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William Faulkner

Born

in New Albany, Mississippi, The United States

September 25, 1897

Died

July 06, 1962

Genre

Fiction, Poetry, Southern Gothic

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William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life. A Nobel laureate, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature and often is considered the greatest writer of Southern literature.
Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, and raised in Oxford, Mississippi. During World War I, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, but did not serve in combat. Returning to Oxford, he attended the University of Mississippi for three semesters before dropping out. He moved to New Orleans, where he wrote his first novel Soldiers' Pay (1925). He went back to Oxford ...more

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William Faulkner’s books

Average rating: 3.84 · 651,783 ratings · 42,846 reviews · 1,421 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 196,431 ratings — published 1929 — 809 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 187,550 ratings — published 1930 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Light in August by William Faulkner, Joseph Blotner, Noel Polk (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 66,823 ratings — published 1932 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 48,087 ratings — published 1936 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Rose for Emily and Other Stories 4.06 avg rating — 26,238 ratings — published 1930 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sanctuary 3.63 avg rating — 14,891 ratings — published 1931 — 352 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Rose for Emily 3.82 avg rating — 14,003 ratings — published 1930 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Go Down, Moses 3.93 avg rating — 10,588 ratings — published 1942 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Stories 4.25 avg rating — 7,832 ratings — published 1950 — 125 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reivers 3.77 avg rating — 8,135 ratings — published 1962 — 219 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Polls

January 2018 New School Poll

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, 468 pages, 1996

68 votes, 19.5%

Dubliners by James Joyce, 207 pages, 1914

39 votes, 11.2%

On the Road by Jack Kerouac, 307 pages, 1957

29 votes, 8.3%

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, 181 pages, 1953

24 votes, 6.9%

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, 127 pages, 1923

23 votes, 6.6%

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, 416 pages, 1980

22 votes, 6.3%

The Wreath (book one of Kristin Lavransdatter) by Sigrid Undset, 305 pages, 1920

17 votes, 4.9%

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, 368 pages, 1940

16 votes, 4.6%

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust, 468 pages, 1913

16 votes, 4.6%

Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières, 437 pages, 1994

15 votes, 4.3%

The Sea Wolf by Jack London, 425 pages, 1904

13 votes, 3.7%

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig, 104 pages, 1941

12 votes, 3.4%

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 182 pages, 1962

12 votes, 3.4%

Light in August by William Faulkner, 507 pages, 1932

11 votes, 3.2%

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy, 337 pages, 1985

10 votes, 2.9%

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay, 189 pages, 1967

9 votes, 2.6%

Peyton Place by Grace Metalious, 384 pages, 1956

7 votes, 2.0%

The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace, 134 pages, 1905

6 votes, 1.7%

349 total votes

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