Edward Gorey

Edward Gorey

Edward Gorey was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 22nd, 1925 and passed away at the age of 75 on April 15th, 2000.

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Edward Gorey Stats: The highest rated book by Edward Gorey on Book Notification is Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, the first novel in the Edward Gorey Poetry series. The second-highest rated book is The Iron Tonic: Or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley (Edward Gorey Poetry #6).

The most read book by Edward Gorey on Book Notification is Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, the first novel in the Edward Gorey Poetry series. The second most read book is The Iron Tonic: Or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley (Edward Gorey Poetry #6).

Below is a complete list of Edward Gorey books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Edward Gorey is the Edward Gorey Poetry.

List of Amphigorey Books in Publication Order

List of The Vinegar Works Books in Publication Order

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Freshwater (With: Virginia Woolf)
1935
2
The Unstrung Harp
1953
3
The Listing Attic
1954
4
The Curious Sofa
1961
5
The Gorey Alphabet
1961
6
Quake, Quake, Quake (With: Paul Dehn)
Quake, Quake, Quake (With: Paul Dehn)
1961
7
Scrap Irony
1961
8
The Willowdale Handcar: or the Return of the Black Doll
1962
9
The Nursery Frieze
1964
10
The King Who Saved Himself From Being Saved
1965
11
The Inanimate Tragedy
1966
12
The Pious Infant
1966
13
The Gilded Bat
1966
14
The Jumblies (With: Edward Lear)
The Jumblies (With: Edward Lear)
1968
15
The Dong with a Luminous Nose (With: Edward Lear)
The Dong with a Luminous Nose (With: Edward Lear)
1968
16
The 14th Dragon (With: James E. Seidelman, Grace Mintonye)
The 14th Dragon (With: James E. Seidelman, Grace Mintonye)
1968
17
The Epiplectic Bicycle
1969
18
The Fantod Pack
1969
19
Chinese Obelisks
1970
20
The Deranged Cousins, or, Whatever
1971
21
The Salt Herring
1971
22
The Untitled Book
1971
23
Lions and Lobsters and Foxes and Frogs (With: Ennis Rees)
1971
24
The Abandoned Sock
1972
25
Leaves From a Mislaid Album
1972
26
The Awdrey-Gore Legacy
1972
27
Category
1973
28
A Limerick
1973
29
Limericks (With: Betty Jane Wagner)
Limericks (With: Betty Jane Wagner)
1973
30
The Lavender Leotard; or, Going a Lot to the New York City Ballet
1973
31
The Rats of Rutland Grange
1974
32
Glorious Nosebleed
1974
33
The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler; And, English Summer
1976
34
The Broken Spoke
1976
35
Les Passementeries Horribles
1976
36
The Loathsome Couple
1977
37
The Green Beads
1978
38
Gorey Games
1979
39
Gorey Posters
1980
40
Dancing Cats
1980
41
Neglected Murderesses
1980
42
The Water Flowers
1982
43
Light Metres (With: Felicia Lamport)
Light Metres (With: Felicia Lamport)
1982
44
Gorey Cats and Paper Dolls
1982
45
Gorey Stories
1983
46
The Prune People
1983
47
The Prune People II
1985
48
Les Échanges Malandreux
1985
49
The Improvable Landscape
1986
50
The Raging Tide: Or, the Black Doll's Imbroglio
1987
51
The Helpless Doorknob
1989
52
The Stupid Joke
1990
53
Q.R.V. / The Universal Solvent
1990
54
The Fraught Settee
1990
55
La Balade Troublante
1991
56
Figbash Acrobate
1994
57
The Retrieved Locket
1994
58
The Unknown Vegetable
1995
59
Cape Cod's Cockiest Crook, or, Con Man's Carnival (With: Robert Vickrey)
1996
60
The Haunted Tea-Cosy
1997
61
The Just Dessert
1997
62
The Deadly Blotter
1997
63
Edward Gorey
2009
64
The Black Doll
2009
65
Gorey Creatures
2009
66
Mysterious Messages, Cryptic Cards, Coded Conundrums, Anonymous Notes Book of Postcards
2010
67
The Willowdale Handcar or the Return of the Black Doll
2011
68
Saint Melissa the Mottled
2012
69
The Angel, the Automobilist, and Eighteen Others
2016
70
Always One Button Short
2022

List of Collections in Publication Order (with Robert Aickman)

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
François Villon (With: Hilaire Belloc, Wyndham Lewis)
François Villon (With: Hilaire Belloc, Wyndham Lewis)
1958
2
The Recently Deflowered Girl
1965
3
Son of the Martini Cookbook
1967
4
Instant Lives (With: Howard Moss)
Instant Lives (With: Howard Moss)
1974
5
The Betrayed Confidence
1992
6
The Cat on My Shoulder
1993
7
Heather Braginton-smith (With: Karen Aude)
Heather Braginton-smith (With: Karen Aude)
1997
8
The Strange Case of Edward Gorey (With: Alexander Theroux)
The Strange Case of Edward Gorey (With: Alexander Theroux)
2000
9
Ascending Peculiarity
2001
10
Edward Gorey Address Book
2002
11
Elegant Enigmas
2009
12
Edward Gorey (With: Steven Heller)
Edward Gorey (With: Steven Heller)
2015

List of Children's Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Cautionary Tales for Children (With: Hilaire Belloc)
Cautionary Tales for Children (With: Hilaire Belloc)
1907
2
The Bug Book
1959
3
The Hapless Child
1961
4
Man Who Sang The Sillies (With: John Ciardi)
Man Who Sang The Sillies (With: John Ciardi)
1961
5
The Wuggly Ump
1963
6
The Christmas Bower (With: Polly Redford)
The Christmas Bower (With: Polly Redford)
1967
7
Cobweb Castle (With: Jan Wahl)
Cobweb Castle (With: Jan Wahl)
1968
8
More of Brer Rabbit's Tricks (With: Ennis Rees, J.C. Harris)
More of Brer Rabbit's Tricks (With: Ennis Rees, J.C. Harris)
1968
9
Someone Could Win a Polar Bear
1970
10
Penny Candy (With: Edward B. Fenton)
Penny Candy (With: Edward B. Fenton)
1970
11
Story for Sara: What Happened to a Little Girl
1971
12
Miss Clafooty and the Demon (With: J. David Townsend)
Miss Clafooty and the Demon (With: J. David Townsend)
1971
13
Sam and Emma (With: Donald Nelsen)
Sam and Emma (With: Donald Nelsen)
1971
14
The Shrinking of Treehorn (With: Florence Parry Heide)
The Shrinking of Treehorn (With: Florence Parry Heide)
1971
15
Alvin Steadfast On Vernacular Island (With: Frank Jacobs)
1979
16
Treehorn's Treasure (With: Florence Parry Heide)
Treehorn's Treasure (With: Florence Parry Heide)
1981
17
The Dwindling Party
1982
18
Why We Have Day and Night (With: Peter F. Neumeyer)
Why We Have Day and Night (With: Peter F. Neumeyer)
1982
19
The Adventures of Treehorn (With: Florence Parry Heide)
The Adventures of Treehorn (With: Florence Parry Heide)
1983
20
Treehorn's Wish (With: Florence Parry Heide)
Treehorn's Wish (With: Florence Parry Heide)
1984
21
The Tunnel Calamity
1984
22
The Eclectic Abecedarium
1985
23
The Monster Den
1991
24
Rumpelstiltskin
1992
25
The Evil Garden
1997
26
Three Ladies Beside the Sea (With: Rhoda Levine)
Three Ladies Beside the Sea (With: Rhoda Levine)
2010
27
Three Classic Children's Stories
2010
28
He Was There From the Day We Moved In (With: Rhoda Levine)
2012

List of Picture Books in Publication Order (with John Updike)

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
The Doubtful Guest
1957
2
The Object-Lesson
1958
3
The Fatal Lozenge
1961
4
The Sinking Spell
1964
5
The Remembered Visit
1965
6
The Utter Zoo
1967
7
The Blue Aspic
1968
8
The Other Statue
1968
9
The Osbick Bird
1970
10
The Sopping Thursday
1971
11
The Eleventh Episode
1971
12
The Lost Lions
1973
13
The Glorious Nosebleed
1974
14
The Twelve Terrors of Christmas
1994
15
The Beastly Baby
1995
16
Thoughtful Alphabets
2012
17
A Halloween Treat
2012

List of Poetry in Publication Order (with Felice Holman)

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
10
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
1939
2
More Clinical Sonnets
1950
3
Case Record from a Sonnetorium
1951
4
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You
1961
5
You Know Who
1964
6
6
The Iron Tonic: Or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley
1969
7
At The Top Of My Voice: And Other Poems
1970
8
The Tuning Fork
1990
9
The Headless Bust
1999

List of Anthony Monday Mysteries Books in Publication Order (with John Bellairs)

List of Donald Books in Publication Order (with Peter F. Neumeyer)

List of Fletcher and Zenobia Books in Publication Order (with Victoria Chess)

List of Harper Trophy Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Hurry Home, Candy (By: Meindert DeJong)
1953
2
Shadrach (By: Meindert DeJong)
1953
3
Little Witch (By: Anna Elizabeth Bennett)
Little Witch (By: Anna Elizabeth Bennett)
1953
4
Along Came a Dog (By: Meindert DeJong)
1958
5
The Summer of the Falcon (By: Jean Craighead George)
1962
6
Grizzly (By: Gilbert Riswold)
Grizzly (By: Gilbert Riswold)
1964
7
Noonday Friends (By: Mary Stolz)
Noonday Friends (By: Mary Stolz)
1965
8
The Seventeenth-Street Gang (By: Emily Cheney Neville)
The Seventeenth-Street Gang (By: Emily Cheney Neville)
1966
9
Sour Land (By: William H. Armstrong)
1971
10
The Park Book (By: Charlotte Zolotow)
The Park Book (By: Charlotte Zolotow)
1972
11
The Haunted Mountain (By: Laszlo Kubinyi, Mollie Hunter)
The Haunted Mountain (By: Laszlo Kubinyi, Mollie Hunter)
1972
12
The Sign of the Chrysanthemum (By: Katherine Paterson)
1973
13
A Billion for Boris (By: Mary Rodgers)
1974
14
A Stranger Came Ashore (By: Mollie Hunter)
A Stranger Came Ashore (By: Mollie Hunter)
1975
15
The Wicked One (By: Mollie Hunter)
The Wicked One (By: Mollie Hunter)
1977
16
Runaway To Freedom ( By: Barbara Smucker)
Runaway To Freedom ( By: Barbara Smucker)
1979
17
Poem stew (By: William Cole)
Poem stew (By: William Cole)
1981
18
The Land I Lost (By: Quang Nhuong Huynh)
The Land I Lost (By: Quang Nhuong Huynh)
1982
19
Summer Switch (By: Mary Rodgers)
1982
20
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl (By: Virginia Hamilton)
1983
21
Desdemona-Twelve Going on Desperate (By: Beverly Keller)
1986
22
Hey World, Here I Am! (By: Jean Little)
Hey World, Here I Am! (By: Jean Little)
1986
23
The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish (By: Betsy Byars)
1987
24
Stonewords (By: Pam Conrad)
Stonewords (By: Pam Conrad)
1990
25
What's So Terrible About Swallowing an Apple Seed? (By: Harriet Lerner, Susan Goldhor)
1996
26
Crush (By: Ellen Conford)
Crush (By: Ellen Conford)
1998
27
Good Night, Maman (By: Norma Fox Mazer)
Good Night, Maman (By: Norma Fox Mazer)
1999
28
Pilot Down, Presumed Dead (By: Marjorie Phleger)
Pilot Down, Presumed Dead (By: Marjorie Phleger)
2009
29
Will Spring Be Early? Or Will Spring Be Late? (By: Crockett Johnson)
2018
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List of Johnny Dixon Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
6
The Curse of the Blue Figurine
1983
2
The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt
1983
3
The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull
1984
4
The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost ( By: John Bellairs)
1985
5
The Eyes of the Killer Robot
1986
6
The Trolley to Yesterday
1989
7
The Chessmen of Doom
1989
8
The Secret of the Underground Room ( By: John Bellairs)
1990
9
The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie (With: Brad Strickland, John Bellairs)
1994
10
The Hand of the Necromancer (With: Brad Strickland, John Bellairs)
1996
11
The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder (With: Brad Strickland, John Bellairs)
1997
12
The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost (With: Brad Strickland, John Bellairs)
1999
13
The Stone, the Cipher, and the Shadows ( By: Brad Strickland)
2022
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List of Lewis Barnavelt Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
9
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (With: John Bellairs)
1973
2
The Figure in the Shadows (By: John Bellairs)
1975
3
The Letter, the Witch and the Ring (By: John Bellairs)
1976
4
The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder (By: John Bellairs)
1993
5
The Ghost in the Mirror (With: John Bellairs)
1993
6
The Doom of the Haunted Opera (With: John Bellairs)
1995
7
The Specter from the Magician's Museum
1998
8
10
The Beast Under the Wizard's Bridge
2000
9
The Tower at the End of the World ( By: Brad Strickland)
2001
10
The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost ( By: Brad Strickland)
2003
11
The House Where Nobody Lived ( By: Brad Strickland)
2006
12
The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer ( By: Brad Strickland)
2008
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List of Edward Gorey Anthologies in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Haunted Looking Glass
1959
2
Clutch of Vampires
1974
3
Ladies of Fantasy: Two Centuries of Sinister Stories by the Gentle Sex
1975
4
Ladies of the Gothics: Tales of Romance and Terror by the Gentle Sex
1975
5
Artists' Christmas Cards
1979
6
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror
1980
7
Man Bites Man
1981
8
Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense
1988
9
Plays In One Act
1991
10
For Our Children
1991
11
Sweet Revenge
1992
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Edward Gorey: Biography

Edward Gorey was born on February 22nd, 1925. Edward passed away April 15th, 2000 at 75 years old. Edward Gorey was born in Chicago, Illinois.

Edward Gorey was the author of the Edward Gorey Short Stories/Novellas series which consists of 70 novels. The Edward Gorey Short Stories/Novellas series started in 1935 with the novel Freshwater. The most recently released novel in the Edward Gorey Short Stories/Novellas series was Always One Button Short which was released in 2022. There are no upcoming novels for the Edward Gorey Short Stories/Novellas series.

Edward Gorey also wrote the Children's Books series which has 28 books including Cautionary Tales for Children and The Bug Book.

Edward Gorey: Awards & Accolades

Edward Gorey won the Bram Stoker Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, in 1999.

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Edward Gorey: F.A.Q

When was Edward Gorey Born?

Edward Gorey was born on February 22nd, 1925.

When did Edward Gorey die?

Edward Gorey died on April 15th, 2000 at 75 years old.

Where was Edward Gorey Born?

Edward Gorey was born in Chicago, Illinois, .

What awards has Edward Gorey won?

Edward Gorey has won the following awards: Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bram Stoker Awards (1999).

What was the first book Edward Gorey wrote?

The first novel written by Edward Gorey was Cautionary Tales for Children, published in 1907.

What was the most recent book Edward Gorey wrote?

Their most recently released work was Always One Button Short (a short story) on September 1st, 2022.

How many books has Edward Gorey written?

Edward Gorey has written 173 books across 15 series.
  • 4 books in the Amphigorey Series
  • 3 books in The Vinegar Works Series
  • 6 Standalone Novels
  • 70 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 3 Collections
  • 12 Non-Fiction Books
  • 28 Children's Books
  • 17 Picture Books
  • 9 Poetry
  • 2 books in the Anthony Monday Mysteries Series
  • 2 books in the Donald Series
  • 2 books in the Fletcher and Zenobia Series
  • 10 books in the Johnny Dixon Series
  • 5 books in the Lewis Barnavelt Series

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