Publication Reading Order
The Faber Stories is a Children's Fiction series by Barbara Kingsolver, made up of 28 books published between 1955 and 2019. It begins with A Good Man Is Hard To Find ( By: Flannery O'Connor) (1955), and is best read in publication order. The most recent entry is Intruders (Short Story) ( By: Adrian Tomine) (2019), spanning 64 years of storytelling.
28books
64years active
6decades
~2.4yrs between books
2019latest release
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | |||
| 1 | A Good Man Is Hard To Find ( By: Flannery O'Connor) | 1955 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 1960s | |||
| 2 | The Inner Room (Short Story) ( By: Robert Aickman) | 1968 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 1980s | |||
| 3 | Daughters of Passion (Short Story) ( By: Julia O'Faolain) | 1982 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 4 | Giacomo Joyce (Short Story) ( By: Richard Ellmann) | 1983 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 5 | Homeland | 1989 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 1990s | |||
| 6 | Shanti (Short Story) ( By: Vikram Chandra) | 1997 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 7 | Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine ( By: Thom Jones) | 1998 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 2000s | |||
| 8 | An Elegy for Easterly (Short Story) ( By: Petina Gappah) | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 2010s | |||
| 9 | The Shielding of Mrs Forbes (Short Story) ( By: Alan Bennett) | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 10 | The Cheater's Guide to Love (Short Story) ( By: Junot Díaz) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 11 | Mrs Fox (Short Story) ( By: Sarah Hall) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 12 | Mostly Hero (Short Story) ( By: Anna Burns) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 13 | Mr Salary (Short Story) ( By: Sally Rooney) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 14 | Come Rain or Come Shine (Short Story) ( By: Kazuo Ishiguro)Latest | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 15 | The Victim (Short Story) ( By: P.D. James) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 16 | Dante and the Lobster (Short Story) ( By: Samuel Beckett) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 17 | Paradise (Short Story) ( By: Edna O'Brien) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 18 | Cosmopolitan (Short Story) ( By: Akhil Sharma) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 19 | The Lydia Steptoe Stories (Short Story) ( By: Djuna Barnes) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 20 | Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom ( By: Sylvia Plath) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 21 | Terrific Mother (Short Story) ( By: Lorrie Moore) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 22 | The Country Funeral (Short Story) ( By: John McGahern) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 23 | The Forester's Daughter (Short Story) ( By: Claire Keegan) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 24 | Three Types of Solitude (Short Story) ( By: Brian W. Aldiss) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 25 | A River in Egypt (Short Story) ( By: David Means) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 26 | Fairy Tales (Short Story) ( By: Marianne Moore) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 27 | Ghostly Stories (Short Story) ( By: Celia Fremlin) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| 28 | Intruders (Short Story) ( By: Adrian Tomine) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Faber Stories series: frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Faber Stories series?
Start with A Good Man Is Hard To Find ( By: Flannery O'Connor) (1955), the first book in the Faber Stories series by Barbara Kingsolver. Follow the books in publication order for the best reading experience.
How many books are in the Faber Stories series?
There are 28 books in the Faber Stories series by Barbara Kingsolver, published between 1955 and 2019.
What is the first book in the Faber Stories series?
The first book in the Faber Stories series is A Good Man Is Hard To Find ( By: Flannery O'Connor), published in 1955 by Barbara Kingsolver.
What is the latest book in the Faber Stories series?
The most recent book in the Faber Stories series is Intruders (Short Story) ( By: Adrian Tomine) (2019) by Barbara Kingsolver.
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