As noted early on, quotations from titles written by Gorey aren’t cited in endnotes because virtually all his books are unpaginated. More to the point, few of them run longer than thirty pages, most of which are sparsely populated with text; readers curious to track down quotations shouldn’t have much difficulty doing so.
Here, in the order of their publication, is a list of the Gorey books referred to in these pages. A complete list of Gorey’s works up to 1996 can be found in Henry Toledano’s Goreyography (San Francisco: Word Play Publications, 1996), the only comprehensive Gorey bibliography to date. (Edward Bradford’s F Is for Fantods, a brief “bibliographic checklist” published in 2008 by the Edward Gorey House, is devoted exclusively to Gorey’s Fantod titles.)
Publication information for titles illustrated but not written by Gorey is given in the text, at first mention.
The Unstrung Harp; or, Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel (New York and Boston: Duell, Sloan and Pearce/Little, Brown, 1953)
The Listing Attic (New York and Boston: Duell, Sloan and Pearce/Little, Brown, 1954)
The Doubtful Guest (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1957)
The Object-Lesson (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1958)
The Bug Book (New York: Looking Glass Library, 1959)
The Fatal Lozenge: An Alphabet (New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1960)
The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary (New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1961)
The Hapless Child (New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1961)
The Beastly Baby by Ogdred Weary (New York: Fantod Press, 1962)
The Willowdale Handcar; or, The Return of the Black Doll (Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962)
The Vinegar Works: Three Volumes of Moral Instruction
The Gashlycrumb Tinies; or, After the Outing (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963)
The Insect God (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963)
The West Wing (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963)
The Wuggly Ump (Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1963)
The Nursery Frieze (New York: Fantod Press, 1964)
The Sinking Spell (New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1964)
The Remembered Visit: A Story Taken from Life (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965)
The Gilded Bat (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966)
Three Books from the Fantod Press [I]
The Evil Garden: Eduard Blutig’s Der Böse Garten in a translation by Mrs Regera Dowdy with the Original Pictures of O. Müde (New York: Fantod Press, 1966)
The Inanimate Tragedy (New York: Fantod Press, 1966)
The Pious Infant by Mrs Regera Dowdy (New York: Fantod Press, 1966)
Fletcher and Zenobia, based on a story line by Victoria Chess and illustrated by Chess (New York: Meredith Press, 1967)
The Utter Zoo (New York: Meredith Press, 1967)
The Blue Aspic (New York: Meredith Press, 1968)
The Other Statue (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968)
The Epiplectic Bicycle (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1969)
The Iron Tonic; or, a Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley (New York: Albondocani, 1969)
Three Books from the Fantod Press [II]
The Chinese Obelisks: Fourth Alphabet (New York: Fantod Press, 1970)
Donald Has a Difficulty by Edward Gorey and Peter F. Neumeyer (New York: Fantod Press, 1970)
The Osbick Bird (New York: Fantod Press, 1970)
The Sopping Thursday (New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1970)
Why We Have Day and Night by Edward Gorey and Peter F. Neumeyer (New York: Young Scott Books, 1970)
Three Books from the Fantod Press [III]
The Deranged Cousins; or, Whatever (New York: Fantod Press, 1971)
The Eleventh Episode by Raddory Gewe, drawings by Om (New York: Fantod Press, 1971)
[The Untitled Book] (New York: Fantod Press, 1971)
Fletcher and Zenobia Save the Circus, illustrated by Victoria Chess (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1971)
Story for Sara: What Happened to a Little Girl by Alphonse Allais, put into English and with drawings by Edward Gorey (New York: Albondocani, 1971). Henry Toledano notes, “This is a virtual rewrite and consequently a primary work,” meaning he regards it as written by Gorey.
Amphigorey (New York: Putnam, 1972)
The Awdrey-Gore Legacy by D. Awdrey-Gore (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1972)
Leaves from a Mislaid Album (New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1972)
The Black Doll: A Silent Film (New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973)
Categor y: Fifty Drawings (New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973)
The Lavender Leotard; or, Going a Lot to the New York City Ballet (New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973)
A Limerick (Dennis, MA: Salt-Works, 1973)
Three Books from the Fantod Press [IV]
The Abandoned Sock (New York: Fantod Press, 1973)
The Disrespectful Summons (New York: Fantod Press, 1973)
The Lost Lions (New York: Fantod Press, 1973)
Amphigorey Too (New York: Putnam, 1975)
The Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1975)
L’Heure Bleue (New York: Fantod Press, 1975)
The Broken Spoke (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1976)
Les Passementeries Horribles (New York: Albondocani, 1976)
Scènes de Ballet (n.p.: no publisher indicated, 1976)
The Loathsome Couple (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1977)
Alms for Oblivion Series: Dogear Wryde Postcards (n.p.: no publisher indicated, 1978)
The Green Beads (New York: Albondocani, 1978)
Dracula: A Toy Theatre (New York: Scribner, 1979)
Gorey Posters (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1979)
Interpretive Series: Dogear Wryde Postcards (n.p.: no publisher indicated, 1979)
Les Urnes Utiles (Cambridge, MA: Halty-Ferguson, 1980)
Mélange Funeste (New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1981)
The Dwindling Party (New York: Random House, 1982)
The Water Flowers (New York: Congdon & Weed, 1982)
Amphigorey Also (New York: Congdon & Weed, 1983)
The Eclectic Abecedarium (Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1983)
E. D. Ward, a Mercurial Bear by Dogear Wryde (New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1983)
The Prune People (New York: Albondocani, 1983)
The Tunnel Calamity (New York: Putnam, 1984)
Les Échanges Malandreux (Worcester, MA: Metacom Press, 1984)
The Prune People II (New York: Albondocani, 1985)
The Improvable Landscape (New York: Albondocani, 1986)
The Raging Tide; or, The Black Doll’s Imbroglio (New York: Beaufort Books [Peter Weed]), 1987)
The Dripping Faucet (Worcester, MA: Metacom Press, 1989).
The Helpless Doorknob: A Shuffled Story (n.p.: no publisher indicated, 1989)
Tragédies Topiares: Dogear Wryde Postcards (n.p.: no publisher indicated, 1989)
Q.R.V. (Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1989)
Q.R.V. The Universal Solvent (Yarmouth Port, MA: Fantod Press, 1990)
La Balade Troublante (Yarmouth Port, MA: Fantod Press, 1991)
The Betrayed Confidence (Orleans, MA: Parnassus, 1992)
The Doleful Domesticity (Yarmouth Port, MA: Fantod Press, 1992)
The Grand Passion (Yarmouth Port, MA: Fantod Press, 1992)
The Dancing Rock by Ogdred Weary (n.p.: no publisher indicated, 1993)
The Floating Elephant by Dogear Wryde (n.p.: no publisher indicated, 1993)
The Pointless Book; or, Nature & Art by Garrod Weedy (n.p.: no publisher indicated, 1993)
The Retrieved Locket (Yarmouth Port, MA: Fantod Press, 1994)
The Fantod Pack (New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1995)
Q.R.V. Unwmkd. Imperf. (n.p.: no publisher indicated, 1996)
Q.R.V. Hikuptah (n.p.: no publisher indicated, 1996)
Thoughtful Alphabets (n.p.: no publisher indicated, 1996)
The Just Dessert (Yarmouth Port, MA: Fantod Press, 1997)
The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1997)
The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1999)
Thoughtful Alphabet VIII (The Morning After Christmas, 4 AM) (New York: Gotham Book Mart, 2001)
Amphigorey Again (New York: Harcourt, 2006)
Saint Melissa the Mottled (New York: Bloomsbury, 2012)