William Faulkner Books in Order
44 books are credited to William Faulkner, published between 1926 and 2018; 10 of them appeared after William Faulkner's death in 1962. The first book is Soldiers' Pay (1926) and the newest is Ole Miss Juvenilia (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 44
- Published
- 1926–2018
- Pages on record
- 9,452 in 32 of 44 books
- Reading time
- 158–236 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,452 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 32 of 44 titles with a page count on record.
William Faulkner wrote about Mississippi and the invented Yoknapatawpha County. Soldiers' Pay (1926) is his earliest catalogued novel, followed by Sartoris, The Sound and the Fury (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930) and Sanctuary (1931), with the Snopes Trilogy later. Forty-five catalogued titles, short stories, manuscripts and facsimile editions included, run through reissues dated to 2018.
How many William Faulkner books are there?
William Faulkner has 44 books, released between 1926 and 2018. 10 of them were published after William Faulkner's death in 1962. They include 2 series and 33 titles listed outside any series.
William Faulkner Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 44 William Faulkner 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.
- 1Soldiers' Pay1926 · 265 pages · confirmed 2/419262652/4
- 2Wishing Tree1927 · 81 pages · confirmed 2/41927812/4
- 3Mosquitoes1927 · 349 pages · confirmed 2/419273492/4
- 419293792/4
- 519294172/4
- 6A Rose for Emily1930 · 36 pages · confirmed 2/41930362/4
- 719302672/4
- 8These 131931 · confirmed 2/41931–2/4
- 919313362/4
- 1019325122/4
- 11Wash1934 · confirmed 2/41934–2/4
- 12Doctor Martino and Other Stories1934 · confirmed 2/41934–2/4
- 13Pylon1935 · 285 pages · confirmed 2/419352852/4
- 1419363132/4
- 15The Unvanquished1938 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/419382602/4
- 16Barn Burning and other stories1939 · 157 pages · confirmed 2/419391572/4
- 17The Wild Palms / If I Forget Thee Jerusalem1939 · confirmed 2/41939–2/4
- 1819404092/4
- 19The Bear1942 · confirmed 2/41942–2/4
- 20Go Down, Moses1942 · 365 pages · confirmed 2/419423652/4
- 21Collected Stories1948 · 900 pages · confirmed 2/419489002/4
- 22Intruder in the Dust1948 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419482562/4
- 23Knight's Gambit1949 · confirmed 2/41949–2/4
- 2419502452/4
- 25A Fable1954 · 370 pages · confirmed 2/419543702/4
- 26Sanctuary and Requiem for a Nun1954 · confirmed 2/41954–2/4
- 27Big Woods1955 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/419552082/4
- 28Selected Short Stories1956 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/419563102/4
- 2919573712/4
- 30New Orleans Sketches1957 · confirmed 2/41957–2/4
- 31Three Famous Short Novels1958 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/419583162/4
- 3219594362/4
- 33Marble Faun and a Green Bough1960 · 67 pages · confirmed 2/41960672/4
- 34The Reivers1962 · 305 pages · confirmed 2/419623052/4
- 35Uncle Willy and Other Stories1967 · confirmed 2/41967–2/4
- 36Flags in the Dust1973 · confirmed 2/41973–2/4
- 37Jealousy and Episode1977 · confirmed 2/41977–2/4
- 38Mayday1978 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/41978962/4
- 39The Marionettes1978 · 106 pages · confirmed 2/419781062/4
- 40Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner1979 · 716 pages · confirmed 2/419797162/4
- 4119811762/4
- 42Barn Burning1996 · 47 pages · confirmed 2/41996472/4
- 43The Essential Faulkner2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 44Ole Miss Juvenilia2018 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/42018962/4
William Faulkner 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.
Sin and Salvation in order
7 booksSnopes Trilogy in order
3 books- 1. The Hamlet
- 2. The Town
- 3. The Mansion
Screenplays in order
1 bookStandalone books
33 books33 William Faulkner titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read William Faulkner books in order?
You only need to read William Faulkner books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with William Faulkner
Start with Soldiers' Pay (1926), the earliest published title.
What is the newest William Faulkner book?
Ole Miss Juvenilia (2018) is the newest William Faulkner book released so far.
Is there a new William Faulkner book coming?
No next William Faulkner 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 William Faulkner has won
Wikidata records 7 awards and 1 nomination for William Faulkner. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction1963Wonfor The Reivers
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction1955Wonfor A Fable
- National Book Award1955Wonfor A Fable
- National Book Award1951Wonfor Collected Stories of William Faulkner
- William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters1950Won
- Nobel Prize in Literature1949Won
- O. Henry Award1939Won
- Nobel Prize in Literature1950Shortlisted
William Faulkner at a glance
- Died
- William Faulkner died in 1962, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to William Faulkner are still being published after William Faulkner's death in 1962; the newest appeared in 2018.
- Release pace
- William Faulkner books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 9,452 pages across the 32 of 44 books with a recorded length, a median of 295 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most William Faulkner books, 12 of 44, were published in the 1930s.
What the William Faulkner books are about
36 of the 44 William Faulkner books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american manuscripts is tagged on 17 of 36. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- American Manuscripts 17 of 36 books
- Facsimiles 17 of 36 books
- Manuscripts 16 of 36 books
- Social life and customs 8 of 36 books
- American fiction 6 of 36 books
- Yoknapatawpha County (Imaginary place) 6 of 36 books
- Death 5 of 36 books
- Mississippi 5 of 36 books
- Short stories 5 of 36 books
- American literature 4 of 36 books
- Allegory 3 of 36 books
- Change 3 of 36 books