Daniel Handler

Daniel Handler is an American journalist cum writer and he was born on February 28, 1970. Handler is popular for his children series books, his pen name Lemony Snicket gained fame when he published series name 'All The Wrong Questions’ and 'A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ under the pseudonym. Daniel is a renowned writer and has published several adult books under his real name, however the his initial book 'the basic 8’ was rejected by many publishers as it was seen as a representation of dark subject matter.

The best place to start is the A Series Of Unfortunate Events series, the earliest of Daniel Handler's multi-book series: it opens with The Bad Beginning (1999) and runs to 13 books across 1999–2006, ending with The End (2006). Daniel Handler's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Daniel Handler has 60 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1999 and 2024. 33 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the A Series Of Unfortunate Events series with 13 books — and 27 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Daniel Handler's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are A Series Of Unfortunate Events (1999–2006, 13 books), A Series Of Unfortunate Events Companion (2002–2007, 6 books) and Lemony Snicket Picture (2007–2017, 8 books), plus 3 more.

This guide splits Daniel Handler's 60 books into 6 named series and 27 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: A Series Of Unfortunate Events (13 books, 1999–2006); Lemony Snicket Picture (8 books, 2007–2017); A Series Of Unfortunate Events Companion (6 books, 2002–2007); All the Wrong Questions (4 books, 2012–2015); All The Wrong Questions Collections (1 book, 2014), plus 1 further series.