Adapted into the 1960 film, Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock; later remade in 1998 by Gus Van Sant The Dead Beat (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1960; London: Robert Hale, 1961). No ISBN. An "Inner Sanctum" Mystery. Library of Congress Card No 60-6100. The most extensively translated of Bloch's novels save Psycho and Psycho II - Larson's bibliography lists 13 translations in various languages to 1986. See also Unholy Trinity (1986). Firebug (NY: Regency Books, 1961). RB 101. The Couch (NY: Gold Medal, 1962; London: Frederick Muller Gold medal, 1962). See also Unholy Trinity (1986). Novelisation by Bloch of his screenplay for the previously filmed movie. Terror (Belmont Books, 1962) ; Belmont L92-537 (Working title: Amok; 2 German editions appeared under this title). Ladies Day / This Crowded Earth (1968) A Belmont Double. Belmont B60-080 . Two science fiction novelets. The Star Stalker (NY: Pyramid Books, 1968). Pyramid T-1869. Note: Bloch's title was Colossal. The publisher changed it without consultation with the author. The Todd Dossier (1969, Delacorte US; Macmillan UK – no ISBN.)(as by Collier Young). Note: The byline on this book is not a Bloch pseudonym; Collier Young was a film producer who had secured a book deal with Bloch for his planned film called THE TODD DOSSIER. Bloch wrote the novel based on a story by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. The film was never made; Bloch, who had contracted for a paperback release, was shocked to learn that the producer had placed his own name on the book as author when it was published in hardcover editions. Sneak Preview (Paperback Library, 1971) It's All in Your Mind (Curtis Books, 1971). Reprinted from its Imaginative Tales 1955 magazine appearance, where it was titled "The Big Binge". "The Big Binge" can also be found in The Lost Bloch, Volume One (see below). Night World (Simon & Schuster, 1972; UK: Robert Hale, 1974. American Gothic (Simon & Schuster, 1974). Note: This novel was inspired by the true life story of serial killer H.H. Holmes. Bloch also wrote a 40,000-word essay based on his research for the novel, "Dr Holmes' Murder Castle" (first published in Reader's Digest Tales of the Uncanny, 1977; since reprinted in Crimes and Punishments: The Lost Bloch, Vol 3, 2002). Strange Eons (Whispers Press, 1978) (a Cthulhu Mythos novel). (trade ed); 0-918372-29-1 (signed/boxed ed.) Third runner-up in the Best Novel category, Balrog Award, 1980. There Is