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Patricia Highsmith

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Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) was an American novelist and short-story writer whose fiction explored guilt, obsession, identity, amorality, and violence. She wrote 22 novels, including the five-novel Ripliad, as well as numerous short-story collections, nonfiction, children's verse, and diaries and notebooks published posthumously.

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Patricia Highsmith's Newest Book

Cover of Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks, 1941–1995

Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks, 1941–1995

diaries-and-notebooks · First published 2021

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Cover of The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley

The defining entry point to the Ripliad and a concentrated example of Highsmith's psychological suspense.

Cover of Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

Her acclaimed debut novel and a strong introduction to her themes of guilt, moral complicity, and obsession.

Cover of The Price of Salt

The Price of Salt

A landmark lesbian novel with a hopeful love story and a distinctive contrast to her crime fiction.

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novel-series · completed

Ripliad

The five-novel series featuring Tom Ripley, an urbane, amoral criminal and manipulator.

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  1. 1 Cover of The Talented Mr. Ripley
    The Talented Mr. Ripley

    Book 1 · novel · 1955

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  2. 2 Cover of Ripley Under Ground
    Ripley Under Ground

    Book 2 · novel · 1970

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  3. 3 Cover of Ripley's Game
    Ripley's Game

    Book 3 · novel · 1974

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  4. 4 Cover of The Boy Who Followed Ripley
    The Boy Who Followed Ripley

    Book 4 · novel · 1980

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  5. 5 Cover of Ripley Under Water
    Ripley Under Water

    Book 5 · novel · 1991

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (18)
  1. Cover of Strangers on a Train
    Strangers on a Train

    novel · 1950

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  2. Cover of The Price of Salt
    The Price of Salt

    novel · 1952

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  3. The Blunderer

    novel · 1954

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  4. Cover of Deep Water
    Deep Water

    novel · 1957

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  5. Cover of A Game for the Living
    A Game for the Living

    novel · 1958

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  6. Cover of This Sweet Sickness
    This Sweet Sickness

    novel · 1960

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  7. Cover of The Cry of the Owl
    The Cry of the Owl

    novel · 1962

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  8. Cover of The Two Faces of January
    The Two Faces of January

    novel · 1964

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  9. Cover of The Glass Cell
    The Glass Cell

    novel · 1964

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  10. Cover of A Suspension of Mercy
    A Suspension of Mercy

    novel · 1965

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  11. Cover of Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
    Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction

    nonfiction · 1966

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  12. Cover of Those Who Walk Away
    Those Who Walk Away

    novel · 1967

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  13. Cover of The Tremor of Forgery
    The Tremor of Forgery

    novel · 1969

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  14. Cover of A Dog's Ransom
    A Dog's Ransom

    novel · 1972

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  15. Cover of Edith's Diary
    Edith's Diary

    novel · 1977

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  16. Cover of People Who Knock on the Door
    People Who Knock on the Door

    novel · 1983

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  17. Cover of Found in the Street
    Found in the Street

    novel · 1986

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  18. Cover of Small g: A Summer Idyll
    Small g: A Summer Idyll

    novel · 1995

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Nonfiction (1)
  1. Cover of Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks, 1941–1995
    Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks, 1941–1995

    diaries-and-notebooks · 2021

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Short fiction (11)
  1. Cover of Eleven
    Eleven

    short-story-collection · 1970

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  2. Cover of Little Tales of Misogyny
    Little Tales of Misogyny

    short-story-collection · 1975

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  3. Cover of The Animal Lover's Book of Beastly Murder
    The Animal Lover's Book of Beastly Murder

    short-story-collection · 1975

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  4. The Bravest Rat in Venice

    short-story-collection · 1977

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  5. Cover of Slowly, Slowly in the Wind
    Slowly, Slowly in the Wind

    short-story-collection · 1979

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  6. Cover of The Black House
    The Black House

    short-story-collection · 1981

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  7. Cover of Mermaids on the Golf Course
    Mermaids on the Golf Course

    short-story-collection · 1985

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  8. Cover of Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes
    Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes

    short-story-collection · 1987

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  9. Chillers

    short-story-collection · 1990

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  10. Cover of Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories
    Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories

    short-story-collection · 2002

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  11. Ladies

    short-story-collection · 2020

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Children's books (1)
  1. Miranda the Panda Is on the Veranda

    childrens-book · 1958

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Other (1)
  1. The Snail-Watcher

    chapbook · 1964

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