Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Rose for Emily | 1930 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 2 | Wash | 1934 | William Faulkner | N/A |
| 3 | The Bear | 1942 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 4 | Mayday | 1978 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 5 | The Marionettes | 1978 | William Faulkner | Buy |
| 6 | Barn Burning | 1996 | William Faulkner | Buy |
William Faulkner’s individual short stories and novellas include some of the most taught and anthologized American fiction. A Rose for Emily (1930) is his most famous short story, a Gothic tale of a reclusive Southern woman with a terrible secret. Barn Burning, originally published in 1939, follows a boy forced to choose between loyalty to his father and doing what is right.
The Bear (1942) is a long novella about a boy named Ike McCaslin and his annual hunting trips into the diminishing Mississippi wilderness. Mayday (1978) and The Marionettes (1978) are early works published posthumously.