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) |    |
| Ripley Under Ground | (1970) | |
| Ripley's Game | (1974) | |
| The Boy Who Followed Ripley | (1980) | |
| Ripley Under Water | (1991) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Under a Dark Angel's Eye | (0) | |
| Strangers on a Train | (1950) | |
| The Price of Salt / Carol | (1952) | |
| The Blunderer | (1954) | |
| Deep Water | (1957) | |
| A Game for the Living | (1958) | |
| This Sweet Sickness | (1960) | |
| The Cry of the Owl | (1962) | |
| The Two Faces of January | (1964) | |
| The Glass Cell | (1964) | |
| A Suspension of Mercy / The Story-Teller | (1965) | |
| Those Who Walk Away | (1967) | |
| The Tremor of Forgery | (1969) | |
| A Dog's Ransom | (1972) | |
| Edith's Diary | (1977) | |
| People Who Knock on the Door | (1983) | |
| Found in the Street | (1986) | |
| Small g | (1994) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Nothing That Meets the Eye | (1968) | |
| Eleven / The Snail Watcher and Other Stories | (1970) | |
| Little Tales of Misogyny | (1974) | |
| The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder | (1975) | |
| Slowly, Slowly in the Wind | (1979) | |
| The Black House | (1981) | |
| Mermaids on the Golf Course | (1984) | |
| Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes | (1987) | |
| Chillers | (1990) | |
| The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith | (2001) | |
| Sour Tales for Sweethearts | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction | (1966) | |
| Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995 | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Pan Book of Horror Stories Books
| The Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1959) | |
| The First Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1959) | |
| The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1960) | |
| The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1962) | |
| The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1963) | |
| The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1964) | |
| The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1965) | |
| The 7th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1966) | |
| The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1967) | |
| The Ninth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1968) | |
| The Tenth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1969) | |
| The Eleventh Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1970) | |
| The Twelfth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1971) | |
| The 13th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1972) | |
| The 14th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1973) | |
| The 15th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1974) | |
| The 16th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1975) | |
| The 17th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1976) | |
| The 18th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1977) | |
| The 19th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1978) | |
| The 20th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1979) | |
| The 21st Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1980) | |
| The 22nd Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1981) | |
| The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1983) | |
| The 25th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1984) | |
| The 28th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1987) | |
| The 30th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1989) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Web She Weaves | (1983) | |
| The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1983) | |
| Mystery Cats | (1991) | |
| Fifty Best Mysteries | (1993) | |
| Mystery Cats 3: More Feline Felonies | (1995) | |
| A Century of British Mystery and Suspense | (2000) | |
| Crime Story Collection | (2000) | |
| A Century of Great Suspense Stories | (2001) | |
| Crime Never Pays | (2001) | |
| Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters | (2002) | |
| Escape to Mexico: An Anthology of Great Writers | (2002) | |
| Murder On The Railways | (2003) | |
| Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules | (2005) | |
| A New Omnibus of Crime | (2005) | |
| 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.
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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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