William Faulkner: Books and Literary Awards

5 recorded books, 5 winning results and 2 shortlist or finalist results, spanning 1949–1963. This is an award-based reading guide, not a complete bibliography.

Awards and nominations by year

YearBook / recipientAwardResult
1963
The Reivers
William Faulkner		Pulitzer Prize for FictionwinnerSource
1960
The Mansion
William Faulkner		National Book Award for FictionfinalistSource
1955
A Fable
William Faulkner		National Book Award for FictionwinnerSource
1955
A Fable
William Faulkner		Pulitzer Prize for FictionwinnerSource
1952
Requiem for a Nun
William Faulkner		National Book Award for FictionfinalistSource
1951
Collected Stories of William Faulkner
William Faulkner		National Book Award for FictionwinnerSource
1949William Faulkner

Award for the author’s body of work

Nobel Prize in LiteraturewinnerSource

Authors recognised by the same prizes

Explore other writers in these prize histories; a shared award does not necessarily mean a similar writing style.

  • John Updike — Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, National Book Award for Fiction
  • Joyce Carol Oates — Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, National Book Award for Fiction
  • Philip Roth — Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, National Book Award for Fiction
  • Saul Bellow — National Book Award for Fiction, Nobel Prize in Literature, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
  • E. L. Doctorow — Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, National Book Award for Fiction