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 highest rated book by James Thurber on Book Notification is The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a Collection. The second-highest rated book is My Life and Hard Times, a Non-Fiction book.

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

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
The Male Animal
1000
2
Oh My, Omar! A Musical Comedy
1921
3
The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
4
The Last Flower
1939
5
The White Deer
1945
6
2
The 13 Clocks
1950
7
The Wonderful O
1955
8
Lanterns & Lances
1961
9
The Works of James Thurber
1986
10
The Genius of James Thurber
1997

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

List of Collections in Publication Order

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

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

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

List of Children's Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Many Moons (With: Louis Slobodkin)
Many Moons (With: Louis Slobodkin)
1942
2
The Great Quillow (With: Steven Kellogg)
The Great Quillow (With: Steven Kellogg)
1944

List of James Thurber as Illustrator in Publication Order

List of Creative Classic Books in Publication Order

List of James Thurber Anthologies in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Reading I've Liked
1941
2
Decade 1931-1941
1941
3
Four Modern American Plays
1944
4
50 Great Short Stories
1952
5
Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine Volume 1 Number 1, January 1954
1954
6
Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century
1954
7
6
50 Great American Short Stories
1963
8
21 Great Stories
1969
9
The Faber Book of Modern Fairy Tales
1981
10
A World of Fiction
1983
11
Perspectives in Literature: A Book of Short Stories, Vol. 1
1983
12
Great Baseball Stories
1990
13
Spells of Enchantment
1991
14
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales
1993
15
Knights of Madness
1998
16
Bangs & Whimpers: Stories about The End of The World
1999
17
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories
2000
18
Wonderful Town
2000
19
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century
2000
20
Baseball: a Literary Anthology
2002
21
Selected Shorts: Timeless Classics
2006
22
Classic American Short Stories, Volume 3
2010
23
The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs
2012
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James Thurber: Biography

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 the Non-Fiction Books series which has 11 books including Is Sex Necessary? and Let Your Mind Alone.

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 novel written by James Thurber was The Male Animal, published in 1000.

What was the most recent book James Thurber wrote?

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

How many books has James Thurber written?

James Thurber has written 56 books. 2 books in the Vintage Thurber Series, 10 Standalone Novels, 6 Short Stories/Novellas, 21 books in the Collections, 11 books in the Non-Fiction Books, 2 books in the Children's Books, 3 books in the James Thurber as Illustrator, 1 book in the Creative Classic Series.

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