- 1979 : Grand Master, Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
- 1987 : Prix littéraire Lucien Barrière, Festival du Cinéma Américain de Deauville[90]
- 1989 : Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, French Ministry of Culture
- 1993 : Best Foreign Literary Award, Finnish Crime Society[91]
- 2008 : Greatest Crime Writer, The Times[92]
Awards and nominations
- 1946 : O. Henry Award, Best First Story, for The Heroine (in Harper's Bazaar)
- 1951 : Nominee, Edgar Allan Poe Award, Best First Novel, Mystery Writers of America, for Strangers on a Train[93]
- 1956 : Edgar Allan Poe Scroll (special award), Mystery Writers of America, for The Talented Mr. Ripley
- 1957 : Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, International, for The Talented Mr. Ripley
- 1963 : Nominee, Edgar Allan Poe Award, Best Short Story, Mystery Writers of America, for The Terrapin (in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine)
- 1963 : Special Award, Mystery Writers of America, for The Terrapin
- 1964 : Silver Dagger Award, Best Foreign Novel, Crime Writers' Association, for The Two Faces of January (pub. Heinemann)[94]
- 1975 : Prix de l'Humour noir Xavier Forneret for L'Amateur d'escargots (pub. Calmann-Lévy) (English title: Eleven)
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