Order of Hunter S. Thompson Books
Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) was an American author and journalist. He was best known for his style of Gonzo journalism, which he created, that blurs the lines between fiction and non-fiction. He is best known for his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which was adapted to film by Terry Gilliam in 1998. Suffering from health problems, Thompson took his own life at his compound in 2005.
Hunter S. Thompson became a published author in 1966 with Hell’s Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. Below is a list of Hunter S. Thompson’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Fear and Loathing Books
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Fear and Loathing Letters Books
| The Proud Highway | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fear and Loathing in America | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mutineer | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Gonzo Papers Books
| The Great Shark Hunt | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Generation of Swine | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Songs of the Doomed | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Better Than Sex | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Gonzo Papers Anthology | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Gonzo: An Oral History | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ancient Gonzo Wisdom | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Rum Diary | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Screwjack | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Hell's Angels | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Curse of Lono | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kingdom of Fear | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hey Rube | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Happy Birthday, Jack Nicholson | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Last Interview Books
| Learning to Live Finally | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Kurt Vonnegut | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Jorge Luis Borges | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversations | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Gabriel García Márquez | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lou Reed | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Ernest Hemingway | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Nora Ephron: The Last Interview | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Philip K. Dick | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| J. D. Salinger | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Oliver Sacks | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Jane Jacobs | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| David Bowie | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Christopher Hitchens | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hunter S. Thompson | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Kathy Acker: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Julia Child: The Last Interview and Other Conversations | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Billie Holiday: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Graham Greene: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Johnny Cash: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| bell hooks: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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