Jim Thompson bibliography
- After Dark, My Sweet.
- Popular Library 716 1955, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Black Lizard 0-88739-005-6 1986, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73247-0 1990, 1st thus. Trade paperback.
- The Alcoholics.
- Lion 127 1953, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Black Lizard 0-88739-019-6 1986, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Vintage 0-679-73313-2 [date not known], 5th printing. Trade paperback.
- Bad Boy.
- Lion 149 1953, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Mysterious Press 0-446-40713-5 1988, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-70030-7 1997. Trade paperback.
- Child of Rage.
- Lancer 75342 1972, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Blood & Guts Press 0-940941-08-2 1991, 1st hardcover edition. Hardcover.
- Introduction by Gerald Petievich.
- The Criminal.
- Lion 184 1953, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Black Lizard 0-88739-018-8 1986, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Vintage 73314 1993. Trade paperback.
- Cropper's Cabin.
- Lion 108 1952, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Pyramid G336 1958. Paperback.
- Pyramid(Cdn) 601 1959. Paperback.
- Black Lizard 0-88739-047-1 1987, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73315-9 1992, 1st thus. Trade paperback.
- The Getaway.
- Signet 1584 1959, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Bantam N7592 1973, 1st thus. Paperback. Movie tie-in.
- Bantam N7592 1973, 3rd printing. Paperback.
- Sphere 84751 1973. Paperback. Movie tie-in.
- Sphere 0-7221-8477-8 1973, 2nd printing. Paperback. Movie tie-in.
- Black Box 20 1983. Trade paperback.
- Includes The Grifters, The Killer Inside Me & Pop. 1280.
- Black Lizard 75 1984. Paperback.
- Cover illustration by Nancy MacGregor.
- Corgi 0-552-13350-7 1989. Paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73250-0 1990, 1st thus. Trade paperback.
- The Golden Gizmo.
- Also released as: The Golden Sinner.
- Lion 192 1954, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Mysterious Press 0-446-40671-6 1989, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Mysterious Press 0-446-40671-6 [date not known], 2nd printing. Paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-70032-3 1998. Trade paperback.
- The Golden Sinner.
- Also released as: The Golden Gizmo.
- Gold Star (Australian) 1955. Paperback.
- The Grifters.
- Regency RB 322 [1963], [1st] edition. Paperback original.
- Black Lizard 90 1985, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73248-9 1990, 1st thus. Trade paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73248-9 [date not known], 3rd printing. Trade paperback.
- Corgi 0-552-13351-5 1991, 2nd printing. Paperback. Movie tie-in.
- Hardcore.
- Includes Bad Boy, The Kill-Off & The Nothing Man.
- Donald I. Fine 1-55611-001-4 1986, 1st edition. Hardcover.
- Book Club [date not known]. Hardcover.
- Heed the Thunder.
- Also released as: Sins of the Fathers.
- Greenberg 1946, 1st edition. Hardcover.
- News Stand Library 54 49. Paperback.
- Abridged.
- Armchair Detective Library 0-922890-98-6 1991, 1st trade edition. Hardcover.
- A Hell of a Woman.
- Lion 218 1954, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Lion Library LB138 1956, 2nd printing. Paperback.
- Pyramid F-739 1962. Paperback.
- Black Lizard 77 1984. Paperback.
- Cover illustration by Nancy MacGregor.
- Corgi 0-552-13240-3 1988, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73251-9 1990, 1st thus. Trade paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73251-9 [c.1990], 2nd printing. Trade paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73251-9 [date not known], 4th printing. Trade paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73251-9 [date not known], 6th printing. Trade paperback.
- Ironside.
- Series: Ironside
- Popular Library 60-2244 [1967], 1st edition. Paperback original. TV tie-in.
- The Kill-Off.
- Lion Library LL142 1957, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Mysterious Press 0-446-40572-8 1987. Paperback.
- Mysterious Press 0-446-40572-8 [date not known], 4th printing. Paperback.
- Corgi 0-552-13239-X 1990, 2nd printing. Paperback. Movie tie-in.
- The Killer Inside Me.
- Lion 99 1952, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Gold Medal k1522 1965, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Sphere 0-7221-8479-4 1973. Paperback.
- Quill 0-688-03922-7 1984. Paperback.
- Quill 0-688-03922-7 1984, 2nd printing. Paperback.
- Quill 0-688-03922-7 [date not known], 3rd printing. Paperback.
- Vintage 73397 1991. Trade paperback.
- King Blood.
- Sphere 0-7221-8480-8 1973, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Corgi 0-552-13241-1 1989. Paperback.
- Otto Penzler Books 1993, 1st hardcover edition. Hardcover.
- Introduction by James Ellroy.
- More Hardcore.
- Includes The Golden Gizmo, The Ripoff & Roughneck.
- This is the first appearance of The Ripoff.
- Donald I. Fine 1987, 1st edition. Hardcover.
- Nothing But a Man.
- Popular Library 08116 1970, 1st edition. Paperback original. Movie tie-in.
- The Nothing Man.
- Dell First Edition 22 1954, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Mysterious Press 0-446-40570-1 1988. Paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-70031-5 1997. Trade paperback.
- Nothing More Than Murder.
- Harper & Brothers 1949, 1st edition. Hardcover.
- Hillman 38 1950. Paperback.
- Dell 738 1953, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Black Lizard 91 1985. Paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73309-4 1991, 1st thus. Trade paperback.
- Now and on Earth.
- Modern Age 1942.
- Dennis McMillan 1986, 1st edition. Hardcover.
- Introduction by Stephen King.
- Vintage 0-394-74013-0 [date not known], 4th printing. Trade paperback.
- Pop. 1280.
- Gold Medal k1438 1964, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Black Lizard 76 1984, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Cover illustration by Nancy MacGregor.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73249-7 1990, 1st thus. Trade paperback.
- Recoil.
- Lion 120 1953, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Lion Library LB 124 1956, 2nd printing. Paperback.
- Black Lizard 0-916870-89-8 1984, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Corgi 0-552-13242-X 1988, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73308-6 1992, 1st thus. Trade paperback.
- The Rip-Off.
- Mysterious Press 0-446-40669-4 1989. Paperback.
- Mysterious Press 0-446-40669-4 1989, 2nd printing. Paperback.
- Corgi 0-552-13258-6 1990. Paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-70034-X 1999. Trade paperback.
- Roughneck.
- Lion 201 1954, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Mysterious Press 0-446-40673-2 1989, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Mysterious Press 0-446-40673-2 [date not known], 2nd printing. Paperback.
- Mysterious Press 0-446-40673-2 [date not known], 3rd printing. Paperback.
- Savage Night.
- Lion 155 1953, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Black Lizard 97 1985. Paperback.
- Cover illustration by Kirwan.
- Corgi 0-552-13256-X 1988, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73310-8 1990, 1st thus. Trade paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73310-8 [date not known], 2nd printing. Trade paperback.
- Sins of the Fathers.
- Also released as: Heed the Thunder.
- Studio 4 [1952], 1st thus. Paperback.
- South of Heaven.
- Gold Medal d1793 1967, [1st] edition. Paperback original.
- Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 74017 [date not known], 3rd printing. Trade paperback.
- A Swell-Looking Babe.
- Lion 212 1954, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Black Lizard 0-916870-96-0 1986, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73311-6 1991, 1st thus. Trade paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73311-6 [date not known], 4th printing. Trade paperback.
- Texas by the Tail.
- Gold Medal k1502 1965, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-74011-2 1994. Trade paperback.
- The Transgressors.
- Signet S2034 1961, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-74016-3 1994, 1st thus. Trade paperback.
- The Undefeated.
- Popular Library 60-8104 1969, 1st edition. Paperback original. Movie tie-in.
- Wild Town.
- Signet 1461 1957, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Signet(Cdn) 1461 1957, 1st edition. Paperback original.
- Black Lizard 0-916870-95-2 1986, 1st thus. Paperback.
- Corgi 0-552-13257-8 1989. Paperback.
- Vintage Black Lizard 0-679-73312-4 1993. Trade paperback.
- Jim Thompson: The Killers Inside Him.
- With Max Allan Collins.
- Limited to 425 numbered copies, although twenty-five extra copies were printed in addition to the limit of 425. The extras were printed for Mrs. Thompson and Jim Thompson's agent, and are not numbered.
- Contributors include Jim Thompson (This World, Then the Fireworks).
- Fedora Press 1983. Paperback.
- Jim Thompson: Sleep with the Devil.
- Biography of Jim Thompson.
- Mysterious Press 0-89296-392-1 1991, 1st edition. Hardcover.
- Fireworks: The Lost Writings of Jim Thompson.
- With Michael McCauley.
- Donald I. Fine 1-55611-067-7 1988, 1st edition. Hardcover.
- Mysterious Press 0-446-40826-3 1989. Paperback.
- Mysterious Press 0-446-40827-1 [date not known], 2nd printing. Paperback.
- Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson.
- Alfred A. Knopf 0-394-58407-4 1995, 1st edition. Hardcover.
- Vintage 0-679-73352-3 1996, 1st thus. Trade paperback.
