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Lemony Snicket

Author of The Bad Beginning

121+ Works 183,936 Members 2,562 Reviews 226 Favorited

About the Author

Lemony Snicket is the pen name of Daniel Handler, who was born on February 28, 1970. As Lemony Snicket, he is the author of and appears as a character in the children's book series A Series of Unfortunate Events. He has also written or contributed to other works using this pen name including Baby show more in the Manger, The Lump of Coal, The Composer Is Dead, and Where Did You See Her Last?. Under his real name, Handler is the author of several books for adults including The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, and Adverbs. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series

Works by Lemony Snicket

The Bad Beginning (1999) 22,286 copies, 502 reviews
The Reptile Room (1999) 15,796 copies, 193 reviews
The Wide Window (1999) — Narrator, some editions — 14,266 copies, 139 reviews
The Miserable Mill (2000) — Narrator, some editions — 12,802 copies, 117 reviews
The Austere Academy (2000) — Narrator, some editions — 12,132 copies, 115 reviews
The Hostile Hospital (2001) 11,504 copies, 87 reviews
The Ersatz Elevator (2001) 11,071 copies, 97 reviews
The Carnivorous Carnival (2002) 10,677 copies, 85 reviews
The Slippery Slope (2003) 10,519 copies, 84 reviews
The Vile Village (2001) 10,267 copies, 74 reviews
The Grim Grotto (2004) 9,334 copies, 83 reviews
The End (2006) 9,302 copies, 134 reviews
The Penultimate Peril (2005) 9,210 copies, 90 reviews
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (2002) 3,497 copies, 47 reviews
“Who Could That Be at This Hour?” (2012) 2,304 copies, 65 reviews
Why We Broke Up (2011) 1,688 copies, 119 reviews
The Beatrice Letters (2006) 1,471 copies, 28 reviews
The Dark (2013) 1,174 copies, 92 reviews
"When Did You See Her Last?" (2013) 1,022 copies, 24 reviews
Adverbs (2006) 982 copies, 42 reviews
The Basic Eight (1999) 898 copies, 29 reviews
Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid (2007) 840 copies, 24 reviews
"Shouldn't You Be in School?" (2014) 699 copies, 11 reviews
The Composer Is Dead (2009) 529 copies, 29 reviews
The Lump of Coal (2009) 477 copies, 21 reviews
File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (2014) 432 copies, 6 reviews
Poison for Breakfast (2021) — Author — 420 copies, 8 reviews
Watch Your Mouth (2002) 381 copies, 12 reviews
We Are Pirates (2015) 352 copies, 15 reviews
13 Words (2010) 319 copies, 23 reviews
The Blank Book (2004) 199 copies, 2 reviews
The Bad Mood and the Stick (1991) 172 copies, 21 reviews
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014 (2014) — Introduction; Editor — 147 copies, 7 reviews
All the Dirty Parts (2017) 146 copies, 9 reviews
Goldfish Ghost (2017) 123 copies, 5 reviews
How to Dress for Every Occasion by the Pope (2005) 116 copies, 2 reviews
29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy (2014) 106 copies, 8 reviews
Girls Standing on Lawns (2014) 89 copies, 4 reviews
Swarm of Bees (2019) 83 copies, 13 reviews
Bottle Grove: A Novel (2019) 62 copies, 5 reviews
And Then? And Then? What Else? (2024) 49 copies, 1 review
A Box of Unfortunate Events (05-08) (2001) 30 copies, 1 review
Baby in the Manger (2007) 5 copies
Delmonico 2 copies
Naturally 2 copies
Letters 1 copy
Shouldn 1 copy

Associated Works

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales (2011) — Introduction — 891 copies, 48 reviews
Guys Write for Guys Read (2005) — Contributor — 786 copies, 13 reviews
McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories (2004) — Contributor — 681 copies, 10 reviews
The Future Dictionary of America (2004) — Contributor — 637 copies, 3 reviews
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events [2004 film] (2004) — Original book — 590 copies, 2 reviews
The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (1945) — Introduction, some editions — 572 copies, 16 reviews
Half-Minute Horrors (2009) — Contributor — 289 copies, 21 reviews
A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader (2018) — Contributor — 255 copies, 3 reviews
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — Contributor — 205 copies, 4 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 (2005) — Contributor — 193 copies, 5 reviews
New American Haggadah (2012) — Contributor — 191 copies, 5 reviews
Who Done It? (2013) — Contributor — 141 copies, 6 reviews
McSweeney's Issue 34 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2010) — Contributor — 111 copies, 2 reviews
The Creativity Project: An Awesometastic Story Collection (2018) — Contributor — 106 copies, 2 reviews
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition (2007) — Contributor — 75 copies, 2 reviews
Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy (2009) — Contributor — 71 copies
The Exquisite Corpse Adventure (2011) — Contributor — 65 copies, 8 reviews
Guys Read: Heroes and Villains (2017) — Contributor — 56 copies
69 Love Songs (1999) — Contributor — 33 copies
Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives (2009) — Contributor — 23 copies, 1 review

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In the perilous Mortmain Mountains, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire meet another well-read person, who helps them try to rescue Sunny from the villainous Count Olaf and his henchmen as they all near "the last safe place."
 
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PlumfieldCH | 138 other reviews | Dec 6, 2024 |
Three resilient orphans face yet another bout of outrageous misfortune as they encounter a flock of crows, a strict council, a prison break, a censored library, a harpoon gun, and a hot-air balloon.
 
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PlumfieldCH | 138 other reviews | Dec 6, 2024 |
Continues the wretched adventures of the charming Baudelaires at boarding school. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny face strict punishments, dripping fungus, comprehensive exams, a girl named Carmelita Spats, smelly sneakers, and the metric system.
 
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PlumfieldCH | 138 other reviews | Dec 6, 2024 |
Like an off-key violin concert, the Roman Empire, or food poisoning, all things must come to an end. Thankfully, this includes A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. The thirteenth and final installment in the groundbreaking series will answer readers' most burning questions: Will Count Olaf prevail? Will the Baudelaires survive? Will the series end happily? If there's nothing out there, what was that noise?

Then again, why trouble yourself with unfortunate resolutions? Avoid the thirteenth and final book of Lemony Snicket's international bestselling series and you'll never have to know what happens.… (more)
 
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Works
121
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26
Members
183,936
Popularity
#27
Rating
3.8
Reviews
2,562
ISBNs
1,584
Languages
35
Favorited
226

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