James Thurber

James Thurber

James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio on December 8th, 1894 and passed away at the age of 66 on November 2nd, 1961.

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James Thurber Stats: The most read book by James Thurber on Book Notification is The 13 Clocks, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a Collection.

Below is a complete list of James Thurber books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Vintage Thurber Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Vintage Thurber: Volume 1
1963
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2
Vintage Thurber: Volume 2
1963
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are The 13 Clocks, The White Deer, and The Wonderful O.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Oh My, Omar! A Musical Comedy
1921
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2
The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
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3
The Last Flower
1939
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4
The Male Animal
1941
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5
8
The White Deer
1945
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6
6.5
The 13 Clocks
1950
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7
8
The Wonderful O
1955
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8
Lanterns & Lances
1961
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9
The Works of James Thurber
1986
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10
The Genius of James Thurber
1997
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are The Catbird Seat, A Thurber Garland, and The Cat and the Lifeboat.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
The Catbird Seat
1942
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2
The Seal in the Bedroom and Other Predicaments
1950
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3
A Thurber Garland
1955
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4
Grizzly and the Gadgets and Further Fables for Our Times
1972
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5
The Cat and the Lifeboat
2009
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6
The Wood Duck
2010
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List of Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top collections are The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Thurber Carnival, and The Owl In The Attic And Other Perplexities.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Owl In The Attic And Other Perplexities
1931
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2
Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated
1940
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3
8
My World, and Welcome to It
1942
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4
4
The Thurber Carnival
1942
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5
Men, Women and Dogs (With: Profusedly Illustrated)
1943
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6
Thurber Country
1946
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7
The Beast in Me and Other Animals
1950
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8
The Thurber album
1952
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9
Thurber's Dogs
1955
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10
8
Further Fables for Our Time
1956
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11
Alarms and Diversions
1957
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12
Credos And Curios
1962
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13
Thurber and Company
1966
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14
Collecting Himself (With: Michael J. Rosen)
1989
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15
92 Stories
1990
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16
People Have More Fun Than Anybody
1994
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17
Writings and Drawings
1996
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18
Stories of New England (With: Blair Einstein)
1997
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19
Better To Have Loafed And Lost
2002
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20
7
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2005
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21
Collected Fables
2019
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are My Life and Hard Times, Is Sex Necessary?, and Let Your Mind Alone.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Is Sex Necessary? (With: E.B. White)
1929
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2
Let Your Mind Alone
1937
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3
How To Raise a Dog in the City and in the Suburbs (With: Ann Honeycutt, James R. Kinney)
1938
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4
8
My Life and Hard Times
1948
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5
Thurber on Humor
1953
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6
The Years with Ross
1959
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7
Thurber : A Biography (With: Burton Bernstein)
1975
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8
Selected Letters of James Thurber
1981
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9
Thurber On Crime
1992
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10
The Thurber Letters
2003
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11
Conversations with James Thurber
2015
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List of Children's Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
Many Moons (With: Louis Slobodkin)
1942
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2
6
The Great Quillow (With: Steven Kellogg)
1944
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3
8
The Tiger Who Would be King
2015
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List of James Thurber as Illustrator in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Mixture for Men
1946
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2
Dogs That Have Known Me and Other Waggish Tales (With: Peg Doherty)
1967
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3
In a Word (With: Margaret S. Ernst)
1989
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List of Creative Classic Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Night the Ghost Got in
1983
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List of Selected Shorts Books in Publication Order

Short stories from a variety of influential authors.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
For Better and for Worse
1993
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2
Even More Laughs
1998
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3
Timeless Classics
2006
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4
Falling in Love
2007
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5
Food Fictions
2007
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6
Travel Tales
2007
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7
Edith Wharton
2007
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8
Pets!
2007
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9
Tales of Betrayal
2007
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10
Family Matters
2007
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11
Are We There Yet?
2008
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12
A Touch of Magic
2009
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13
The William Hurt Collection
2009
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14
Whodunit?
2009
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15
10
American Classics
2010
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16
New American Stories
2011
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17
Poe!
2012
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List of James Thurber Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Reading I've Liked
1941
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2
Decade 1931-1941
1941
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3
Four Modern American Plays
1944
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4
4
50 Great Short Stories
1952
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5
Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine Volume 1 Number 1, January 1954
1954
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6
Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century
1954
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7
6
50 Great American Short Stories
1963
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8
21 Great Stories
1969
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9
The Faber Book of Modern Fairy Tales
1981
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10
A World of Fiction
1983
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11
Perspectives in Literature: A Book of Short Stories, Vol. 1
1983
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12
Great Baseball Stories
1990
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13
Spells of Enchantment
1991
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14
4
Knights of Madness
1998
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15
Bangs & Whimpers
1999
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16
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories
2000
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17
Wonderful Town
2000
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18
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century
2000
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19
Baseball: a Literary Anthology
2002
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20
Classic American Short Stories, Volume 3
2010
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21
The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs
2012
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James Thurber

James Thurber was born on December 8th, 1894. James passed away November 2nd, 1961 at 66 years old. James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio.

James Thurber was the author of the James Thurber Collections series which consists of 21 novels. The James Thurber Collections series started in 1931 with the novel The Owl In The Attic And Other Perplexities. The most recently released novel in the James Thurber Collections series was Collected Fables which was released in 2019. There are no upcoming novels for the James Thurber Collections series.

James Thurber also wrote 11 Non-Fiction Books, including Is Sex Necessary? and Let Your Mind Alone.

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James Thurber: F.A.Q

When was James Thurber Born?

James Thurber was born on December 8th, 1894.

When did James Thurber die?

James Thurber died on November 2nd, 1961 at 66 years old.

Where was James Thurber Born?

James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, .

What was the first book James Thurber wrote?

The first book written by James Thurber was Oh My, Omar! A Musical Comedy, published in 1921.

What was the most recent book James Thurber wrote?

Their most recently released work was Collected Fables on February 26th, 2019.

What is the most popular book by James Thurber?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular James Thurber book is The 13 Clocks. Here are their most popular books:
  1. The 13 Clocks (6.5)
  2. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (7)
  3. The Thurber Carnival (4)
  4. The White Deer (8)
  5. My Life and Hard Times (8)

How many books has James Thurber written?

James Thurber has written 58 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 2 books in the Vintage Thurber Series, 10 Standalone Novels, 6 Short Stories/Novellas, 21 Collections, 11 Non-Fiction Books, 3 books in the Children's Books, 3 books in the James Thurber as Illustrator, 1 book in the Creative Classic Series, 1 book in the Selected Shorts Series.

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