23 Novels by Jim Thompson

After Dark, My Sweet is a 1955 American crime novel by Jim Thompson.

The Alcoholics is a 1953 novel by Jim Thompson.

Bad Boy is a 1953 autobiography by Jim Thompson.

The Criminal is a 1953 novel by Jim Thompson.

The Getaway is a 1958 crime novel by Jim Thompson.

The Golden Gizmo is a 1954 novel by the thriller writer Jim Thompson.

The Grifters is a noir fiction novel by Jim Thompson, published in 1963.

Heed the Thunder is a 1946 American crime novel by Jim Thompson. It was Thompson's second novel.

A Hell of a Woman is a 1954 novel by Jim Thompson. It has been adapted for the screen by Alain Corneau and Georges Pérec as Série noire, released in 1979.

Ironside is an American 1967 crime novel by Jim Thompson based on the television series Ironside.

The Kill-Off is an American crime novel by Jim Thompson first published in 1957, and reprinted by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard in 1999. The novel is a bleak tale of murder in a small, dying resort town being torn apart by gossip, racism, incest, alcoholism and financial difficulties. It was adapted into a film in 1990.

The Killer Inside Me is a 1952 novel by American writer Jim Thompson published by Fawcett Publications.

Nothing But a Man is an American 1970 novelization by Jim Thompson based on the film Nothing But a Man (1964).

The Nothing Man is a 1953 novel by Jim Thompson.

Nothing More Than Murder is a 1949 crime novel by Jim Thompson.

Now and On Earth is a 1942 novel by Jim Thompson. It was his first published novel.

Pop. 1280 is a crime novel by Jim Thompson, published in 1964. NPR's Stephen Marche described it as Thompson's "true masterpiece, a preposterously upsetting, ridiculously hilarious layer cake of nastiness, a romp through a world of nearly infinite deceit."

The Rip-Off is a 1989 crime novel by Jim Thompson.

Savage Night is a 1953 novel by the thriller writer Jim Thompson.

A Swell-Looking Babe is an American crime novel by Jim Thompson.

The Transgressors is a crime novel by Jim Thompson, published in 1961. It is one of a very few Thompson novels to feature a traditional love story as a major part of the plot where the lovers have a happy ending together rather than one murdering or betraying the other as is the norm in most of Thompson's novels. As with most of Thompson's novels it takes place in the Southwest (Texas) where Thompson grew up and it leverages Thompson's diverse life experiences in creating the characters and situations in a community dominated by the oil industry.

The Undefeated is an American 1969 Western novelization by Jim Thompson based on the film The Undefeated starring John Wayne.

Wild Town is a crime novel by Jim Thompson, published in 1957. It weaves together threads of murder, embezzlement, blackmail, and seduction in the post oil boom West Texas of the 1920s. The various locations and characters are all highly influenced by Thompson's jobs and homes growing up and living in Oklahoma and Texas.