Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
The most accessible introduction to Thompson's gonzo style and signature voice.
Author guide
Hunter S. Thompson Books in Order
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) was an American journalist and author whose first-person, participatory reporting became known as gonzo journalism. His work combined political satire, memoir, travel writing, cultural criticism, and fiction in books including Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72.
gonzo journalismnew journalismpolitical satiretravel writingmemoirfictionletters
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time
A broad, representative collection spanning his early and mid-career journalism.
Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
His landmark first book and a clear starting point for following his career chronologically.
Read in order
Books by series
essay-collection-series · completed
The Gonzo Papers
A four-volume series collecting Hunter S. Thompson's essays, journalism, political writing, and other nonfiction.
- 1 The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange TimeAmazon ↗
Book 1 · essay-collection · 1979
- 2
Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80sAmazon ↗Book 2 · essay-collection · 1988
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Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American DreamAmazon ↗Book 3 · essay-collection · 1990
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Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political JunkieAmazon ↗Book 4 · essay-collection · 1994
letters-series · incomplete
Fear and Loathing Letters
A series collecting Hunter S. Thompson's correspondence from different periods of his life and career.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (5)
- Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle GangsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1967
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American DreamAmazon ↗
novella · 1971
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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72Amazon ↗nonfiction · 1973
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The Curse of LonoAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1983
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The Rum DiaryAmazon ↗novel · 1998
Nonfiction (1)
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Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American CenturyAmazon ↗memoir · 2003
Short fiction (2)
Essays and speeches (1)
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Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of DumbnessAmazon ↗essay-collection · 2004
Other (1)
- Mistah Leary, He Dead: A Eulogy for Dr. Timothy LearyAmazon ↗
chapbook · 1997