Benchley on Benchley

The Works of Nathaniel Benchley

Children’s/”I Can Read” books

Sindbad the Sailor (1960)
Red Fox and His Canoe (1964)
Oscar Otter (1966)
The Strange Disappearance of Arthur Cluck (1967)
A Ghost Named Fred (1968)
Sam the Minuteman (1969)
The Several Tricks of Edgar Dolphin (1970)
The Flying Lesson of Gerald Pelican (1970)
Small Wolf (1972)
The Magic Sled (1972)
The Deep Dives of Stanley Whale (1973)
Snorri and the Strangers (1976)
George the Drummer Boy (1977)
Running Owl the Hunter (1979)
Walter the Homing Pigeon (1981)
Snip (1981)

“Junior Books”

Gone and Back (1971)
Feldman Fieldmouse A Fable (1971)
Only Earth and Sky Last Forever (1972)
Bright Candles (1974)
Beyond the Mists (1975)
A Necessary End (1976)
Kilroy and the Gull (1977)
Demo and the Dolphin (1981)

Novels

Side Street (1950)
One to Grow On (1958)
Sail a Crooked Ship (1960)
The Off-Islanders (1961)
Catch a Falling Spy (1963)
A Winter’s Tale (1964)
The Visitors (1965)
A Firm Word or Two (1965)
The Monument (1966)
Welcome to Xanadu (1968)
The Wake of the Icarus (1969)
Lassiter’s Folly (1971)
The Hunter’s Moon (1972)
Portrait of a Scoundrel (1979)
Sweet Anarchy (1979)
All Over Again (1981)
Speakeasy (1982) (posthumous)

Biography

Robert Benchley (1955)
Humphrey Bogart (1975)

Play

The Frogs of Spring (1953)

Film

The Great American Pastime (1956)

As Editor

The Benchley Roundup (1954)

(chronologically, sort of)

Side Street (1950)
The Frogs of Spring (1953)
The Benchley Roundup (1954)
Robert Benchley (1955)
The Great American Pastime (1956)
One to Grow On (1958)
Sail a Crooked Ship (1960)
Sindbad the Sailor (1960)
The Off-Islanders (1961)
Catch a Falling Spy (1963)
Red Fox and His Canoe (1964)
A Winter’s Tale (1964)
The Visitors (1965)
A Firm Word or Two (1965)
Oscar Otter (1966)
The Monument (1966)
The Strange Disappearance of Arthur Cluck (1967)
Welcome to Xanadu (1968)
A Ghost Named Fred (1968)
The Wake of the Icarus (1969)
Sam the Minuteman (1969)
The Several Tricks of Edgar Dolphin (1970)
The Flying Lesson of Gerald Pelican (1970)
Gone and Back (1971)
Lassiter’s Folly (1971)
Feldman Fieldmouse A Fable (1971)
Small Wolf (1972)
The Hunter’s Moon (1972)
The Magic Sled (1972)
Only Earth and Sky Last Forever (1972)
The Deep Dives of Stanley Whale (1973)
Bright Candles (1974)
Beyond the Mists (1975)
Humphrey Bogart (1975)
A Necessary End (1976)
Snorri and the Strangers (1976)
George the Drummer Boy (1977)
Kilroy and the Gull (1977)
Portrait of a Scoundrel (1979)
Running Owl the Hunter (1979)
Sweet Anarchy (1979)
Walter the Homing Pigeon (1981)
All Over Again (1981)
Demo and the Dolphin (1981)
Snip (1981)
Speakeasy (1982) (posthumous)