# Paul Theroux bibliography

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

## Novels

* Waldo. 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)
* O-Zone. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1986.
* My Secret History. 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)
* The Collected Stories. New York: Penguin Group. 1997.
* The Stranger at the Palazzo D'Oro (2004)
* The Elephanta Suite (2007)
* Mr. Bones (2014)
* The Vanishing Point (2025)

### Stories

| Title | Year | First published | 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

* V. S. Naipaul: An Introduction to his Work (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)
* Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads (2015)
* Figures in a Landscape: People and Places (2018)
* On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey (2019)

## Critical studies and reviews of Theroux's work
### Mr Bones

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