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
| Wishing Tree | (1927) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| These 13 | (1931) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Doctor Martino and Other Stories | (1934) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Barn Burning and other stories | (1939) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Go Down, Moses | (1942) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Collected Stories | (1948) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Knight's Gambit | (1949) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Big Woods | (1955) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Selected Short Stories | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| New Orleans Sketches | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Three Famous Short Novels | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Marble Faun and a Green Bough | (1960) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Uncle Willy and Other Stories | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jealousy and Episode | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Essential Faulkner | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ole Miss Juvenilia | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Note: The Wild Palms was originally published as If I Forget Thee Jerusalem.
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