Jim Thompson
1906 – 1977
Jim Thompson (1906-1977) was an American author of hardboiled crime fiction. Although he was praised by critics during his lifetime, Thompson gained little commercial success in comparison. However, his novels were re-published in the 80s under the Black Lizard imprint, leading to him receiving more popularity posthumously. Several of Thompson’s novels have been adapted to film, includingThe GetawayandThe Grifters.
Publication Order
Standalone Books
Now and on Earth
1942
Heed the Thunder
1946
Nothing More Than Murder / Murder at the Bijou
1949
Cropper's Cabin / Sharecropper Hell
1952
The Killer Inside Me
1952
Bad Boy
1953
The Criminal
1953
Recoil
1953
The Alcoholics
1953
Savage Night
1953
The Golden Gizmo
1954
A Swell-Looking Babe
1954
The Nothing Man
1954
A Hell of a Woman
1954
Roughneck
1954
King Blood
1954
After Dark, My Sweet
1955
The Kill-Off
1957
Flint(As: Gil Dodge)
1957
Wild Town
1957
The Getaway
1958
The Transgressors
1961
The Grifters
1963
Pop. 1280
1964
Texas by the Tail
1965
South of Heaven
1967
Ironside
1967
The Undefeated
1969
Nothing But a Man
1970
Child of Rage
1972
The Cellini Chalice
1988
The Rip-Off
1989
ireworks: The Lost Writings
1988