Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson has written at least 56 books. Their most popular book is The Killer Inside Me with 50 saves with an average rating of 3.9⭐.
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Author Bio
Jim Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma, the son of a county sheriff. His family relocated to Texas during his childhood. His first short stories were published in his teen years. As a hotel worker, he had access to bootleg liquor and drugs, and he smoked and drank heavily. At 19 he had a nervous breakdown. In 1926 he took work in an oil field laborer, then returned to Fort Worth to to attend school and write. In 1929 he began attending the University of Nebraska, but he dropped out two years later and married. Their first child was born in 1932. Thompson worked as a true crime reporter and as a journalist for the next few years. His first novel, Now And On Earth, was published in 1942. His writing developed into the hardboiled style of crime fiction in the 1950s. His most famous book, The Killer Inside Me, was first published in 1952. In 1955 he moved to Hollywood, CA to work on film scripts. He remained in California even after his career in film ended and his popularity as a novelist waned. He died at the age of 71 after a series of strokes.
1952 • 50 Readers • 160 pages • 3.9
29 Readers • 4
1963 • 21 Readers • 189 pages • 3.9
1954 • 11 Readers • 186 pages • 3
1953 • 11 Readers • 176 pages • 3.1
1958 • 11 Readers • 214 pages • 3.3
1954 • 8 Readers • 219 pages • 4
1955 • 7 Readers • 224 pages • 3.5
1964 • 6 Readers • 217 pages • 4
2010 • 5 Readers • 147 pages • 3
1957 • 5 Readers • 176 pages
1953 • 4 Readers • 193 pages
1954 • 4 Readers • 189 pages • 3
1954 • 4 Readers • 183 pages
4 Readers
1942 • 3 Readers • 288 pages • 3
1949 • 3 Readers • 4
1967 • 3 Readers • 256 pages
1957 • 3 Readers • 256 pages
3 Readers
2006 • 2 Readers • 542 pages
2 Readers
2 Readers
2 Readers
1989 • 2 Readers • 216 pages
1952 • 2 Readers • 146 pages
1964 • 2 Readers • 224 pages • 4
1952 • 1 Reader • 219 pages • 2
1964 • 1 Reader • 256 pages
1954 • 1 Reader • 256 pages
1955 • 1 Reader • 206 pages
1963 • 1 Reader • 208 pages
1942 • 1 Reader • 288 pages
1957 • 1 Reader • 224 pages
1 Reader
1 Reader
1964 • 1 Reader • 3
1961 • 1 Reader
1 Reader
1952 • 1 Reader • 224 pages
1 Reader • 3
1964 • 1 Reader • 208 pages
1958 • 1 Reader • 190 pages
1958 • 1 Reader • 224 pages
1953 • 1 Reader • 223 pages
1961 • 1 Reader • 300 pages • 1
1964 • 1 Reader • 247 pages • 4
1952 • 1 Reader • 219 pages • 3
1990 • 381 pages
1993 • 446 pages
1994 • 226 pages
1949 • 222 pages
1993 • 447 pages