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 (With: Anita Thompson) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

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 (By: Jacques Derrida) (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (By: Roberto Bolaño) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kurt Vonnegut (By: Kurt Vonnegut) (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Jorge Luis Borges (By: Jorge Luis Borges) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (By: Hannah Arendt) (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations (By: James Baldwin,Quincy Troupe) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview (By: Ray Bradbury,Sam Weller) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gabriel García Márquez (By: Gabriel García Márquez) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lou Reed (By: Lou Reed) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ernest Hemingway (By: Ernest Hemingway) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nora Ephron: The Last Interview (By: Nora Ephron) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Philip K. Dick (By: Philip K. Dick) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
J. D. Salinger (By: J.D. Salinger) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Oliver Sacks (By: Oliver Sacks) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Jane Jacobs (By: Jane Jacobs) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
David Bowie (By: David Bowie) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Martin Luther King Jr.) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Christopher Hitchens (By: 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 (By: Kathy Acker) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Julia Child: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (By: Julia Child) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (By: Ursula K. Le Guin) (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Graham Greene: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Graham Greene) (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Toni Morrison) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Frida Kahlo) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Barbara Lee,Shirley Chisholm) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Fred Rogers) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Johnny Cash: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Johnny Cash) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (By: Melville House) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (By: Melville House) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Melville House) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
bell hooks: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: bell hooks) (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (By: Melville House) (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Timothy Leary: Outside Looking In(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Exquisite Corpse Annual, No. 2, 2010(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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