
William Faulkner
25 September 1897 – 6 July 1962
1,067 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize-winning American author. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, his reputation is based on his novels, novellas and short stories. He was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter. (Source.)
Also published as: W. Faulkner, William Cuthbert Faulkner, william faulkner, By (author) William Faulkner, Faulkner. William, WILLIAM FAULKNER
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The Sound and the Fury
3.9 · 1929 · 237 want to read

As I Lay Dying
3.6 · 1915 · 191 want to read

The Dark Descent
4 · 1987 · 130 want to read

Absalom, Absalom!
4.5 · 1936 · 113 want to read

Light in August
3.1 · 1931 · 96 want to read

The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
4 · 1992 · 89 want to read

40 Short Stories -- Sixth Edition
4 · 2021 · 87 want to read

A Rose for Emily
3.9 · 1930 · 47 want to read

Fifty Best American Short Stories
1965 · 57 want to read
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The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
4 · 1952 · 44 want to read

Backpack Literature -- Fifth Edition
2016 · 46 want to read

Sanctuary
2 · 1931 · 33 want to read

The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural
4 · 1981 · 38 want to read

The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition
2010 · 42 want to read

The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
4 · 1984 · 38 want to read

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
1999 · 35 want to read

Go Down, Moses
1940 · 29 want to read

Murder Most Foul
1984 · 26 want to read

The Hamlet
3 · 1940 · 23 want to read

The wild palms
1939 · 25 want to read

Literature, The Human Experience, Reading and Writing--Shorter Ninth Edition
2003 · 24 want to read

The Reivers
4 · 1962 · 21 want to read

The Other Persuasion
4 · 1977 · 22 want to read

The Best horror stories
1977 · 19 want to read