Paul Theroux Books in Order
Paul Theroux is a renowned American travel writer and novelist. He has gained international recognition for his travelogue, The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), a captivating account of his epic train journey from Great Britain to Japan and back, spanning across Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, South-East Asia, and East Asia. In addition to his travel writing, Theroux has published numerous works of fiction, several of which have been adapted into feature films. His novel, The Mosquito Coast, won the prestigious 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. As a celebrated author, Theroux has built a legacy of storytelling that continues to inspire readers worldwide.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Paul Theroux
- #1AmazonV.S. Naipaul(1972)
- #2AmazonThe Great Railway Bazaar(1975)
- #3AmazonThe Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas(1979)
- #4AmazonTo the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels(1980)
- #5AmazonThe Kingdom by the Sea(1983)
- #6AmazonSailing Through China(1984)
- #7AmazonThe Imperial Way: By Rail from Peshawar to Chittagong(1985)
- #8AmazonPatagonia Revisited (With: Bruce Chatwin)(1985)
- #9AmazonSunrise with Seamonsters(1985)
- #10AmazonNowhere Is a Place (With: Bruce Chatwin)(1986)
- #11AmazonRiding the Iron Rooster(1988)
- #12AmazonTravelling the World(1990)
- #13AmazonThe Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific(1992)
- #14AmazonThe Pillars of Hercules(1995)
- #15AmazonSlow Trains to Simla(1996)
- #16AmazonSir Vidia's Shadow(1998)
- #17AmazonNurse Wolf and Dr. Sacks(2001)
- #18AmazonDark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town(2002)
- #19Amazon2 Stars(2005)
- #20AmazonGhost Train to the Eastern Star(2008)
- #21AmazonThe Tao of Travel: Enlightenments from Lives on the Road(2011)
- #22AmazonThe Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari(2013)
- #23AmazonDeep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads(2015)
- #24AmazonFigures in a Landscape: People and Places(2018)
- #25AmazonOn the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey(2019)
- #26AmazonThe 23rd Pan Book of Horror Stories(1982)
- #27AmazonTravel Writing(1984)
- #28AmazonCity Sleuths and Tough Guys(1989)
- #29AmazonThe Literary Traveller(1994)
- #30AmazonA Tangled Web(2005)
- #31AmazonCape Town Calling(2010)
- #32AmazonFakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts(2012)
- #33AmazonThe Best American Travel Writing 2014(2014)
- #1AmazonFong and the Indians(1968)
- #2AmazonWaldo(1968)
- #3AmazonGirls at Play(1969)
- #4AmazonJungle Lovers(1971)
- #5AmazonSaint Jack(1973)
- #6AmazonThe Black House(1974)
- #7AmazonThe Family Arsenal(1976)
- #8AmazonPicture Palace(1978)
- #9AmazonThe Mosquito Coast(1981)
- #10AmazonO-Zone(1986)
- #11AmazonMy Secret History(1989)
- #12AmazonMillroy the Magician(1993)
- #13AmazonMy Other Life(1996)
- #14AmazonKowloon Tong(1997)
- #15AmazonHotel Honolulu(2001)
- #16AmazonBlinding Light(2005)
- #17AmazonThe Elephanta Suite(2007)
- #18AmazonA Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta(2009)
- #19AmazonThe Lower River(2012)
- #20AmazonMother Land(2017)
- #21AmazonUnder the Wave at Waimea(2021)
- #22AmazonThe Bad Angel Brothers(2022)
- #23AmazonBurma Sahib(2024)
- #24AmazonMurder in Mount Holly(1969)
- #25AmazonLondon Snow (With: John Lawrence)(1982)
- #26AmazonDoctor Slaughter(1984)
- #27AmazonThe Shortest Day of the Year(1986)
- #28AmazonThe White Man's Burden(1987)
- #29AmazonDr. Demarr(1990)
- #30AmazonA Christmas Card (With: John Lawrence)(1991)
- #31AmazonThe Greenest Island(1995)
- #32AmazonCamp Echo(2019)
- #33AmazonSinning with Annie(1972)
- #34AmazonWorld's End(1982)
- #35AmazonHalf Moon Street(1984)
- #36AmazonOn the Edge of the Great Rift: Three Novels of Africa(1996)
- #37AmazonThe Collected Stories(1997)
- #38AmazonThe Collected Short Novels(1998)
- #39AmazonFresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings(2000)
- #40AmazonThe Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro(2003)
- #41AmazonMr. Bones(2014)
- #42AmazonThe Vanishing Point(2025)
About Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux is a renowned American travel writer and novelist. He has gained international recognition for his travelogue, The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), a captivating account of his epic train journey from Great Britain to Japan and back, spanning across Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, South-East Asia, and East Asia. In addition to his travel writing, Theroux has published numerous works of fiction, several of which have been adapted into feature films. His novel, The Mosquito Coast, won the prestigious 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. As a celebrated author, Theroux has built a legacy of storytelling that continues to inspire readers worldwide.
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