Bowden, Edwin T., James Thurber: A Bibliography, Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1968.

This valuable resource lists and describes every known writing and drawing published by Thurber in books and magazines, including those in translation.

Kinney, Harrison, James Thurber: His Life and Times, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1995.

Considered the definitive biography of Thurber.

Long, Robert Emmet, James Thurber, New York: Continuum Publishing, 1988.

An overview of Thurber's life and works, more useful for its observances of common themes and contexts than for its discussion of any individual work.

Morsberger, Robert E., James Thurber, New York: Twayne, 1964.

Published three years after Thurber's death, this overview was the first book-length study of his work. It was also the first serious attempt place Thurber among America's great writers.

Thurber, James, The Years with Ross, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1959.

A memoir of Thurber's years writing for The New Yorker under...