Paul Theroux bibliography explained

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

Novels

• Book: . 1967 .
• Fong and the Indians (1968)
• Girls at Play (1969)
• Murder in Mount Holly (1969)
• Jungle Lovers (1971)
• Saint Jack (1973)
• The Black House (1974)
• The Family Arsenal (1976)
• Picture Palace (1978)
• A Christmas Card (1978)
• London Snow (1980)
• The Mosquito Coast (1981)
• Doctor Slaughter (1984) – filmed as Half Moon Street (1986)
• Book: . New York . G. P. Putnam's Sons . 1986 .
• Book: . New York . G. P. Putnam's Sons . 1989 .
• 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)

Short fiction

Collections

• Sinning with Annie (1972)
• The Consul's File (1977)
• World's End (1980)
• The London Embassy (1982)
• Book: The Collected Stories . New York . Penguin Group . 1997 .
• Stranger at the Palazzo D'Oro (2004)
• The Elephanta Suite (2007)
• Mr. Bones (2014)

Stories^[1]

width=25%	Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected	Notes
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

• (1972)
• Sir Vidia's Shadow (1998)

Travel

• The Great Railway Bazaar (1975)
• The Old Patagonian Express (1979)
• The Kingdom by the Sea (1983)
• Sailing Through China (1984)
• Sunrise with Seamonsters (1985)
• The Imperial Way (1985)
• Patagonia Revisited, with Bruce Chatwin (1985)
• Riding the Iron Rooster (1988)
• To the Ends of the Earth (Compilation of travel writing, 1990)
• Travelling The World - The Illustrated Travels of Paul Theroux (1990)
• The Happy Isles of Oceania (1992)
• The Pillars of Hercules (1995)
• Fresh Air Fiend (2000)
• Dark Star Safari (2002)
• Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (2008)
• The Tao of Travel (2011)
• The Last Train to Zona Verde (2013)
• (2015)
• (2018)
• (2019)

Critical studies and reviews of Theroux's work

Mr Bones

• Meyers, Jeffrey . Jeffrey Meyers . dmy . 21–27 November 2014 . Furies unleashed . New Statesman . 143 . 5237 . 52.

Notes

1. Short stories unless otherwise noted.