William Faulkner

Light in August

by William Faulkner

3.9(55,761)

In the hot American South, a pregnant woman looks for her lover, while a mysterious drifter's past reveals the deep prejudices and violence of a small Mississippi town.

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner

3.9(158,429)

Faulkner's novel explores the decay of a Southern family, the Compsons, through the fragmented thoughts of its siblings, haunted by their past and consumed by their present.

As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner

3.7(136,830)

The Bundren family's difficult, often absurd journey to bury their matriarch Addie unravels their raw desires, ancient fears, and bitter rivalries, all while her coffin slowly decomposes.

A Fable

by William Faulkner

3.5(4,364)

During World War I, a French corporal's rebellion against the war machine forces a reckoning with faith, sacrifice, and humanity's capacity for both destruction and redemption.

A Rose for Emily

by William Faulkner

3.9(5,342)

In the decaying grandeur of the Old South, the reclusive Emily Grierson holds a grotesque secret, a symbol of lost love and human desperation.

The Wild Palms

by William Faulkner

3.9(3,974)

Two tales, one of illicit love's flight into the wilderness and another of a convict's selfless rescue through a flooded landscape, combine to show deliverance and spiritual damnation in the American South.

The Reivers

by William Faulkner

3.8(6,559)

Intruder in the Dust

by William Faulkner

3.8(4,959)

In the racially charged Deep South, a young white boy races against a lynch mob to prove the innocence of an elderly black farmer accused of murder, repaying a life debt and confronting the town's ingrained prejudices.

Flags in the Dust

by William Faulkner

3.9(1,044)

In the post-World War I South, the last member of a declining aristocratic family deals with his family's past and the effects of war, heading towards a tragic end amid fading glory and tradition.

The Hamlet

by William Faulkner

3.9(4,697)

In post-Civil War Mississippi, Flem Snopes dismantles a Southern community, replacing its old ways with his own cunning and greed.

Collected Stories

by William Faulkner

4.3(1,873)

Faulkner shows the American South through tales of human cruelty, kindness, and history with sharp detail and deep meaning.