Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World’s Great Mystery Stories | 1943 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 2 | 50 Great Short Stories | 1952 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 3 | Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century | 1954 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 4 | Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews | 1957 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 5 | 50 Great American Short Stories | 1963 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 6 | The Best Horror Stories | 1977 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 7 | Stories of the Modern South | 1977 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 8 | 65 Great Tales Of Horror | 1981 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 9 | Magical Realist Fiction | 1984 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 10 | Louisiana Stories | 1990 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 11 | Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield | 1990 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 12 | Growing Up in the South | 1991 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 13 | The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces | 1992 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 14 | First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers | 1994 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 15 | The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | 2000 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 16 | The Best American Short Stories of the Century | 2000 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 17 | 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology | 2000 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 18 | Writing Los Angeles | 2002 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 19 | Writers: Their Lives and Works | 2018 | William Faulkner | Buy |
William Faulkner’s short fiction appears in nineteen anthologies spanning from 1943 to 2018. These multi-author collections place his stories alongside work by other major twentieth-century writers. 50 Great Short Stories (1952), The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000), and The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000) are among the best-known.
Other collections reflect the range of contexts in which his work has been taught and read: horror anthologies, Southern literature compilations, and surveys of American short fiction. Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews (1957) includes his famous Paris Review conversation.