Order of Patricia Highsmith Books
Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was an American author of suspense, psychological thriller and crime fiction novels. Her 1950 debut novel Strangers on a Train was adapted to film by Alfred Hitchcock, while her 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley was adapted to film in 1999 starring Matt Damon (as Tom Ripley), Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow. Some of the common themes in her novels included homosexual undertones and anti-hero protagonists.
Patricia Highsmith became a published author in 1950 with the aforementioned novel Strangers on a Train. It was nominated for an Edgar Award in 1951. Her final novel, Small g: a Summer Idyll was published in 1995 shortly after her death. Below is a list of Patricia Highsmith’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Ripley Books
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The Talented Mr. Ripley |
(1955) |
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Ripley Under Ground |
(1970) |
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Ripley’s Game |
(1974) |
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The Boy Who Followed Ripley |
(1980) |
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Ripley Under Water |
(1991) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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Strangers on a Train |
(1950) |
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The Price of Salt / Carol |
(1952) |
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The Blunderer |
(1954) |
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Deep Water |
(1957) |
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A Game for the Living |
(1958) |
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This Sweet Sickness |
(1960) |
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The Cry of the Owl |
(1962) |
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The Two Faces of January |
(1964) |
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The Glass Cell |
(1964) |
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A Suspension of Mercy / The Story-Teller |
(1965) |
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Those Who Walk Away |
(1967) |
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The Tremor of Forgery |
(1969) |
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A Dog’s Ransom |
(1972) |
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Edith’s Diary |
(1977) |
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People Who Knock on the Door |
(1983) |
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Found in the Street |
(1986) |
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Small g |
(1994) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Nothing That Meets the Eye |
(1968) |
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Eleven / The Snail Watcher and Other Stories |
(1970) |
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Little Tales of Misogyny |
(1974) |
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The Animal-Lover’s Book of Beastly Murder |
(1975) |
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Slowly, Slowly in the Wind |
(1979) |
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The Black House |
(1981) |
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Mermaids on the Golf Course |
(1984) |
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Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes |
(1987) |
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Chillers |
(1990) |
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The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith |
(2001) |
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Sour Tales for Sweethearts |
(2015) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction |
(1966) |
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Patricia Highsmith’s Diaries and Notebooks: The New York Years, 1941-1950 |
(2021) |
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Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995 |
(2021) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Simply The Best Mysteries, Edgar Award Winners And Front Runners |
(1970) |
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The Twelfth Pan Book of Horror Stories |
(1971) |
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The 18th Pan Book of Horror Stories |
(1977) |
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Verdict of Thirteen |
(1979) |
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65 Great Tales Of Horror |
(1981) |
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The Web She Weaves |
(1983) |
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The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories |
(1983) |
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Great Baseball Stories |
(1990) |
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Mystery Cats |
(1991) |
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Fifty Best Mysteries |
(1993) |
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Murder Intercontinental |
(1996) |
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A Century of British Mystery and Suspense |
(2000) |
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Crime Story Collection |
(2000) |
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A Century of Great Suspense Stories |
(2001) |
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Crime Never Pays |
(2001) |
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Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters |
(2002) |
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Escape to Mexico: An Anthology of Great Writers |
(2002) |
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Murder On The Railways |
(2003) |
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The Campfire Collection |
(2003) |
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules |
(2005) |
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A New Omnibus of Crime |
(2005) |
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Feline Felonies |
(2006) |
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Books to Die For |
(2012) |
Notes: The Price of Salt was written under the pen name of Clare Morgan, and also published under the title of Carol. Eleven was also published as The Snail Watcher and Other Stories. Tales of Obsession: Mystery Stories of Fatal Attractions and Deadly Desires Joan Hess, Evan Hunter, P.D. James, Nancy Pickard, Ruth Rendell and Lawrence Treat. A Suspension of Mercy was also published as The Story-Teller.