Author

William Faulkner

American author William Faulkner is best known for his novels and stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, including *The Sound and the Fury* and *As I Lay Dying*. A Nobel Prize winner, his work is celebrated for its profound influence on modern literature. This page provides the William Faulkner books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

All books · chronological
1926 Soldiers' Pay PO · 1 No link
1927 Mosquitoes PO · 2 No link
1927 Wishing Tree PO · 1 No link
1929 Sartoris PO · 1 No link
1929 The Sound and the Fury PO · 2 No link
1930 As I Lay Dying PO · 3 No link
1930 A Rose for Emily PO · 1 No link
1931 Sanctuary PO · 4 No link
1931 These 13 PO · 2 No link
1932 Light in August PO · 5 No link
1934 Wash PO · 2 No link
1934 Doctor Martino and Other Stories PO · 3 No link
1935 Pylon PO · 3 No link
1936 Absalom, Absalom! PO · 6 No link
1938 The Unvanquished PO · 4 No link
1939 Barn Burning and other stories PO · 4 No link
1939 The Wild Palms / If I Forget Thee Jerusalem PO · 5 No link
1940 The Hamlet PO · 1 No link
1942 The Bear PO · 3 No link
1942 Go Down, Moses PO · 5 No link
1948 Intruder in the Dust PO · 6 No link
1948 Collected Stories PO · 6 No link
1949 Knight's Gambit PO · 7 No link
1950 Requiem for a Nun PO · 7 No link
1954 A Fable PO · 7 No link
1954 Sanctuary and Requiem for a Nun PO · 8 No link
1955 Big Woods PO · 8 No link
1956 Selected Short Stories PO · 9 No link
1957 The Town PO · 2 No link
1957 New Orleans Sketches PO · 10 No link
1958 Three Famous Short Novels PO · 11 No link
1959 The Mansion PO · 3 No link
1960 Marble Faun and a Green Bough PO · 12 No link
1962 The Reivers PO · 9 No link
1967 Uncle Willy and Other Stories PO · 13 No link
1973 Flags in the Dust PO · 10 No link
1977 Jealousy and Episode PO · 14 No link
1978 Mayday PO · 4 No link
1978 The Marionettes PO · 5 No link
1979 Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner PO · 15 No link
1981 Road to Glory(With: Joel Sayre) PO · 1 No link
1987 Volume I: The Color of Evil PO · 1 No link
1990 Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield PO · 2 No link
1991 Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless Darkness PO · 3 No link
1996 Barn Burning PO · 6 No link
2013 The Essential Faulkner PO · 16 No link
2018 Ole Miss Juvenilia PO · 17 No link
Book series
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 10 books · 1926–1973
01 Soldiers' Pay 1926 No link
02 Mosquitoes 1927 No link
03 Pylon 1935 No link
04 The Unvanquished 1938 No link
··· 6 more books in this series
Publication Order of Short Story Collections 17 books · 1927–2018
01 Wishing Tree 1927 No link
02 These 13 1931 No link
03 Doctor Martino and Other Stories 1934 No link
04 Barn Burning and other stories 1939 No link
··· 13 more books in this series
Publication Order of Sin and Salvation Books 7 books · 1929–1950
01 Sartoris 1929 No link
02 The Sound and the Fury 1929 No link
03 As I Lay Dying 1930 No link
04 Sanctuary 1931 No link
··· 3 more books in this series
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 6 books · 1930–1996
01 A Rose for Emily 1930 No link
02 Wash 1934 No link
03 The Bear 1942 No link
04 Mayday 1978 No link
··· 2 more books in this series
Publication Order of The Snopes Trilogy Books 3 books · 1940–1959
01 The Hamlet 1940 No link
02 The Town 1957 No link
03 The Mansion 1959 No link
Publication Order of Screenplays Books 1 book · 1981
01 Road to Glory(With: Joel Sayre) 1981 No link
Publication Order of The Dark Descent Books 3 books · 1987–1991
01 Volume I: The Color of Evil 1987 No link
02 Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield 1990 No link
03 Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless Darkness 1991 No link