His collections of letters and journalistic work is way better than his books. He always hated writing books and was much better in short brilliant bursts. He wrote extensively to his friends (some very famous friends like Tom Wolfe and other great writers).

Both the letters and articles were released in 3 book series each. These are my favourite books from each series:

(letters) The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (The Fear and Loathing Letters, Vol. 1

https://www.amazon.com/Proud-Highway-Desperate-Gentleman-195...

(articles) The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Shark-Hunt-Strange-Tales/dp/074...

I’ll have to check this one out!

Also highly recommended — "The Great Shark Hunt", a collection of his pieces through the 60s and 70s. "Hell's Angels" is marvelous, "Fear and Loathing” is probably his best-known, but nothing quite covers the range of HST's work like this book.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Shark-Hunt-Strange/dp/074325...