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ⓘ About Gerald Durrell
Gerald Durrell is an author of fiction. His full name is Gerald Malcolm Durrell. Born January 7, 1925, in India, his family settled in Corfu when he was young and this gave Gerald some opportunity to study the wildlife there. He put these experiences into a trilogy that started off with My Family and Other Animals. He would follow it with two more, the last of which being titled The Garden of the Gods. He includes a lot of humor as well as details about animals and humans that he meets in them. When Durrell left Corfu he returned to work as part of the staff at Whipsnade Park in England as a student zookeeper. He recorded his experiences there in the Beasts in My Belfry Book. He began organizing animal-collecting expeditions a few years later, the first being to the Cameroons.
All Book Series by Gerald Durrell
Puppy Goes to the Zoo / Puppy's Wild Time
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1993
Puppy Goes to the Seaside / Puppy's Beach Adventure
Book 2 of 4 · published 1993
Puppy Goes on a Picnic / Puppy's Field Day
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 1993
The Garden of the Gods / Fauna & Family
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1978
The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium / and Other Inimitable Stories
Book 13 of 21 · published 1973
An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1992 Co-authored · George R.R. Martin,Robert A. Heinlein,David G. Hartwell,Peter Straub,Richard Matheson,Daphne du Maurier,Clive Barker,Carlos Fuentes,Arthur Machen
Foundations of Fear: Volume I: Shadows of Fear
Book 2 of 4 · published 1994 Anthology · Robert A. Heinlein,David G. Hartwell,Peter Straub,H.P. Lovecraft,Daphne du Maurier,Arthur Machen,Jean Ray,Harriet Prescott Spofford
Foundations of Fear: Volume II: Worlds of Fear
Book 3 of 4 · published 1994 Anthology · George R.R. Martin,David G. Hartwell,Thomas Hardy,Gertrude Atherton,Thomas M. Disch,Elizabeth Engstrom,Carlos Fuentes
Foundations of Fear: Volume III: Visions of Fear
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 1994 Co-authored · David G. Hartwell,E.T.A. Hoffmann,Richard Matheson,Philip K. Dick,Clive Barker,Octavia E. Butler
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Gerald Durrell?
Gerald Durrell is an author of fiction. His full name is Gerald Malcolm Durrell. Born January 7, 1925, in India, his family settled in Corfu when he was young and this gave Gerald some opportunity to study the wildlife there.
Which Gerald Durrell series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Autobiographical series, the earliest of Gerald Durrell's multi-book series: it opens with The Overloaded Ark (1953) and runs to 21 books across 1953–1992, ending with The Aye-Aye and I (1992). Gerald Durrell's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Gerald Durrell written?
Gerald Durrell has 51 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1953 and 2018. 32 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the Autobiographical series with 21 books — and 19 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Gerald Durrell's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Gerald Durrell's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Autobiographical (1953–1992, 21 books), Corfu Trilogy (1956–1978, 3 books) and Puppy Tales (1993, 4 books).
How are Gerald Durrell's books organised into series?
This guide splits Gerald Durrell's 51 books into 4 named series and 19 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Autobiographical (21 books, 1953–1992); Puppy Tales (4 books, 1993); Corfu Trilogy (3 books, 1956–1978); Foundations of Fear Anthology (4 books, 1992–1994).