The Reptile Room: Or, Murder!
by Lemony Snicket (Author) Brett Helquist (Illustrator)
Dear Reader,
If you have selected this book with the hope of finding a simple and cheery tale, I'm afraid you have chosen the wrong book altogether. The story may seem cheery at first, when the Baudelaire children spend time in the company of some interesting reptiles and a giddy uncle, but don't be fooled. If you know anything at all about the unlucky Baudelaire children, you already know that even pleasant events lead down the same road to misery.
In fact, within these pages, the three siblings endure a car accident, a terrible smell, a deadly serpent, a long knife, a large brass reading lamp, and the re-appearance of a person they'd hoped never to see again.
I am bound to record these tragic events, but you are free to put this book back on the shelf and seek something lighter.
With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket
Series of Unfortunate Events Series—Summary and Book Order
Series: Series of Unfortunate EventsReading level: 9+
Books in series: 13
Read in order? Yes
Next release: Finished
Website: lemonysnicket.com
Tags: adventure mystery comedy & humour family illustrated
Print series book list
Books in series order
1. The Bad Beginning: Or, Orphans! (1999)2. The Reptile Room: Or, Murder! (1999)
3. The Wide Window: Or, Disappearance! (2000)
4. The Miserable Mill (2000)
5. The Austere Academy (2000)
6. The Ersatz Elevator (2001)
7. The Vile Village (2001)
8. The Hostile Hospital (2001)
9. The Carnivorous Carnival (2002)
10. The Slippery Slope (2003)
11. The Grim Grotto (2004)
12. The Penultimate Peril (2005)
13. The End (2006)