Patricia Highsmith
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 (With: Anna von Planta)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books

San Francisco Noir(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Seattle Noir(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bronx Noir(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brooklyn Noir(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brooklyn Noir 2(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Chicago Noir(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Manhattan Noir(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Miami Noir: The Classics(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
D.C. Noir(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Baltimore Noir(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
London Noir(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
New Orleans Noir(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Los Angeles Noir(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wall Street Noir(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Havana Noir(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Detroit Noir(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Toronto Noir(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Las Vegas Noir(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Manhattan Noir 2(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Paris Noir(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Istanbul Noir(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Boston Noir(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rome Noir(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
San Francisco Noir 2(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Portland Noir(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Delhi Noir(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Phoenix Noir(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Los Angeles Noir 2(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mexico City Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Richmond Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Orange County Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Indian Country Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Moscow Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lone Star Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Philadelphia Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Haiti Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Copenhagen Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
San Diego Noir(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pittsburgh Noir(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Barcelona Noir(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cape Cod Noir(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Staten Island Noir(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mumbai Noir(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Long Island Noir(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Venice Noir(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kingston Noir(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
St. Petersburg Noir(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kansas City Noir(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Boston Noir 2(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Manila Noir(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Buffalo Noir(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Twin Cities Noir(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dallas Noir(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Haiti Noir 2(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Singapore Noir(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Prison Noir(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tel Aviv Noir(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tehran Noir(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Belfast Noir(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Helsinki Noir(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Providence Noir(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Chicago Noir: The Classics(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Memphis Noir(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Zagreb Noir(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Marseille Noir(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beirut Noir(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stockholm Noir(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brussels Noir(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mississippi Noir(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
St. Louis Noir(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Prague Noir(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
San Juan Noir(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Oakland Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Trinidad Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Atlanta Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
New Haven Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Montana Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Buenos Aires Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Montreal Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Berlin Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
São Paulo Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Santa Cruz Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lagos Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Marrakech Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Baghdad Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vancouver Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sydney Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hong Kong Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Amsterdam Noir(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Houston Noir(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Columbus Noir(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Santa Fe Noir(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Alabama Noir(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Addis Ababa Noir(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tampa Bay Noir(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Belgrade Noir(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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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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