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Flannery O’Connor

Flannery O’Connor was an American author best known for her Southern Gothic short story collections and novels, including *A Good Man Is Hard to Find* and *Wise Blood*. Her work earned a posthumous National Book Award and enduring literary acclaim. This page provides the Flannery O’Connor books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.

All books · chronological

1952Wise BloodPOoSN · 1Buy ↗

1955The Artificial N***erPOoSSC · 1Buy ↗

1955A Good Man Is Hard To FindPOoFSB · 1Buy ↗

1960The Violent Bear It AwayPOoSN · 2Buy ↗

1965Everything That Rises Must ConvergePOoSSC · 3Buy ↗

1968The Inner Room(By: Robert Aickman)POoFSB · 2Buy ↗

1969Mystery and MannersPOoSSC · 4Buy ↗

1971The Complete StoriesPOoSSC · 5Buy ↗

1978The Habit of BeingPOoNB · 1Buy ↗

1982Daughters of Passion(By: Julia O'Faolain)POoFSB · 3Buy ↗

1983Presence of Grace and Other Book ReviewsPOoNB · 2Buy ↗

1983Giacomo Joyce(By: Richard Ellmann)POoFSB · 4Buy ↗

1987Volume I: The Color of EvilPOoTDDB · 1Buy ↗

1989Homeland(By: Barbara Kingsolver)POoFSB · 5Buy ↗

1990Volume II: The Medusa In The ShieldPOoTDDB · 2Buy ↗

1991Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless DarknessPOoTDDB · 3Buy ↗

1994Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1(With: Raymond Carver,Alice Walker,Garrison Keillor,Annie Dillard,Richard Rodr�guez,Patricia Hampl,Peter Hawkins,Frederick Buechner,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins)POoCLatLoFB · 1Buy ↗

1996Listening for God, Vol. 2(By: Anne Tyler,John Updike,Tobias Wolff,Gail Godwin,Henry Louis Gates Jr.,Kathleen Norris,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins,Carol Bly,Andrew Dubus)POoCLatLoFB · 2Buy ↗

1997Shanti(By: Vikram Chandra)POoFSB · 6Buy ↗

1998Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine(By: Thom Jones)POoFSB · 7Buy ↗

2000Listening for God, Vol. 3(By: Tillie Olsen,Wendell Berry,John Cheever,Louise Erdrich,Mary Gordon,Tess Gallagher,Reynolds Price,Oscar Hijuelos,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins)POoCLatLoFB · 3Buy ↗

2002Listening For God, Vol. 4(By: Robert Olen Butler,Allegra Goodman,James Baldwin,Kent Haruf,SueMiller,Doris Betts,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins,MichaelMalone,Alice Elliot Dark)POoCLatLoFB · 4Buy ↗

2003Flannery O'ConnorPOoSSC · 6Buy ↗

2009An Elegy for Easterly(By: Petina Gappah)POoFSB · 8Buy ↗

2011The Shielding of Mrs Forbes(By: Alan Bennett)POoFSB · 9Buy ↗

2012The Cheater's Guide to Love(By: Junot D�az)POoFSB · 10Buy ↗

2014Mrs Fox(By: Sarah Hall)POoFSB · 11Buy ↗

2014Mostly Hero(By: Anna Burns)POoFSB · 12Buy ↗

2016Mr Salary(By: Sally Rooney)POoFSB · 13Buy ↗

2019Come Rain or Come Shine(By: Kazuo Ishiguro)POoFSB · 14Buy ↗

2019The Victim(By: P.D. James)POoFSB · 15Buy ↗

2019Dante and the Lobster(By: Samuel Beckett)POoFSB · 16Buy ↗

2019Paradise(By: Edna O'Brien)POoFSB · 17Buy ↗

2019Cosmopolitan(By: Akhil Sharma)POoFSB · 18Buy ↗

2019The Lydia Steptoe Stories(By: Djuna Barnes)POoFSB · 19Buy ↗

2019Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom(By: Sylvia Plath)POoFSB · 20Buy ↗

2019Terrific Mother(By: Lorrie Moore)POoFSB · 21Buy ↗

2019The Country Funeral(By: John McGahern)POoFSB · 22Buy ↗

2019The Forester's Daughter(By: Claire Keegan)POoFSB · 23Buy ↗

2019Three Types of Solitude(By: Brian W. Aldiss)POoFSB · 24Buy ↗

2019A River in Egypt(By: David Means)POoFSB · 25Buy ↗

2019Fairy Tales(By: Marianne Moore)POoFSB · 26Buy ↗

2019Ghostly Stories(By: Celia Fremlin)POoFSB · 27Buy ↗

2019Intruders(By: Adrian Tomine)POoFSB · 28Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of Standalone Novels2 books · 1952–1960

01Wise Blood1952Buy ↗

02The Violent Bear It Away1960Buy ↗

Publication Order of Faber Stories Books28 books · 1955–2019

01A Good Man Is Hard To Find1955Buy ↗

02The Inner Room(By: Robert Aickman)1968Buy ↗

03Daughters of Passion(By: Julia O'Faolain)1982Buy ↗

04Giacomo Joyce(By: Richard Ellmann)1983Buy ↗

05Homeland(By: Barbara Kingsolver)1989Buy ↗

06Shanti(By: Vikram Chandra)1997Buy ↗

07Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine(By: Thom Jones)1998Buy ↗

08An Elegy for Easterly(By: Petina Gappah)2009Buy ↗

09The Shielding of Mrs Forbes(By: Alan Bennett)2011Buy ↗

10The Cheater's Guide to Love(By: Junot D�az)2012Buy ↗

11Mrs Fox(By: Sarah Hall)2014Buy ↗

12Mostly Hero(By: Anna Burns)2014Buy ↗

13Mr Salary(By: Sally Rooney)2016Buy ↗

14Come Rain or Come Shine(By: Kazuo Ishiguro)2019Buy ↗

15The Victim(By: P.D. James)2019Buy ↗

16Dante and the Lobster(By: Samuel Beckett)2019Buy ↗

17Paradise(By: Edna O'Brien)2019Buy ↗

18Cosmopolitan(By: Akhil Sharma)2019Buy ↗

19The Lydia Steptoe Stories(By: Djuna Barnes)2019Buy ↗

20Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom(By: Sylvia Plath)2019Buy ↗

21Terrific Mother(By: Lorrie Moore)2019Buy ↗

22The Country Funeral(By: John McGahern)2019Buy ↗

23The Forester's Daughter(By: Claire Keegan)2019Buy ↗

24Three Types of Solitude(By: Brian W. Aldiss)2019Buy ↗

25A River in Egypt(By: David Means)2019Buy ↗

26Fairy Tales(By: Marianne Moore)2019Buy ↗

27Ghostly Stories(By: Celia Fremlin)2019Buy ↗

28Intruders(By: Adrian Tomine)2019Buy ↗

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books2 books · 1978–1983

01The Habit of Being1978Buy ↗

02Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews1983Buy ↗

Publication Order of Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith Books4 books · 1994–2002

01Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1(With: Raymond Carver,Alice Walker,Garrison Keillor,Annie Dillard,Richard Rodr�guez,Patricia Hampl,Peter Hawkins,Frederick Buechner,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins)1994Buy ↗

02Listening for God, Vol. 2(By: Anne Tyler,John Updike,Tobias Wolff,Gail Godwin,Henry Louis Gates Jr.,Kathleen Norris,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins,Carol Bly,Andrew Dubus)1996Buy ↗

03Listening for God, Vol. 3(By: Tillie Olsen,Wendell Berry,John Cheever,Louise Erdrich,Mary Gordon,Tess Gallagher,Reynolds Price,Oscar Hijuelos,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins)2000Buy ↗

04Listening For God, Vol. 4(By: Robert Olen Butler,Allegra Goodman,James Baldwin,Kent Haruf,SueMiller,Doris Betts,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins,MichaelMalone,Alice Elliot Dark)2002Buy ↗

Publication Order of Short Story Collections5 books · 1955–2003

01The Artificial N***er1955Buy ↗

03Everything That Rises Must Converge1965Buy ↗

04Mystery and Manners1969Buy ↗

05The Complete Stories1971Buy ↗

06Flannery O'Connor2003Buy ↗

Publication Order of The Dark Descent Books3 books · 1987–1991

01Volume I: The Color of Evil1987Buy ↗

02Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield1990Buy ↗

03Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless Darkness1991Buy ↗

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