Is an early novel by American writer Hunter S. Thompson that was written in the early 1960's but was not published until 1998. The storey involves a journalist named Paul Kemp who, in the 1950s, moves from New York to work for a fictional major newspaper, The Daily News, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Rum Diary has been adapted into a Hollywood film. Bruce Robinson wrote the screenplay and directed the film, which stars Johnny Depp as journalist Paul Kemp.