Patricia Highsmith's Top 6 Novels Ranked by One of Her Biggest Fans

Alex Segura
Author of SECRET IDENTITYPersonal WebsiteAuthor
There are few authors I love more than Patricia Highsmith, and few novelists who loomed larger over my last novel, Secret Identity, than her and her work. She revels in the gray areas of story — presenting readers with morally-ambiguous characters driven by base emotions, and dousing even the most mundane settings with crackling sparks of noir pathos. Here are some of my absolute favorites, in a particular order.

6 books


Strangers on a Train
Patricia HighsmithPaperback, 2021
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia HighsmithPaperback, 2008
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This Sweet Sickness
Patricia HighsmithPaperback, 2002
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
