🎯 Where Should I Start?
All Book Series by James Thurber
Is sex necessary?, or, why you always feel the way you do
Book 13 of 42 · published 1929
The Unicorn in the Garden and Other Fables for Our Time
Book 37 of 42 · published 1986
Grizzly and the Gadgets and Further Fables for Our Times
Book 4 of 6 · published 1972
The Owl In The Attic And Other Perplexities
Series opener · book 1 of 21 · published 1931
Men, Women and Dogs
Book 5 of 21 · published 1943 Co-authored · Profusedly Illustrated
Collecting Himself
Book 14 of 21 · published 1989 Co-authored · Michael J. Rosen
Stories of New England
Book 18 of 21 · published 1997 Co-authored · Blair Einstein
Is Sex Necessary?
Series opener · book 1 of 11 · published 1929 Co-authored · E.B. White
How To Raise a Dog in the City and in the Suburbs
Book 3 of 11 · published 1938 Co-authored · Ann Honeycutt,James R. Kinney
Thurber : A Biography
Book 7 of 11 · published 1975 Co-authored · Burton Bernstein
Conversations with James Thurber
Latest in the series · book 11 of 11 · published 2015
Many Moons
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1942 Co-authored · Louis Slobodkin
Dogs That Have Known Me and Other Waggish Tales
Book 2 of 3 · published 1967 Co-authored · Peg Doherty
In a Word
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1989 Co-authored · Margaret S. Ernst
Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine Volume 1 Number 1, January 1954
Book 5 of 21 · published 1954
Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century
Book 6 of 21 · published 1954
Perspectives in Literature: A Book of Short Stories, Vol. 1
Book 11 of 21 · published 1983
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century
Book 18 of 21 · published 2000
The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs
Latest in the series · book 21 of 21 · published 2012
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is James Thurber?
James Thurber has 127 books catalogued in this guide spanning 1901–2019, across 4 named series.
Which James Thurber series should I start with?
The best place to start is the James Thurber as Illustrator series, the earliest of James Thurber's multi-book series: it opens with Mixture for Men (1946) and runs to 3 books across 1946–1989, ending with In a Word (1989).
How many books has James Thurber written?
James Thurber has 127 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1901 and 2019. 23 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the James Thurber as Illustrator series with 3 books — and 104 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should James Thurber's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. James Thurber's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are James Thurber as Illustrator (1946–1989, 3 books), Vintage Thurber (1963, 2 books) and Creative Classic (1983, 1 book).
How are James Thurber's books organised into series?
This guide splits James Thurber's 127 books into 4 named series and 104 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: James Thurber as Illustrator (3 books, 1946–1989); Vintage Thurber (2 books, 1963); Creative Classic (1 book, 1983); Selected Shorts (17 books, 1993–2012).