Order of William Faulkner Books
William Faulkner (1897-1962) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, poetry, essays and screenplays. A lifelong resident of Mississippi, Faulkner is one of the most important authors of Southern literature and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949. His writing is often “stream of consciousness” and utilizes a vast array of characters including slaves, working-class folk and Southern aristocrats.
William Faulkner’s first short story was Landing in Luck, published in 1919. His first novel was Soldier’s Pay, published in 1926. Below is a list of William Faulkner’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Sin and Salvation Books
| Sartoris | (1929) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sound and the Fury | (1929) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| As I Lay Dying | (1930) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sanctuary | (1931) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Light in August | (1932) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Absalom, Absalom! | (1936) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Requiem for a Nun | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Snopes Trilogy Books
| The Hamlet | (1940) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Town | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mansion | (1959) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Screenplays Books
(with Joel Sayre)
| Road to Glory | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Soldiers' Pay | (1926) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mosquitoes | (1927) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pylon | (1935) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Unvanquished | (1938) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Wild Palms / If I Forget Thee Jerusalem | (1939) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Intruder in the Dust | (1948) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Fable | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sanctuary and Requiem for a Nun | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Reivers | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Flags in the Dust | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| A Rose for Emily | (1930) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bear | (1942) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mayday | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Marionettes | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Barn Burning | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Publication Order of Anthologies
| World's Great Mystery Stories | (1943) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 50 Great Short Stories | (1952) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 50 Great American Short Stories | (1963) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best Horror Stories | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stories of the Modern South | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 65 Great Tales Of Horror | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Magical Realist Fiction | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Louisiana Stories | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Growing Up in the South | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best American Short Stories of the Century | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Writing Los Angeles | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Writers: Their Lives and Works | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Note: The Wild Palms was originally published as If I Forget Thee Jerusalem.
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