About Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts, in 1941. His novels include Waldo, Picture Palace, the Mosquito Coast and Kowloon Tong. Paul Theroux has also published numerous travel books, including the Old Patagonia Express.
Novels
Waldo (1968)
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)
The Mosquito Coast (1981)
Doctor Slaughter (1984)
O-Zone (1986)
My Secret History (1989)
Chicago Loop (1990)
Millroy the Magician (1993)
My Other Life (1996)
Kowloon Tong: A Novel of Hong Kong (1997)
Hotel Honolulu (2001)
Blinding Light (2004)
A Dead Hand (2009)
The Lower River (2012)
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)
The Mosquito Coast (1981)
Doctor Slaughter (1984)
O-Zone (1986)
My Secret History (1989)
Chicago Loop (1990)
Millroy the Magician (1993)
My Other Life (1996)
Kowloon Tong: A Novel of Hong Kong (1997)
Hotel Honolulu (2001)
Blinding Light (2004)
A Dead Hand (2009)
The Lower River (2012)
Omnibus
Collections
Sinning with Annie: And Other Stories (1972)
World's End: And Other Stories (1980)
Collected Stories (1997)
The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro: And Other Stories (2003)
The Elephanta Suite (2007)
World's End: And Other Stories (1980)
Collected Stories (1997)
The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro: And Other Stories (2003)
The Elephanta Suite (2007)
Chapbooks
Plays
Short Stories
A Christmas Card (1978)
London Snow: A Christmas Story (1980)
The Shortest Day of the Year: A Christmas Fantasy (1986)
London Snow: A Christmas Story (1980)
The Shortest Day of the Year: A Christmas Fantasy (1986)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Education By Radio: An Experiment in Rural Group Listening for Adults in Uganda (1966)
VS Naipaul: An Introduction to His Work (1972) (see V S Naipaul)
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia (1975)
The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas (1979)
California the Other State (1981)
On Travel (1982)
Sailing Through China (1983)
The Kingdom By the Sea: A Journey Around Great Britain (1983)
By Rail Across the Indian Subcontinent (1984)
The Imperial Way: Making Tracks from Peshawar to Chittagong (1985)
Sunrise with Seamonsters: Travels And Discoveries 1964-1984 (1985)
Patagonia Revisited (1985) (with Bruce Chatwin)
aka Nowhere Is a Place
Visions of India: Sketchbooks of William Simpson, 1859-62 (1986)
Sunday Times Travel Book (1986)
Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China (1988)
Malawi: Faces of a Quiet Land (1989)
Nature's Wonderlands: National Parks of the World (1990)
Travelling the World: The Illustrated Travels of Paul Theroux (1990)
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific (1992)
To the Ends of the Earth (1994)
Down the Yangtze (1995)
The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean (1995)
Slow Trains to Simla (1996)
Gold Without Boundaries (1998) (with Daniel Brush)
Sir Vidia's Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents (1998) (with V S Naipaul)
Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings (2000)
Nurse Wolf and Dr. Sacks (2001)
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town (2002)
The Romance of Martha's Vineyard: Vineyard Days, Vineyard Nights (2004)
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: 28,000 Miles in Search of the Railway Bazaar (2008)
The Tao of Travel (2011)
VS Naipaul: An Introduction to His Work (1972) (see V S Naipaul)
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia (1975)
The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas (1979)
California the Other State (1981)
On Travel (1982)
Sailing Through China (1983)
The Kingdom By the Sea: A Journey Around Great Britain (1983)
By Rail Across the Indian Subcontinent (1984)
The Imperial Way: Making Tracks from Peshawar to Chittagong (1985)
Sunrise with Seamonsters: Travels And Discoveries 1964-1984 (1985)
Patagonia Revisited (1985) (with Bruce Chatwin)
aka Nowhere Is a Place
Visions of India: Sketchbooks of William Simpson, 1859-62 (1986)
Sunday Times Travel Book (1986)
Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China (1988)
Malawi: Faces of a Quiet Land (1989)
Nature's Wonderlands: National Parks of the World (1990)
Travelling the World: The Illustrated Travels of Paul Theroux (1990)
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific (1992)
To the Ends of the Earth (1994)
Down the Yangtze (1995)
The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean (1995)
Slow Trains to Simla (1996)
Gold Without Boundaries (1998) (with Daniel Brush)
Sir Vidia's Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents (1998) (with V S Naipaul)
Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings (2000)
Nurse Wolf and Dr. Sacks (2001)
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town (2002)
The Romance of Martha's Vineyard: Vineyard Days, Vineyard Nights (2004)
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: 28,000 Miles in Search of the Railway Bazaar (2008)
The Tao of Travel (2011)
Anthologies containing stories by Paul Theroux
The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories (1975)
The 23rd Pan Book of Horror Stories (1982)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
The 23rd Pan Book of Horror Stories (1982)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
Short stories
| Dengue Fever (1975) |
Awards
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Links to other websites
| paultheroux.com |
Paul Theroux recommends
 The Strange Ride of Rudyard Kipling (1977) Angus Wilson "Superb." |  The Bride of the Wilderness (1988) Charles McCarry "A vastly enjoyable novel. McCarry has the gift for making the distant past live." |  The Last Look (1998) Candida Clark "The Last Look is a bright little jewel - passionate, glittering, wonderfully allusive... full of pleasures." |
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