Order of Patricia Highsmith Books

Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was an American writer known for her suspenseful, psychological thrillers and crime fiction. Her debut novel, Strangers on a Train, released in 1950, was later adapted into a film by Alfred Hitchcock. In 1955, her novel The Talented Mr. Ripley was also adapted for the screen in 1999, featuring Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, alongside Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow. Highsmith's works often explored themes of homosexuality and featured anti-hero protagonists. She became a published author with Strangers on a Train, which received an Edgar Award nomination in 1951. Her last novel, Small g: a Summer Idyll, was published in 1995, shortly after her passing. Below is a chronological list of Patricia Highsmith’s books as they were originally published:

Patricia Highsmith became a published novelist in 1950 with the novel Strangers on a Train. Below is a list of Patricia Highsmith's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Ripley Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Talented Mr. Ripley	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ripley Under Ground	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ripley's Game	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Boy Who Followed Ripley	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ripley Under Water	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Strangers on a Train	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Price of Salt / Carol	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Blunderer	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Deep Water	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Game for the Living	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
This Sweet Sickness	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Cry of the Owl	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Two Faces of January	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Glass Cell	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Suspension of Mercy / The Story-Teller	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Those Who Walk Away	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Tremor of Forgery	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Dog's Ransom	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Edith's Diary	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
People Who Knock on the Door	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Found in the Street	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Small g	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Nothing That Meets the Eye	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Eleven / The Snail Watcher and Other Stories	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Little Tales of Misogyny	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Slowly, Slowly in the Wind	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Black House	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mermaids on the Golf Course	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Chillers	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sour Tales for Sweethearts	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Patricia Highsmith's Diaries and Notebooks: The New York Years, 1941-1950	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995 (With: Anna von Planta)	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Twelfth Pan Book of Horror Stories	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The 18th Pan Book of Horror Stories	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Verdict of Thirteen	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
65 Great Tales Of Horror	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Web She Weaves	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Great Baseball Stories	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mystery Cats	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fifty Best Mysteries	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mystery Cats III: More Feline Felonies	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder Intercontinental	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Century of British Mystery and Suspense	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crime Story Collection	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Century of Great Suspense Stories	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crime Never Pays	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Escape to Mexico: An Anthology of Great Writers	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder On The Railways	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Chicago Noir	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A New Omnibus of Crime	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Feline Felonies	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Books to Die For	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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