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Roald Dahl

Born

in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, The United Kingdom

September 13, 1916

Died

November 23, 1990

Website

http://www.roalddahl.com

Genre

Children's Books, Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, who rose to prominence in the 1940's with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors.

Dahl's first published work, inspired by a meeting with C. S. Forester, was Shot Down Over Libya. Today the story is published as A Piece of Cake. The story, about his wartime adventures, was bought by the Saturday Evening Post for $900, and propelled him into a career as a writer. Its title was inspired by a highly inaccurate and sensationalized article about the crash that blinded him, which claimed he had been shot down instead of simply having to land because of low fuel.

His first children's book was The Gremlins, about ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 4,267,158 ratings · 128,888 reviews · 1,458 distinct works • Similar authors

	Matilda 4.34 avg rating — 954,722 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1) by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 853,641 ratings — published 1964 — 693 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The BFG 4.23 avg rating — 483,627 ratings — published 1982 — 384 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	James and the Giant Peach 4.03 avg rating — 474,844 ratings — published 1961 — 361 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Witches 4.18 avg rating — 397,000 ratings — published 1981 — 363 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twits by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 144,342 ratings — published 1980 — 256 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 134,400 ratings — published 1970 — 333 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2) by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrations) 3.68 avg rating — 111,804 ratings — published 1972 — 280 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	George's Marvellous Medicine 4.03 avg rating — 92,524 ratings — published 1981 — 243 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boy: Tales of Childhood (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 68,817 ratings — published 1984 — 167 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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4.07 avg rating — 104,003 ratings

Tales Of (8 books)
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3.75 avg rating — 7,504 ratings

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4.22 avg rating — 1,703 ratings

The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl (2 books)
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, 1964, 176 pages

58 votes, 24.6%

The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, 1942, 192 pages

57 votes, 24.2%

The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, 1932, 363 pages

28 votes, 11.9%

Scoop by Evelyn Waugh, 1938, 222 pages

28 votes, 11.9%

The Godfather by Mario Puzo, 1969, 448 pages

25 votes, 10.6%

True Grit by Charles Portis, 1968, 224 pages

24 votes, 10.2%

Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov, 1996, 228 pages

16 votes, 6.8%

236 total votes

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