · 2 Buy ↗ 2013 The Dark POoPB · 5 Buy ↗ 2014 File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents POoATWQC · 1 Buy ↗ 2014 Shouldn't You Be in School? POoAtWQB · 3 Buy ↗ 2014 29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy POoPB · 6 Buy ↗ 2015 Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? POoAtWQB · 4 Buy ↗ 2015 We Are Pirates POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 2017 All the Dirty Parts POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 2017 Goldfish Ghost POoLSPB · 7 Buy ↗ 2017 The Bad Mood and the Stick POoLSPB · 8 Buy ↗ 2019 Read Something Else: Collected & Dubious Wit & Wisdom of Lemony Snicket POoLSC · 1 Buy ↗ 2019 Bottle Grove POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 2024 And Then? And Then? What Else? POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of All The Wrong Questions Collections 1 book · 2014
01 File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents 2014 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 9 books · 1999–2024
01 The Basic Eight 1999 Buy ↗ 02 Watch Your Mouth 2000 Buy ↗ 04 The Composer Is Dead(As: Lemony Snicket) 2009 Buy ↗ 05 Why We Broke Up 2011 Buy ↗ 06 We Are Pirates 2015 Buy ↗ 07 All the Dirty Parts 2017 Buy ↗ 09 And Then? And Then? What Else? 2024 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Picture Books 3 books · 2007–2014
02 The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming 2007 Buy ↗ 06 29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy 2014 Buy ↗ Publication Order of A Series Of Unfortunate Events Companion Books 6 books · 2002–2007
01 Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography 2002 Buy ↗ 02 The Blank Book 2004 Buy ↗ 03 Behind the Scenes with Count Olaf 2004 Buy ↗ 04 The Notorious Notations 2006 Buy ↗ 05 The Beatrice Letters 2006 Buy ↗ Publication Order of All the Wrong Questions Books 4 books · 2012–2015
01 Who Could That Be at This Hour? 2012 Buy ↗ 02 When Did You See Her Last? 2013 Buy ↗ 03 Shouldn't You Be in School? 2014 Buy ↗ 04 Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? 2015 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Lemony Snicket Picture Books 5 books · 2007–2017
01 Baby in the Manger 2007 Buy ↗ 03 The Lump of Coal 2008 Buy ↗ 07 Goldfish Ghost 2017 Buy ↗ 08 The Bad Mood and the Stick 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Lemony Snicket Collections 1 book · 2019
01 Read Something Else: Collected & Dubious Wit & Wisdom of Lemony Snicket 2019 Buy ↗ Publication Order of A Series Of Unfortunate Events Books 13 books · 1999–2006
01 The Bad Beginning 1999 Buy ↗ 02 The Reptile Room 1999 Buy ↗ 03 The Wide Window 2000 Buy ↗ 04 The Miserable Mill 2000 Buy ↗ 05 The Austere Academy 2000 Buy ↗ 06 The Ersatz Elevator 2001 Buy ↗ 07 The Vile Village 2001 Buy ↗ 08 The Hostile Hospital 2001 Buy ↗ 09 The Carnivorous Carnival 2002 Buy ↗ 10 The Slippery Slope 2003 Buy ↗ 11 The Grim Grotto 2004 Buy ↗ 12 The Penultimate Peril 2005 Buy ↗