- (1956) Novel: "The Outsider". The first book in the "Outsider" cycle of books by Wilson, intended to outline his concept of the New Existentialism (the idea which underlies all of his work), and probably still his most famous work. Probably also the best starting place. It has also been translated into Spanish, French, German, Italian, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish and Swedish. Philosophy.
- (1957) Novel: "Religion and the Rebel". The second book in the "Outsider" cycle. Translated into Arabic and Japanese. Philosophy.
- (1959) Novel: "The Age of Defeat" (US: "The Stature of Man"). The third book in the "Outsider" cycle. Translated into Japanese.
- (1960) Novel: "Ritual in the Dark". Wilson first wrote this book in 1949 and then revised it prior to publication. Many still consider it to be his best work of fiction. It is the first volume in the "Gerard Sorme" trilogy. Translated into French, Dutch, Spanish, Danish, German, Italian, Japanese and Norwegian. Fiction.
- (1961) Novel (w/Patricia Pitman): "Encyclopedia of Murder". The first in Wilson's trilogy on the subject of murder. Translated into Italian, Japanese and Spanish. Criminology.
- (1961) Novel: "Adrift in Soho". Translated into Dutch, French and Spanish. Fiction.
- (1961) Book: "The Strength to Dream: Literature and the Imagination". The fourth book in the "Outsider" cycle. Translated into Spanish, Korean, and Japanese. Philosophy.
- (1963) Book: "Origins of the Sexual Impulse", The fifth book in the "Outsider" cycle. Translated into Spanish and Italian. Psychology.
- (1963) Novel: "The World of Violence" (US: The Violent World of Hugh Greene). Translated into Spanish.
- Novel: "Man Without a Shadow" (US: The Sex Diary of Gerard Sorme). Translated into French, Dutch, Korean, Italian and Japanese.
- (1964) Biography: "Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs". Translated into Spanish and Japanese.
- (1964) Book: "Brandy of the Damned". Later expanded and reprinted as "Chords and Discords".
- (1964) Book: "Necessary Doubt". Translated into Dutch and Spanish.
- (1965) Book: "Beyond the Outsider". The sixth, and last, book in the
- (1965) Book: "Eagle and Earwig". Translated into Japanese. Literary criticism.
- (1966) Book: "Chords and Discords: Purely Personal Opinions on Music". 1966. An expanded version of "Brandy of the Damned", with an added chapter on American composers, printed in England as "Colin Wilson on Music". Translated into Japanese. Music.
- (1966) Book: "Sex and the Intelligent Teenager". Translated into Japanese, Dutch and Danish. Psychology.
- (1966) Book: "Introduction to the New Existentialism". A summary of the ideas contained in the "Outsider" cycle. According to his introduction to the 1980 edition, Wilson considers this book to be the pinnacle of his philosophy. Translated into Japanese.
- (1966) Book: "The Glass Cage". Translated into French, Spanish, Japanese and Portugese. Fiction.
- (1967) Book: "The Mind Parasites". Translated into Italian, French and Japanese. Fiction.
- (1969) Book: "A Casebook of Murder". The second book in Wilson's trilogy on murder. Translated into Korean and Japanese. Criminology.
- (1969) Biography: "Bernard Shaw: A Reassessment". A biography and Japanese. Biography/literary criticism.
- (1969) Book: "The Philosopher's Stone". Translated into Japanese.
- (1969) Book: "Poetry and Mysticism". Published by City Lights, this book was subsequently significantly expanded
- (1970) Book: "L'amour: The Ways of Love". Wilson wrote the text accompanying a series of sexual photographs taken by Piero Rinaldi. Sex.
- (1970) Book: "The Strange Genius of David Lindsay". With E.H. Visiak and J.B. Pick. An analysis of the work of the bizarre English science fiction writer. Later expanded; see #55. Literary criticism.
- (1970) Book: "Poetry and Mysticism".
- (1970) Playwright: "Strindberg". Wilson's only published play. Drama.
- (1970) Book: "The God of the Labyrinth" (US: "The Hedonists"). The third book in the "Gerard Sorme" trilogy. Translated into Dutch and Spanish. Fiction.
- (1970) Novel: "Killer" (US: "Lingard"). Translated into Spanish and Japanese. Fiction.
- (1971) Book: "The Occult". After "The Outsider", this may well be Wilson's most acclaimed work. Presenting a history of occult practices, it is a classic of its type. Translated into French, Spanish, Italian, Danish, German, Japaneseand Dutch. Occult.
- (1971) Book: "The Black Room". Translated into Japanese. Fiction.
- (1972) Book: "Order of Assassins: The Psychology of Murder". The last volume in Wilson's murder trilogy. Translated into Italian, Spanish, French and Japanese. Criminology/psychology.
- Book: "New Pathways in Psychology: Maslow and the Post-Freudian". Acquainted, thus Wilson has a particularly interesting take on his work. Translated into Spanish, Japanese, Dutch and Swedish.
- (1973) Book: "Strange Powers". A sort of companion volume to The encountered after the writing of that book. Translated into Japanese. Occult.
- (1973) Book: " 'Tree' by Tolkien". Wilson's study of the works of fantasist J.R.R. Tolkien. Literary criticism.
- (1974) Biography: "Hermann Hesse". An examination of Hesse's work.
- (1974) Biography: "Wilhelm Reich". A small essay including a biography and examination of the work of the psychologist Wilhelm Reich. Biography/psychology.
- (1974) Biography: "Jorge Luis Borges". A small essay examining the work of Jorge Luis Borges. Literary criticism.
- (1974) Book: "Hesse-Reich-Borges: Three Essays". A collection of essays on the three authors. Literary criticism/psychology.
- (1974) Biography: "Ken Russell: A Director in Search of a Soul". An interview, a biography and a critical look at the film director.
- (1974) Book: "The Return of the Lloigor".
- (1974) Book: "A Book of Booze". A look at alcohol in all its aspects. Translated into Japanese. Alcohol.
- (1974) Book: "The Schoolgirl Murder Case". Translated into Spanish, Dutch, Japanese and German. Fiction.
- (1975) "The Unexplained". An edited version of "The Occult".
- (1975) Book: "Mysterious Powers" (US: "They Had Strange Powers")
- (1975) Book: "The Craft of the Novel". An examination of novels and novelists from the perspective of writing. Translated into Japanese. Literary criticism.
- (1975) Book: "Enigmas and Mysteries".
- (1975) Book: "The Geller Phenomenon". A biography, interview and study of the work of occultist Raetsel von Geller. Translated into German. Occult.
- (1976) Book: "The Space Vampires" (filmed as Lifeforce (1985), under which it has also been reprinted). Translated into Spanish, Japanese, French, Dutch and Swedish.
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