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Flannery O’Connor Books in Order

11 books are credited to Flannery O’Connor, published between 1952 and 2003; 7 of them appeared after Flannery O’Connor's death in 1964. The first book is Wise Blood (1952) and the newest is Flannery O'Connor (2003). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1952–2003
Confirmed
2 of 11 titles
Pages on record
2,699 in 9 of 11 books
Reading time
45–67 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,699 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Flannery O’Connor, author

Flannery O'Connor was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist, born March 25, 1925, who died August 3, 1964. The body of work comprises two novels, 31 short stories and a number of reviews and commentaries. O'Connor was a Southern writer, often working in a sardonic Southern Gothic mode with regional settings and grotesque characters. Catalogued titles include Wise Blood (1952), A Good Man Is Hard To Find (1955), The Violent Bear It Away (1960), Everything That Rises Must Converge (1965), Mystery and Manners (1969) and The Complete Stories (1971).

How many Flannery O’Connor books are there?

Flannery O’Connor has 11 books, released between 1952 and 2003. 7 of them were published after Flannery O’Connor's death in 1964.

Flannery O’Connor Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Flannery O’Connor books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O’Connor, book 1 of the Faber Stories series (1955)
  2. Cover of The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’Connor (1960)
  3. Cover of Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O’Connor (1965)
  4. Cover of Mystery and Manners by Flannery O’Connor (1969)
  5. Cover of The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor (1971)
  6. Cover of The Habit of Being by Flannery O’Connor (1978)
  7. Cover of Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews by Flannery O’Connor (1983)
  8. Cover of Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1, book 1 of the Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith series (1994)
  9. Cover of Flannery O'Connor by Flannery O’Connor (2003)
  1. 1
    Wise Blood1952 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1952236
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  2. 2
    A Good Man Is Hard To FindFaber Stories #11955 · 180 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1955180
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  3. 3
    The Artificial N***er1955 · confirmed 2/4
    1955–
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  4. 4
    The Violent Bear It Away1960 · 243 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1960243
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  5. 5
    Everything That Rises Must Converge1965 · 269 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1965269
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  6. 6
    Mystery and Manners1969 · 237 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1969237
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  7. 7
    The Complete Stories1971 · 555 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1971555
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  8. 8
    The Habit of Being1978 · 617 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978617
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  9. 9
    Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews1983 · 189 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983189
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  10. 10
    Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith #11994 · confirmed 3/4
    1994–
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  11. 11
    Flannery O'Connor2003 · 173 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003173
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Flannery O’Connor books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Faber Stories in order

1 book
  1. 1. A Good Man Is Hard To Find

Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith in order

1 book
  1. 1. Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1

Standalone books

9 books

9 Flannery O’Connor titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Flannery O’Connor books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 11 Flannery O’Connor books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Flannery O’Connor

Start with Wise Blood (1952), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Flannery O’Connor book?

Flannery O'Connor (2003) is the newest Flannery O’Connor book released so far.

Is there a new Flannery O’Connor book coming?

No next Flannery O’Connor book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Flannery O’Connor has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 3 nominations for Flannery O’Connor. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Flannery O’Connor at a glance

Died
Flannery O’Connor died in 1964, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Flannery O’Connor are still being published after Flannery O’Connor's death in 1964; the newest appeared in 2003.
Release pace
Flannery O’Connor books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
Length
2,699 pages across the 9 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 237 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Flannery O’Connor books, 3 of 11, were published in the 1960s.

What the Flannery O’Connor books are about

10 of the 11 Flannery O’Connor books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: social life and customs is tagged on 3 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Social life and customs 3 of 10 books
  • Authors 2 of 10 books
  • Short stories 2 of 10 books
  • Correspondence 2 of 10 books
  • Faith 2 of 10 books
  • Fiction in English 2 of 10 books
  • Manners and customs 2 of 10 books
  • Religion 2 of 10 books