Paul Theroux bibliography

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List of works by or about Paul Theroux, American novelist, short story writer and travel writer.

## Fiction

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### Novels

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* Waldo, 1967
* Fong and the Indians, 1968
* Girls at Play, 1969, ISBN 978-0-370-01401-2
* Murder in Mount Holly, 1969
* Jungle Lovers, 1971, ISBN 978-0-14-005496-5
* Saint Jack, 1973,
* The Black House, 1974, ISBN 978-0-14-008792-5
* The Family Arsenal, 1976, ISBN 978-0-395-24400-5
* The Consul's File, 1977, ISBN 978-0-395-25399-1
* Picture Palace, 1978
* The Mosquito Coast, 1981, ISBN 978-0547525174
* Doctor Slaughter (1984) – filmed as Half Moon Street (1986)
* O-Zone. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1986. ISBN 0399131868.
* My Secret History. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1989. ISBN 0399134247.
* Chicago Loop (1990)
* Dr. DeMarr (1990)
* Millroy the Magician (1993)
* The Greenest Island (1995)
* My Other Life (1996)
* Kowloon Tong (1997)
* Hotel Honolulu (2001)
* Nurse Wolf and Dr. Sacks (2001)
* Blinding Light (2006)
* A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta (2009)
* The Lower River (2012)
* Mother Land (2017)
* Under the Wave at Waimea (2021)
* The Bad Angel Brothers (2022)
* Burma Sahib (2024)
* Vanishing Point (2025)

### Short story collections

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* Sinning with Annie and other stories, 1972, ISBN 978-0-395-13996-7
* World's End and Other Stories, 1980
* The London Embassy, 1982, ISBN 978-0-14-006570-1
* The Collected Stories. New York: Penguin Group. 1997. ISBN 0-670-86127-8.
* The Stranger at the Palazzo D'Oro and Other Stories, 2004
* The Elephanta Suite, 2007
* Mr. Bones: Twenty Stories, 2014
* The Vanishing Point: Stories, 2025

### Christmas books

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* A Christmas Card, 1978, illustrations by John Lawrence, ISBN 978-0395272046
* London Snow, 1980, illustrations by John Lawrence, ISBN 978-0395294581

### Stories

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Title[1] | Year  | First published  | Reprinted/collected  | Notes

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The prison diary of Jack Faust  | 1970  | Theroux, Paul (September, 1970). The prison diary of Jack Faust. Playboy. 17 (9): 135, 138, 258-264.  |  | Construction by William Koralewski
Dog days  | 1971  | Theroux, Paul (November, 1971). Dog Days. Playboy. 18 (11): 181-182, 240-243  |  | Illustration by Kinuko Craft
Dengue Fever  | 1975  | Theroux, Paul (November, 1975). Dengue fever. Playboy. 22 (11): 148-154  |  | Illustrations by Bill Imhoff
Set of two  | 1977  | Theroux, Paul (March, 1977). Set of two. Playboy. 24 (3): 114-116, 176.  |  | Illustrations by Tom James
Sex and its substitutes  | 1982  | Theroux, Paul (December, 1982). Sex and its substitutes. Playboy. 24 (3): 173, 178, 267-272  |  |
A Christmas fantasy  | 1985  | ???  |  | Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg
The Furies  | 2013  | Theroux, Paul (February 25, 2013). "The Furies". The New Yorker. 89 (2): 66–73. |  |
Action  | 2014  | Theroux, Paul (August 4, 2014). "Action". The New Yorker. 90 (22): 58–62. |  |

## Non-fiction

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External videos

Interview with Theroux on Sir Vidia's Shadow, November 19, 1998, C-SPAN
Booknotes interview with Theroux on Dark Star Safari, May 18, 2003, C-SPAN
Presentation by Theroux on Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, September 27, 2008, C-SPAN
Presentation by Theroux on On the Plain of Snakes, October 10, 2019, C-SPAN
Presentation by Theroux on On the Plain of Snakes, October 12, 2019, C-SPAN

### Travel

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* The Great Railway Bazaar (1975)
* The Old Patagonian Express (1979)
* The Kingdom by the Sea (1983)
* Sailing Through China (1984)
* Riding the Iron Rooster (1988)
* The Happy Isles of Oceania (1992)
* The Pillars of Hercules (1995)
* Dark Star Safari (2002)
* Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (2008)
* The Last Train to Zona Verde (2013)
* Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads (2015)
* On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey (2019)

### Travel collections

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* Sunrise with Seamonsters, 1985
* To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels of Paul Theroux, 1990
* Travelling The World: The Illustrated Travels of Paul Theroux, 1990
* Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings (2000)
* The Tao of Travel (2011)
* Figures in a Landscape: People and Places (2018)

### Miscellaneous travel

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* The Imperial Way, photography by Steve McCurry, 1985
* Patagonia Revisited, with Bruce Chatwin, 1985

### On V.S. Naipaul

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* V. S. Naipaul: An Introduction to his Work (1972)
* Sir Vidia's Shadow (1998)

## Critical studies and reviews of Theroux's work

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Mr Bones

* Meyers, Jeffrey (21–27 November 2014). "Furies unleashed". New Statesman. 143 (5237): 52.

## Notes

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1. ^ Short stories unless otherwise noted.

## External links

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* Works by or about Paul Theroux bibliography at the Internet Archive

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Paul Theroux

Novels|

* Waldo (1967)
* Jungle Lovers (1971)
* Saint Jack (1973)
* The Family Arsenal (1976)
* The Mosquito Coast (1981)
* Doctor Slaughter (1984)
* O-Zone (1986)
* My Secret History (1989)
* Millroy the Magician (1993)
* Kowloon Tong (1997)
* Blinding Light (2006)

Travel writing|

* The Great Railway Bazaar (1975)
* The Old Patagonian Express (1979)
* The Kingdom by the Sea (1983)
* Riding the Iron Rooster (1988)
* The Happy Isles of Oceania (1992)
* The Pillars of Hercules (1995)
* Dark Star Safari (2002)
* Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (2008)
* Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads (2015)
* Figures in a Landscape: People and Places (2018)

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