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A Series of Unfortunate Events
Author	Daniel Handler/Lemony Snicket
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication Date	September 30, 1999 – October 13, 2006
Country	USA
Genre(s)	children's literature, gothic fiction
ISBN	ISBN 9780060833534 (volumes 1-6) ISBN 9780060899523 (12 book set)
Related	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (movie)

A Series of Unfortunate Events' is 13 volume children's book series written by Daniel Handler under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket and illustrated by Brett Helquist. The first volume in the series, The Bad Beginning was published on September 30, 1999.

The series concerns three children, the Baudelaire orphans and their adventures trying to find a home with a variety of relatives and friends of their parents. The three are pursued by distant cousin Count Olaf, who hopes to get his hands on their inheritance. A film based on the series Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (movie) was released in 2004. Audio versions of the series also includes music by The Gothic Archies and compiled in an album.

Books in the series

• The Bad Beginning (1999)
• The Reptile Room (1999)
• The Wide Window (1999) aka Disappearance!
• The Miserable Mill (1999)
• The Austere Academy (2000)
• The Ersatz Elevator (2001)
• The Vile Village (2001)
• The Hostile Hospital (2001)
• The Carnivorous Carnival (2002)
• The Slippery Slope (2003)
• The Grim Grotto (2004)
• The Penultimate Peril (2005)
• The End (2006)