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) |    |
| The Sound and the Fury | (1929) | |
| As I Lay Dying | (1930) | |
| Sanctuary | (1931) | |
| Light in August | (1932) | |
| Absalom, Absalom! | (1936) | |
| Requiem for a Nun | (1950) | |
Publication Order of The Snopes Trilogy Books
| The Hamlet | (1940) | |
| The Town | (1957) | |
| The Mansion | (1959) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Soldiers' Pay | (1926) | |
| Mosquitoes | (1927) | |
| Pylon | (1935) | |
| The Unvanquished | (1938) | |
| The Wild Palms / If I Forget Thee Jerusalem | (1939) | |
| Intruder in the Dust | (1948) | |
| A Fable | (1954) | |
| Sanctuary and Requiem for a Nun | (1954) | |
| The Reivers | (1962) | |
| Flags in the Dust | (1973) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| A Rose for Emily | (1930) | |
| The Bear | (1942) | |
| Mayday | (1978) | |
| The Marionettes | (1978) | |
| Barn Burning | (1996) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Wishing Tree | (1927) | |
| These 13 | (1931) | |
| Doctor Martino and Other Stories | (1934) | |
| Barn Burning and other stories | (1939) | |
| Go Down, Moses | (1942) | |
| Collected Stories | (1948) | |
| Knight's Gambit | (1949) | |
| Big Woods | (1955) | |
| Selected Short Stories | (1956) | |
| New Orleans Sketches | (1957) | |
| Three Famous Short Novels | (1958) | |
| Marble Faun and a Green Bough | (1960) | |
| Uncle Willy and Other Stories | (1967) | |
| Jealousy and Episode | (1977) | |
| Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner | (1979) | |
| The Essential Faulkner | (2013) | |
| Ole Miss Juvenilia | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| World's Great Mystery Stories | (1943) | |
| 50 Great Short Stories | (1952) | |
| Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews | (1957) | |
| 50 Great American Short Stories | (1963) | |
| The Best Horror Stories | (1977) | |
| Stories of the Modern South | (1977) | |
| 65 Great Tales Of Horror | (1981) | |
| Magical Realist Fiction | (1984) | |
| Louisiana Stories | (1990) | |
| Growing Up in the South | (1991) | |
| The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales | (1992) | |
| The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces | (1992) | |
| First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers | (1994) | |
| The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | (2000) | |
| The Best American Short Stories of the Century | (2000) | |
| 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology | (2000) | |
| Writing Los Angeles | (2002) | |
| Writers: Their Lives and Works | (2018) | |
Note: The Wild Palms was originally published as If I Forget Thee Jerusalem.
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