Greg Iles
List of Literary Works
last updated on June 30, 2001

The following is a list of authors and selected works that have greatly influenced Greg's writing. While the list is primarily composed of thriller and mystery novels, several non-thriller works have also influenced Greg and warrant inclusion in the list.

 

 signifies a novel that Greg would not necessarily classify as a thriller
 

signifies a work that Greg feels deserves superior merit on prose, plot and/or authorial insight
 
NOTE: This list is in no particular order. Please scroll down to view the complete list.
 
Martin Cruz Smith
Gorky Park 
Polar Star 
Stallion Gate
Nightwing 

John LeCarre
The Honorable Schoolboy 
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Looking Glass War 
The Little Drummer Girl
The Russia House

Hans Hellmut Kirst
The Night of the Generals 
The Officer Factory

Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler
Fail-Safe 

Peter Hoeg
Smilla's Sense of Snow 
Borderliners

Peter Straub
Mystery 
Koko 
The Throat
Ghost Story

Robert Traver
Anatomy of a Murder 

Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo

Robert Penn Warren
All the King's Men

James Dickey
Deliverance 

James Ellroy
American Tabloid
The Black Dahlia 
L.A. Confidential

Fredrick Forsyth
The Day of The Jackal 
The Dogs of War 
The ODESSA File
The Devil's Alternative

Raymond Chandler
The Long Goodbye
The Big Sleep 
Farewell, My Lovely
The Lady in the Lake

Thomas Harris
Black Sunday
Red Dragon 
The Silence of the Lambs

Nelson De Mille
Word of Honor
Cathedral
By the Rivers of Babylon
The Gold Coast

Thomas Gifford
Praetorian

Scott Turow
Presumed Innocent
One L 

Stephen King
The Shining 
Salem's Lot
The Dead Zone 
The Stand 
Different Seasons 
Night Shift 

David Ignatius
A Firing Offense

Stephen Hunter
Point of Impact
Dirty White Boys
Black Light

Jack Higgins
The Eagle Has Landed
Night of the Fox

Rafael Sabatini (for kids)
Captain Blood
Scaramouche

Walter Mosley
Devil in a Blue Dress

Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon
Red Harvest 
The Glass Key

Don De Lillo
Libra

Tom Clancy
The Hunt for Red October
Red Storm Rising

Michael Crichton
The Andromeda Strain 
The Great Train Robbery
 
 

 

[ close this window ]