Faulkner... You either love him or hate him, right?

I read in today’s Mobile Press-Register that a rare collection of William Faulkner’s books sold for $833,246 during an action Tuesday at the auction house, Christie’s, in New York.
The highest price went for a first edition copy of “Absalom, Absalom!” which sold for $86,500. (That price exceeded the pre-sale estimated price of $40,000 to $60,000.) A first edition of “Light in August” sold for $47,500.
Faulkner, a native of Mississippi who died in 1962, is one of those authors that people either love or hate. Some of his books are unusual, and some people find them hard to read. Others love his quirky, unusual style and can’t get enough of him.
In all, Faulkner published 20 novels, scores of short stories and a number of poems.
Today, I give you a complete list of Faulkner’s novels, listed in order of publication. Here they are:
- Soldier’s Pay (1926)
- Mosquitoes (1927)
- Sartoris/Flags in the Dust (1929/1973)
- The Sound and the Fury (1929)
- As I Lay Dying (1930)
- Sanctuary (1931)
- Light in August (1932)
- Pylon (1935)
- Absalom, Absalom! (1936)
- The Unvanquished (1938)
- If I Forget Thee Jerusalem (The Wild Palms/Old Man) (1939)
- The Hamlet (1940)
- Go Down, Moses (1942)
- Intruder in the Dust (1948)
- Requiem for a Nun (1951)
- A Fable (1954)
- The Town (1957)
- The Mansion (1959)
- The Reivers (1962)
- Father Abraham (1983, written in 1926)
How many of these books have you read? Which are your favorites? Which would you recommend to readers interested in Faulkner’s works? Let us know in the comments section below.