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Home / Authors / Jim Thompson Jim Thompson American author Jim Thompson is best known for his hardboiled crime novels, including *The Killer Inside Me* and *The Grifters*. A master of noir, he received the Edgar Award for his screenplay for *The Killing*. This page lists Jim Thompson’s books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1942 Now and on Earth POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1946 Heed the Thunder POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1949 Nothing More Than Murder / Murder at the Bijou POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1952 Cropper's Cabin / Sharecropper Hell POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 1952 The Killer Inside Me POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1953 Bad Boy POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 1953 The Criminal POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 1953 The Alcoholics POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 1953 Savage Night POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 1954 The Golden Gizmo POoSN · 11 Buy ↗ 1954 A Swell-Looking Babe POoSN · 12 Buy ↗ 1954 The Nothing Man POoSN · 13 Buy ↗ 1954 A Hell of a Woman POoSN · 14 Buy ↗ 1954 Roughneck POoSN · 15 Buy ↗ 1954 King Blood POoSN · 16 Buy ↗ 1955 After Dark, My Sweet POoSN · 17 Buy ↗ 1957 The Kill-Off POoSN · 18 Buy ↗ 1957 Flint(As: Gil Dodge) POoSN · 19 Buy ↗ 1957 Wild Town POoSN · 20 Buy ↗ 1958 The Getaway POoSN · 21 Buy ↗ 1961 The Transgressors POoSN · 22 Buy ↗ 1963 The Grifters POoSN · 23 Buy ↗ 1964 Pop. 1280 POoSN · 24 Buy ↗ 1965 Texas by the Tail POoSN · 25 Buy ↗ 1967 South of Heaven POoSN · 26 Buy ↗ 1967 Ironside POoSN · 27 Buy ↗ 1969 The Undefeated POoSN · 28 Buy ↗ 1970 Nothing But a Man POoSN · 29 Buy ↗ 1972 Child of Rage POoSN · 30 Buy ↗ 1988 ireworks: The Lost Writings POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 1988 The Cellini Chalice POoSN · 31 Buy ↗ 1989 The Rip-Off POoSN · 32 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 32 books · 1942–1989
01 Now and on Earth 1942 Buy ↗ 02 Heed the Thunder 1946 Buy ↗ 03 Nothing More Than Murder / Murder at the Bijou 1949 Buy ↗ 04 Cropper's Cabin / Sharecropper Hell 1952 Buy ↗ 05 The Killer Inside Me 1952 Buy ↗ 09 The Alcoholics 1953 Buy ↗ 11 The Golden Gizmo 1954 Buy ↗ 12 A Swell-Looking Babe 1954 Buy ↗ 13 The Nothing Man 1954 Buy ↗ 14 A Hell of a Woman 1954 Buy ↗ 17 After Dark, My Sweet 1955 Buy ↗ 19 Flint(As: Gil Dodge) 1957 Buy ↗ 22 The Transgressors 1961 Buy ↗ 25 Texas by the Tail 1965 Buy ↗ 26 South of Heaven 1967 Buy ↗ 28 The Undefeated 1969 Buy ↗ 29 Nothing But a Man 1970 Buy ↗ 31 The Cellini Chalice 1988 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Collections 1 book · 1988
01 ireworks: The Lost Writings 1988 Buy ↗