Faber Stories Books in Order

31
Books
1955
First Book
2015
Latest Book
61
Years

Below you'll find the complete list of Faber Stories books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.

Reading order verified: January 2026

Publication Order

1

A Good Man Is Hard To Find (By: Flannery O'Connor)

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1955

2

The Inner Room (By: Robert Aickman)

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1968

3

Daughters of Passion (By: Julia O'Faolain)

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1982

4

Giacomo Joyce (By: Richard Ellmann)

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1983

5

Homeland (By: Barbara Kingsolver)

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1989

6

Shanti (By: Vikram Chandra)

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1997

7

Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine (By: Thom Jones)

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1998

8

An Elegy for Easterly

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2009

9

The Shielding of Mrs Forbes (By: Alan Bennett)

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2011

10

The Cheater's Guide to Love (By: Junot Díaz)

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2012

11

Mrs Fox (By: Sarah Hall)

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2014

12

Mostly Hero (By: Anna Burns)

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2014

13

Mr Salary (By: Sally Rooney)

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2016

14

Come Rain or Come Shine (By: Kazuo Ishiguro)

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2019

15

The Victim (By: P.D. James)

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2019

16

Dante and the Lobster (By: Samuel Beckett)

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2019

17

Paradise (By: Edna O'Brien)

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2019

18

Cosmopolitan (By: Akhil Sharma)

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2019

19

The Lydia Steptoe Stories (By: Djuna Barnes)

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2019

20

Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom (By: Sylvia Plath)

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2019

21

Terrific Mother (By: Lorrie Moore)

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2019

22

The Country Funeral (By: John McGahern)

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2019

23

The Forester's Daughter (By: Claire Keegan)

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2019

24

Three Types of Solitude (By: Brian W. Aldiss)

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2019

25

A River in Egypt (By: David Means)

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2019

26

Fairy Tales (By: Marianne Moore)

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2019

27

Ghostly Stories (By: Celia Fremlin)

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2019

28

Intruders (By: Adrian Tomine)

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2019

29

2009

30

One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories

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2009

31

Flash Fiction International

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2015

Frequently Asked Questions

The recommended reading order for the Faber Stories series is publication order: 1. A Good Man Is Hard To Find (By: Flannery O'Connor) (1955), 2. The Inner Room (By: Robert Aickman) (1968), 3. Daughters of Passion (By: Julia O'Faolain) (1982), 4. Giacomo Joyce (By: Richard Ellmann) (1983), 5. Homeland (By: Barbara Kingsolver) (1989), and 26 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The Faber Stories series by Petina Gappah contains 31 books. The series began in 1955 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.

The Faber Stories series is written by Petina Gappah. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.

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