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Flannery O’Connor Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Flannery O’Connor in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 44 books / 6 series

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.

Books by Flannery O’Connor in Publication Order

1952 Wise Blood POoSN / 1 Buy
1955 The Artificial N***er POoSSC / 1 Buy
1955 A Good Man Is Hard To Find POoFSB / 1 Buy
1960 The Violent Bear It Away POoSN / 2 Buy
1965 Everything That Rises Must Converge POoSSC / 3 Buy
1968 The Inner Room(By: Robert Aickman) POoFSB / 2 Buy
1969 Mystery and Manners POoSSC / 4 Buy
1971 The Complete Stories POoSSC / 5 Buy
1978 The Habit of Being POoNB / 1 Buy
1982 Daughters of Passion(By: Julia O'Faolain) POoFSB / 3 Buy
1983 Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews POoNB / 2 Buy
1983 Giacomo Joyce(By: Richard Ellmann) POoFSB / 4 Buy
1987 Volume I: The Color of Evil POoTDDB / 1 Buy
1989 Homeland(By: Barbara Kingsolver) POoFSB / 5 Buy
1990 Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield POoTDDB / 2 Buy
1991 Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless Darkness POoTDDB / 3 Buy
1994 Listening 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 / 1 Buy
1996 Listening 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 / 2 Buy
1997 Shanti(By: Vikram Chandra) POoFSB / 6 Buy
1998 Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine(By: Thom Jones) POoFSB / 7 Buy
2000 Listening 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 / 3 Buy
2002 Listening 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 / 4 Buy
2003 Flannery O'Connor POoSSC / 6 Buy
2009 An Elegy for Easterly(By: Petina Gappah) POoFSB / 8 Buy
2011 The Shielding of Mrs Forbes(By: Alan Bennett) POoFSB / 9 Buy
2012 The Cheater's Guide to Love(By: Junot D’az) POoFSB / 10 Buy
2014 Mrs Fox(By: Sarah Hall) POoFSB / 11 Buy
2014 Mostly Hero(By: Anna Burns) POoFSB / 12 Buy
2016 Mr Salary(By: Sally Rooney) POoFSB / 13 Buy
2019 Come Rain or Come Shine(By: Kazuo Ishiguro) POoFSB / 14 Buy
2019 The Victim(By: P.D. James) POoFSB / 15 Buy
2019 Dante and the Lobster(By: Samuel Beckett) POoFSB / 16 Buy
2019 Paradise(By: Edna O'Brien) POoFSB / 17 Buy
2019 Cosmopolitan(By: Akhil Sharma) POoFSB / 18 Buy
2019 The Lydia Steptoe Stories(By: Djuna Barnes) POoFSB / 19 Buy
2019 Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom(By: Sylvia Plath) POoFSB / 20 Buy
2019 Terrific Mother(By: Lorrie Moore) POoFSB / 21 Buy
2019 The Country Funeral(By: John McGahern) POoFSB / 22 Buy
2019 The Forester's Daughter(By: Claire Keegan) POoFSB / 23 Buy
2019 Three Types of Solitude(By: Brian W. Aldiss) POoFSB / 24 Buy
2019 A River in Egypt(By: David Means) POoFSB / 25 Buy
2019 Fairy Tales(By: Marianne Moore) POoFSB / 26 Buy
2019 Ghostly Stories(By: Celia Fremlin) POoFSB / 27 Buy
2019 Intruders(By: Adrian Tomine) POoFSB / 28 Buy

Complete Flannery O’Connor Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Standalone Reading Order 2 books / 1952-1960
01 Wise Blood 1952 Buy
02 The Violent Bear It Away 1960 Buy
Faber Stories Reading Order 28 books / 1955-2019
01 A Good Man Is Hard To Find 1955 Buy
02 The Inner Room(By: Robert Aickman) 1968 Buy
03 Daughters of Passion(By: Julia O'Faolain) 1982 Buy
04 Giacomo Joyce(By: Richard Ellmann) 1983 Buy
05 Homeland(By: Barbara Kingsolver) 1989 Buy
06 Shanti(By: Vikram Chandra) 1997 Buy
07 Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine(By: Thom Jones) 1998 Buy
08 An Elegy for Easterly(By: Petina Gappah) 2009 Buy
09 The Shielding of Mrs Forbes(By: Alan Bennett) 2011 Buy
10 The Cheater's Guide to Love(By: Junot D’az) 2012 Buy
11 Mrs Fox(By: Sarah Hall) 2014 Buy
12 Mostly Hero(By: Anna Burns) 2014 Buy
13 Mr Salary(By: Sally Rooney) 2016 Buy
14 Come Rain or Come Shine(By: Kazuo Ishiguro) 2019 Buy
15 The Victim(By: P.D. James) 2019 Buy
16 Dante and the Lobster(By: Samuel Beckett) 2019 Buy
17 Paradise(By: Edna O'Brien) 2019 Buy
18 Cosmopolitan(By: Akhil Sharma) 2019 Buy
19 The Lydia Steptoe Stories(By: Djuna Barnes) 2019 Buy
20 Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom(By: Sylvia Plath) 2019 Buy
21 Terrific Mother(By: Lorrie Moore) 2019 Buy
22 The Country Funeral(By: John McGahern) 2019 Buy
23 The Forester's Daughter(By: Claire Keegan) 2019 Buy
24 Three Types of Solitude(By: Brian W. Aldiss) 2019 Buy
25 A River in Egypt(By: David Means) 2019 Buy
26 Fairy Tales(By: Marianne Moore) 2019 Buy
27 Ghostly Stories(By: Celia Fremlin) 2019 Buy
28 Intruders(By: Adrian Tomine) 2019 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 2 books / 1978-1983
01 The Habit of Being 1978 Buy
02 Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews 1983 Buy
01 Listening 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) 1994 Buy
02 Listening 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) 1996 Buy
03 Listening 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) 2000 Buy
04 Listening 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) 2002 Buy
01 The Artificial N***er 1955 Buy
03 Everything That Rises Must Converge 1965 Buy
04 Mystery and Manners 1969 Buy
05 The Complete Stories 1971 Buy
06 Flannery O'Connor 2003 Buy
The Dark Descent Reading Order 3 books / 1987-1991
01 Volume I: The Color of Evil 1987 Buy
02 Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield 1990 Buy
03 Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless Darkness 1991 Buy

Where to start with Flannery O’Connor

What is the best order to read Flannery O’Connor books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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