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
| The Talented Mr. Ripley | (1955) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ripley Under Ground | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ripley's Game | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Boy Who Followed Ripley | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ripley Under Water | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Strangers on a Train | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Price of Salt / Carol | (1952) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Blunderer | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Deep Water | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Game for the Living | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| This Sweet Sickness | (1960) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cry of the Owl | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Two Faces of January | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Glass Cell | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Suspension of Mercy / The Story-Teller | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Those Who Walk Away | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Tremor of Forgery | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Dog's Ransom | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Edith's Diary | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| People Who Knock on the Door | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Found in the Street | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Small g | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Nothing That Meets the Eye | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Eleven / The Snail Watcher and Other Stories | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Little Tales of Misogyny | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Slowly, Slowly in the Wind | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Black House | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mermaids on the Golf Course | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Chillers | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sour Tales for Sweethearts | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Patricia Highsmith's Diaries and Notebooks: The New York Years, 1941-1950 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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.
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Patricia Highsmith Synopsis: In The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith, Robert Forester is a decent man, but someone who trouble seems to find. When he begins watching the simple life of his neighbour, Jenny, through her window, her calm suburban Pennsylvania life is changed.
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