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A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning

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192 pages, Hardcover

Published October 14, 2025

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Lemony Snicket

334 books26.7k followers
Lemony Snicket had an unusual education and a perplexing youth and now endures a despondent adulthood. His previous published works include the thirteen volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Composer is Dead, and 13 Words. His new series is All The Wrong Questions.

For A Series of Unfortunate Events:
www.lemonysnicket.com

For All The Wrong Questions:
www.lemonysnicketlibrary.com

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February 16, 2026
The limited edition to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the series is so beautiful! The newly added character bios at the beginning are hilarious and re reading the story really made me appreciate Snicket’s writing style, character building, and how he balances the light and dark throughout the Baudelaire orphans journey.
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February 26, 2025
Well, this will be the most automatic preorder I've ever placed. I'm apologizing to my wallet in advance if they make special editions of all 13 books; I'm afraid I will in fact need them all. So excited that this series is getting a special edition!
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