Bibliography of works by American author and
journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...
Hunter S. Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005).
Books
Thompson's books include:
''
Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs''
* Random House, 1967, (Trade Cloth)
* Random House Publishing Group, 1975, (Mass Market)
* Random House Publishing Group, 1980, (Mass Market)
* Random House Publishing Group, 1981, (Mass Market)
* Random House Publishing Group, 1985, (Mass Market)
* Random House Publishing Group, 1996, (Trade Paper)
* Random House Publishing Group, 1999, (Trade Cloth)
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream'' is a 1971 novel in the gonzo journalism style by Hunter S. Thompson. The book is a ''roman à clef'', rooted in autobiographical incidents. The story follo ...
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* Random House, 1971, (Trade Cloth)
* Warner Books, 1985, (Mass Market)
* Knopf Publishing Group, 1989, (Trade Paper)
* Knopf Publishing Group, 1998, (Trade Paper)
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Recorded Books
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LLC, 2005, (Audio Cassette)
* Recorded Books LLC, 2005, (Compact Disc)
* Recorded Books LLC, 2005, (Compact Disc)
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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
''Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72'' is a 1973 book that recounts and analyzes the 1972 presidential campaign in which Richard Nixon was re-elected President of the United States. Written by Hunter S. Thompson and illustrated by R ...
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* San Francisco,
Straight Arrow Books, 1973
* Grand Central Publishing, 1985, (Trade Paper)
* Grand Central Publishing, 2006, (Trade Paper)
''
Gonzo Papers, Vol. 1: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time''
* Summit Books, 1979, (Trade Cloth)
* Warner Books, 1982, (Mass Market)
* Warner Books, 1986, (Mass Market)
* Random House Publishing Group, 1992, (Trade Paper)
* Simon & Schuster, 2003, (Trade Paper)
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The Curse of Lono
''The Curse of Lono'' is a book by Hunter S. Thompson describing his experiences in Hawaii in 1980. Originally published in 1983, the book was only in print for a short while. In 2005 it was re-released as a limited edition. Only 1000 copies were ...
'', illustrated by
Ralph Steadman
Ralph Idris Steadman (born 15 May 1936) is a British illustrator best known for his collaboration and friendship with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson. Steadman is renowned for his political and social caricatures, cartoons and picture ...
* Bantam Books, 1983, (Trade Paper)
* Bantam Books, 1983, (Trade Paper)
* Bantam Books, 1983, (Trade Paper)
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Taschen
Taschen is a luxury art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. As of January 2017, Taschen is co-managed by Benedikt and his eldest daughter, Marlene Taschen.
History
The company began as Taschen Comics, ...
America, 2005, (Trade Cloth)
* Taschen America, 2005, (Trade Cloth; Box or Slipcase)
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Gonzo Papers, Vol. 2: Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s''
* Summit Books, 1988, (Trade Cloth)
* Knopf Publishing Group, 1989, (Trade Paper)
* Random House Value Publishing, 1991, (Trade Cloth)
* Simon & Schuster, 2003, (Trade Paper)
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Gonzo Papers, Vol. 3: Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream''
* Simon & Schuster, 1990, (Trade Cloth)
* Simon & Schuster Audio, 1990, (Audio Cassette)
* Simon & Schuster, 1991, (Trade Paper)
* Simon & Schuster Audio, 1994, (Audio Cassette)
* Simon & Schuster, 2002, (Trade Paper)
* Simon & Schuster Audio, 2004, ISBN (Audio Recording Downloadable)
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Gonzo Papers, Vol. 4: Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie''
* Random House Publishing Group, 1994, (Trade Cloth)
* Random House Publishing Group, 1995, (Trade Paper)
* Random House Value Publishing, 1996, (Trade Cloth)
* Transworld Publishers Limited, 2000, (Trade Paper)
''The Fear and Loathing Letters, Vol. 1: The Proud Highway: The Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman 1955–1967''
* Random House, 1997, (Trade Paper)
* Random House Publishing Group, 1997, (Trade Cloth)
* Random House Publishing Group, 1997, (Trade Cloth)
* Random House Publishing Group, 1998, (Trade Paper)
* Random House Value Publishing, 1999, (Trade Cloth)
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The Rum Diary''
* Simon & Schuster, 1998, (Trade Cloth)
* Simon & Schuster, 1998, (Trade Paper)
* Simon & Schuster, 1999, (Trade Paper)
* Simon & Schuster, 1999, (Audio Cassette)
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Screw-Jack''
* Simon & Schuster, 2000, (Trade Cloth)
* Simon & Schuster, 2000, (E-Book)
* SoftBook Press, n.d., (E-Book)
* SoftBook Press, n.d., (E-Book)
* Adobe Systems, n.d., (E-Book)
* Adobe Systems, n.d., (E-Book)
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Mistah Leary – He Dead''
* X-Ray Book Company, 1996, (chapbook)
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Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968–1976''
* Simon & Schuster, 2000, (Trade Cloth)
* Simon & Schuster, 2001, (Trade Cloth)
* Simon & Schuster, 2001, (Trade Paper)
''
Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century''
* Simon & Schuster, 2003, (Trade Paper)
* Simon & Schuster, 2003, (Trade Cloth)
* Simon & Schuster, 2003, (Trade Cloth)
''
Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness Modern History from the Sports Desk''
* Simon & Schuster, 2004, (Trade Cloth)
* Simon & Schuster, 2005, (Trade Paper)
''Gonzo: Photographs by Hunter S. Thompson''
* AMMO Books, 2006, (Perfect; Paper over boards)
''Happy Birthday, Jack Nicholson''
* Penguin Books, 2005, Ltd (Trade Cloth)
''
Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writings of Hunter S. Thompson''
* Simon & Schuster, 2011, (Trade Cloth)
Selected articles
Thompson wrote many articles over the course of his career, for publications including ''
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its ...
'', ''
Esquire'', ''
The Boston Globe
''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...
'', ''
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television a ...
'', ''
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', ''
The San Francisco Examiner
The ''San Francisco Examiner'' is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and published since 1863.
Once self-dubbed the "Monarch of the Dailies" by then-owner William Randolph Hearst, and flagship of the Hearst Corporat ...
'', ''
Time
Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, ...
'', ''
Vanity Fair'', ''
The San Juan Star
''The San Juan Star'' is an English-language daily newspaper based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper was originally published by Star Media Network, a subdivision of San Juan Star, Inc.
History
The newspaper was f ...
'', and ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's Lifestyle magazine, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from H ...
''. Only his most important articles are listed.
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Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its ...
''
ISSN 0035-791X
* ''Freak Power in the Rockies (
The Battle of Aspen
"The Battle of Aspen" is an article published in ''Rolling Stone'' , dated October 1, 1970, and written by Hunter S. Thompson. The cover of the magazine ran the teaser "Freak Power in the Rockies," and the article was later reprinted with that t ...
)'' – October 1, 1970 (No. 67, pp. 30–37)
* ''
Strange Rumblings in Aztlan
"Strange Rumblings in Aztlan" is an article published in ''Rolling Stone'' #81, dated April 29, 1971, and written by Hunter S. Thompson.
The article takes its title from the city of Aztlán, the ancestral home of the Aztec people, but generally ...
'' – April 29, 1971 (No. 81, pp. 30–37)
* ''Memo From the Sports Desk: The So-Called "Jesus Freak Scare"'' (as
Raoul Duke
Raoul Duke is the partially fictionalized author surrogate character and sometimes pseudonym used by Hunter S. Thompson as the main character and antihero for many of his works. He is perhaps best known as the narrator for his 1971 autobiographi ...
) – November 11, 1971 (No. 90, p. 24)
* ''
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream'' (as
Raoul Duke
Raoul Duke is the partially fictionalized author surrogate character and sometimes pseudonym used by Hunter S. Thompson as the main character and antihero for many of his works. He is perhaps best known as the narrator for his 1971 autobiographi ...
) – November 11, 1971 (No. 95, pp. 36–48)
* ''
Conclusion of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream'' (as
Raoul Duke
Raoul Duke is the partially fictionalized author surrogate character and sometimes pseudonym used by Hunter S. Thompson as the main character and antihero for many of his works. He is perhaps best known as the narrator for his 1971 autobiographi ...
) – November 25, 1971 (No. 96, pp. 38–50)
* He Was A Crook (The Death of Richard Nixon) - June 16, 1994 (no. 684)
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Scanlan's Monthly
''Scanlan's Monthly'' was a monthly publication which ran from March 1970 to January 1971. The publisher was Scanlan's Literary House. Edited by Warren Hinckle III and Sidney Zion, it featured politically controversial muckraking and was ultimate ...
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ISSN 0036-5661
* ''
The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy'' — March 1970 (Volume 1, Issue 1, pp. 89–100)
* ''
The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved
"The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" is a seminal sports article written by Hunter S. Thompson on the 1970 Kentucky Derby (an annual horse race held in Louisville, Kentucky), which first appeared in an issue of ''Scanlan's Monthly'' in ...
'' – June 1970 (Volume 1, Issue 4, pp. 1–12)
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Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's Lifestyle magazine, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from H ...
''
ISSN 0032-1478
* ''The Great Shark Hunt'' – December 1974 (Volume 21, Issue 12, pp. 183–184)
* ''
The Curse of Lono
''The Curse of Lono'' is a book by Hunter S. Thompson describing his experiences in Hawaii in 1980. Originally published in 1983, the book was only in print for a short while. In 2005 it was re-released as a limited edition. Only 1000 copies were ...
'' (book excerpt) – 1983
Miscellany
"Song of the Sausage Creature", Cycle World, March 1995.
* "Fire in the Nuts". Gonzo International/Steam Press/Petro III Graphics/Sylph Publications, 2004 (Limited edition of 176 copies). Republished in the third issue of ''The Woody Creeker''.
* ''Liner Notes'' –
The Big Sky Singers ''Self-Titled'' debut album on
Dot Records
Dot Records was an American record label founded by Randy Wood (record producer), Randy Wood and Gene Nobles that was active between 1950 and 1978. The original headquarters of Dot Records were in Gallatin, Tennessee. In 1956, the company moved ...
, 1964.
* ''Introduction'' – ''America'' by
Ralph Steadman
Ralph Idris Steadman (born 15 May 1936) is a British illustrator best known for his collaboration and friendship with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson. Steadman is renowned for his political and social caricatures, cartoons and picture ...
, Straight Arrow. 1974
* ''Introduction'' – ''Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo'' by
Oscar Zeta Acosta
Oscar "Zeta" Acosta Fierro (; April 8, 1935 – disappeared 1974) was a Mexican-American attorney, politician, novelist and activist in the Chicano Movement. He was most well known for his novels '' Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo'' (1972) and ...
1989 Edition.
Vintage
Vintage, in winemaking, is the process of picking grapes and creating the finished product—wine (see Harvest (wine)). A vintage wine is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year. In certa ...
*''Introduction'' – ''Revolt of the Cockroach People'' by
Oscar Zeta Acosta
Oscar "Zeta" Acosta Fierro (; April 8, 1935 – disappeared 1974) was a Mexican-American attorney, politician, novelist and activist in the Chicano Movement. He was most well known for his novels '' Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo'' (1972) and ...
1989 Edition.
Vintage
Vintage, in winemaking, is the process of picking grapes and creating the finished product—wine (see Harvest (wine)). A vintage wine is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year. In certa ...
* ''Foreword'' – ''
Gonzo: The Art'' by
Ralph Steadman
Ralph Idris Steadman (born 15 May 1936) is a British illustrator best known for his collaboration and friendship with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson. Steadman is renowned for his political and social caricatures, cartoons and picture ...
, Harcourt Brace. 1998. .
* ''Foreword'' – ''
The Boys on the Bus
''The Boys on the Bus'' (1973) is author Timothy Crouse's seminal non-fiction book detailing life on the road for reporters covering the 1972 United States presidential election.
The book was one of the first treatises on pack journalism ever t ...
'' by
Timothy Crouse
Timothy Crouse (born 1947) is an American journalist and writer.
Family
Crouse is the son of Anna (née Erskine) and Russel Crouse. His maternal grandparents were Pauline (Ives) and author, educator, and former Columbia professor John Erskine. T ...
,
Random House
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. 2003 Trade Paperback Edition. (0-8129-6820-4).S"
Known unpublished works
* Short Stories – Thompson wrote numerous short stories during the late 1950s and early 1960s, most of which were rejected by literary magazines at the time.
Douglas Brinkley, Thompson's literary executor, told an interviewer that many of them are quite good, and that a collection is in the works.
* ''
Prince Jellyfish
''Prince Jellyfish'' is an unpublished novel by American journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson.
The novel was Thompson's first, written around 1960 while he was in his early 20s and was working as a reporter for the '' Middletown Daily Record' ...
'' – Thompson's first novel, written in the early 1960s. A short excerpt was printed in ''
Songs of the Doomed
''Gonzo Papers, Vol. 3: Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream'' is a book by the American writer and journalist Hunter S. Thompson, originally published in 1990. This third installment of '' The Gonzo Papers'' is a chr ...
''.
* ''The Joint Chiefs'' or ''The Death of the American Dream'' – Thompson's letters from 1968 mention a book on the death of the
American dream that was never published because he wasn't satisfied with the manuscript, calling it "a pile of shit".
* ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'': Extra Chapters – Two chapters written for the book were not included in the final text. One has the "coconut smashing scene" that was shown in the
film adaptation of ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas''. Brinkley told an interviewer that he did not understand why the chapters were cut, as they are extremely funny and fit very well with the rest of the book. (''Rolling Stone'' may have cut them because of space, but that doesn't explain why they weren't in the book.) He said he hopes they will be released in the near future.
[''Stop Smiling'' #22 Hunter S. Thompson Memorial Issue]
* ''The Gun Lobby'' – Brinkley describes the 250-page manuscript as "''Fear and Loathing at the
NRA''". Thompson wrote the story for ''
Esquire'' magazine, but the manuscript got shoved in a drawer for decades. Brinkley says he hopes to have it published soon.
* ''The Night Manager'' – A non-fiction novel about Thompson's time at the O'Farrell Theater strip club in San Francisco. Originally an assignment to write about "couples pornography" for ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's Lifestyle magazine, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from H ...
''.
* ''
Polo Is My Life'' – Thompson described this novel as "...a sex book — you know, sex, drugs and rock and roll. It's about the manager of a sex theater who's forced to leave and flee to the mountains. He falls in love and gets in even more trouble than he was in, in the sex theater in San Francisco".
[Sara Nelson 199]
''Interview with Hunter S. Thompson''
''The Book Report'' It was slated to be released by
Random House
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in 1999, and was even assigned , but was never published.
Sources
* Joel Parham (2006). ''Hunter S Thompson: A Bibliography''
References
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