- The Gremlins (1943)
- James and the Giant Peach (1961)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)
- The Magic Finger (1966)
- Fantastic Mr Fox (1970)
- Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972)
- Danny, the Champion of the World (1975)
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977)
- The Enormous Crocodile (1978)
- The Twits (1980)
- George's Marvellous Medicine (1981)
- The BFG (1982)
- The Witches (1983)
- The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985)
- Matilda (1988)
- Esio Trot (1990)
- The Minpins (1991)
- The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991)
- Dirty Beasts (1993)
Adult novels:
- Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen (1948)
- Kiss Kiss (1960)
- My Uncle Oswald (1979)
Short story collections:
- Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying (1946)
- Someone Like You (1953)
- Kiss Kiss (1960)
- Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl (1969)
- Switch Bitch (1974)
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977)
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
- The Best of Roald Dahl (1978)
- The Roald Dahl Treasury (1989)