Tales of the Unexpected (book)

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This article is about the collection of short stories by Roald Dahl. For the British TV series, see Tales of the Unexpected (TV series).

Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected is a collection of sixteen short stories written by Dahl and first published in 1979. All of the stories were earlier published in Someone Like You and Kiss Kiss.

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Roald Dahl Books

Childrens stories: The Gremlins (1943) | James and the Giant Peach (1961)| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) | The Magic Finger (1966) | Fantastic Mr Fox (1970)| Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1973) | Danny the Champion of the World (1975) | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977) | The Enormous Crocodile (1978) | The Twits (1980) | George's Marvelous Medicine (1981) | The BFG (1982) | The Witches (1983)| The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985) | Matilda (1988)| Esio Trot (1989) | The Minpins (1991) | The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991)

Childrens poetry: Revolting Rhymes (1982) | Dirty Beasts (1983) | Rhyme Stew (1989)

Adult Novels: Sometime Never: A Fable for Supermen (1948) | My Uncle Oswald (1979)

Adult Short-Story Collections: Over To You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying (1946) | Someone Like You (1953) | Kiss Kiss (1960) | Tales of the Unexpected (1979) | Switch Bitch (1974) |
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977) | Two Fables (1986) | More Tales of the Unexpected (1980) | Roald Dahl: Collected Stories (2006)

Non-fiction: Boy – Tales of Childhood (1984) | Going Solo (1986) | Memories with Food at Gipsy House (1991) | Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991) | My Year (1993)

Plays: The Honeys (1955)

Film scripts: You Only Live Twice (1967) | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) | The Night Digger (1971) | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)