As I Lay Dying
American novelist, 1897–1962. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1955 and 1963 and the National Book Award for Fiction in 1955.
As I Lay Dying is a 1930 novel by William Faulkner.
In family saga
On 3 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- William Faulkner
- First published
- 1930
- Length
- 256 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Southern gothic, Modernist, Family saga
Is As I Lay Dying worth reading?
3 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 35 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of As I Lay Dying
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (1996), 256 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 1996)
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9780099479314
How critics, prizes and readers rate As I Lay Dying
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 26% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like As I Lay Dying
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