Jim Thompson's most recommended books

We've asked 13,000+ authors and super readers for their favorite books. Here are their favorite books by Jim Thompson.

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Books like The Killer Inside Me

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Books like Pop. 1280

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Books like The Getaway

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Books like The Grifters

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Books like A Hell of a Woman

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Books like Now and on Earth

Book lists with Jim Thompson's books

15 authors created a book list with a book by Jim Thompson as one of their picks.

• The best books about why there’s not a nickel’s worth of difference between Oklahoma and Texas except that Texas is bigger
• The best books about urban wandering and subterranean history
• The best crime books with a whole lot of Texas
• The best books that will haunt you for life
• The best books by the best crime fiction writers in the world
• The best books about drug addicts and lost souls

Book lists connected to Jim Thompson's books

125 authors created a book list connected to Jim Thompson's books by genre, topic, theme, and mood.

• The best hardboiled noir detective mystery novels & stories
• The best gritty noir novels full of poetic lines, dirty realism, and dark humour
• The best psychological thrillers that will have you gripped long past lights-out
• The best offbeat noir books you need to read
• The best books on Civil War Texas
• The best influential western literature (to my writing)

Genres connected to Jim Thompson's books

Topics connected to Jim Thompson's books