Included are brief descriptions of the books I was able to obtain. If a book is unavailable or out of stock, Amazon will search their network of used bookstores. Some older, out-of-print books can be found in local libraries. Lastly, if you have any questions on whether an individual book will meet your needs, feel free to e-mail me here
Novels & Collections of Short Stories:
The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor. Contains all of her published short stories. A must buy for fans. $12.00
Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor. Contains the stories: "Everything That Rises Must Converge," "Greenleaf," "A View of the Woods," "The Enduring Chill," "The Comforts of Home," "The Lame Shall Enter First," "Revelation," "Parker's Back," and "Judgement Day." $9.60
Flannery O'Connor Collected Works (Library of America) by Flannery O'Connor. Contains her two novels, the complete collection of short stories, and Mystery and Manners. Excellent price considering what you'd have to pay if you bought each item separate. $24.50
Flannery O'Connor: The Growing Craft: A Synoptic Variorum Edition of: The Geranium, an Exile in the East, Getting Home, Judgement Day Ed. Karl-Heinz Westarp. $26.95
A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor. Contains the stories: "A Good Man is Hard to Find," "The River," "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," "A Stroke of Good Fortune," "A Temple of the Holy Ghost," "The Artificial Nigger," "A Circle in the Fire," "A Late Encounter with the Enemy," "Good Country People," and "The Displaced Person." $8.00
The Habit of Being by Flannery O'Connor. Letters written by Flannery to friends spanning from 1948 to 1964. Very insightful.
The Manuscripts of Flannery O'Connor at Georgia College by Stephen G. Driggers, Robert J. Dunn, Sarah Gordon. $40.00 Send questions concerning this expensive jewel to sgordon@mail.gac.peachnet.edu
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose by Flannery O'Connor. A very informative and often humorous look at Flannery O'Connor through her own essays. Chapters include: "The Fiction Writer and His Country," "The Teaching of Literature," and "The Church and the Fiction Writer." $9.60
Terrible Swift Sword: The Action of Grace in Three Stories by Flannery O'Connor. $3.50
Three by Flannery O'Connor by Flannery O'Connor. Contains her two novels and the collection of short stories "Everything that Rises Must Converge." $5.56
The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O'Connor. Flannery O'Connor's second novel. $9.60
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor. Flannery O'Connor's first novel. $9.60
Criticism & Interpretation:
The Added Dimension: The Art and Mind of Flannery O'Connor by Melvin J. Friedman, Lewis A. Lawson. Very in-depth info on short stories. Chapters include: The Search for Redemption, Flannery O'Connor & the Bible Belt, Flannery O'Connor and the Southern Literary Tradition, Flannery O'Connor and the Grotesque, Clarity of Vision, & Critics Enter the 1970s. $20.00
American Gargoyles: Flannery O'Connor and the Medieval Grotesque by Anthony Di Renzo. In-depth look at the grotesque in novels & short stories. $13.40
The Art & Vision of Flannery O'Connor by Robert Brinkmeyer. Average 5-6 pages of interpretation on each short story. Goes a bit deeper than most books on the psychological and religious aspects of O'Connor's work. $11.95
Conversations with Flannery O'Connor by Rosemary Magee. Interviews with Flannery over the span of her writing career. $13.60
Flannery O'Connor by Dorothy Walters. More interpretations on short stories. Abundance on Wise Blood.$28.95
Flannery O'Connor and Cold War Culture by Jon Lance Bacon. Connects popular culture icons such as film, paintings, Supreme Court decisions, sociological studies, and TV programs with O'Connor's work. $59.95
Flannery O'Connor and the Mystery of Love by Richard Giannone. Lots of easy to understand info on each short story. 50 pages on "Wise Blood" and "The Violent Bear It Away." $29.95
Flannery O'Connor Bulletin Vol.13 $4.00
Flannery O'Connor Bulletin Vol. 14 $5.00
Flannery O'Connor Bulletin Vol. 18 $6.00
Flannery O'Connor Bulletin Vol. 19 $6.00
Flannery O'Connor Bulletin Vol. 20 $6.00
Flannery O'Connor Bulletin Vol. 21 $6.00
Flannery O'Connor's Characters by Laurence Enjolras. $24.50
Flannery O'Connor: Her Life, Library and Book Reviews by Lorine Getz. $89.95
Flannery O'Connor: The Imagination of Extremity by Frederick Asals. Connects psychological issues with short stories. May be too complex for some. $18.00
Flannery O'Connor: Literary Prophet of the South by Susan Balee. $19.95
Flannery O'Connor: A Memorial by John Quinn. Letters and memoirs from friends-most notably Walker Percy, Eudora Wilson, Katherine Ann Porter, and Robert Penn Warren. $25.00
Flannery O'Connor (Modern Critical Views) by Harold Bloom. Lots of interpretation on short stories. Explores almost every aspect of a story from characters to tragedy and alienation. $29.95
Flannery O'Connor: New Perspectives Ed. Sura Prasad Rath. Not a lot on individual short stories but does discuss issues that have been ignored thus far. Topics include gender studies, psychoanalysis, and feminist issues. $18.00
Flannery O'Connor; A Proper Scaring by Jill Baumgaertner. I would recommend this to students needing brief interpretations on short stories. An entire chapter is dedicated to "Wise Blood," "The Violent Bear it Away," and "Judgement Day." $8.76
Flannery O'Connor's South by Robert Coles. Recommended only for hard-core fans. Mainly discusses O'Connor's views. Almost no interpretation. Chapters include: The Social Scene, Hard, Hard Religion, & A Southern Intellectual. $12.76
Flannery O'Connor; The Woman, The Thinker, the Visionary by Ted Spivey. Focuses on Flannery's life, family, and influences. $14.36
The Narrative Secret of Flannery O'Connor: The Trickster As Interpreter by Ruthann Johansen. Sums up technique and form of O'Connor's fiction. Abundance on two novels. Not the best book around for interpretation. Chapters include: The Regionless Region, Episodic Tales of Sin, The Novels, & The Artist As Trickster. $29.95
New Essays on Wise Blood by Michael Kreyling. $14.95
Realist of Distances Flannery O'Connor Revisited by Karl-Heinz Westarp. $25.00
Risen Sons: Flannery O'Connor's Vision of History by John Desmond. $20.00
Since Flannery O'Connor: Essays on the Contemporary American Short Story by Loren Logsdon. $8.00
The True Country: Themes in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor by Carter Martin. Excellent book for a student needing help understanding O'Connor's fiction. Easy to understand, even for the average student. Heavily focuses on religious and theological themes. $13.56
Understanding Flannery O'Connor by Margaret Whitt & Matthew Bruccoli. The best book I found for analysis and interpretation of O'Connor's fiction. Perfect for students. Covers every short story ever published, "Mystery & Manners," "The Habit of Being," plus her two novels. $12.95
A Wreck on the Road to Damascus: Innocence, Guilt and Conversion in Flannery O'Connor by Brian Ragen. Covers "Wise Blood," "Parker's Back," and "The Life You Save May Be Your Own." Two Thumbs Up! $12.95
Writing Against God: Language As Message in the Literature of Flannery O'Connor by Joanne McMullen. Focuses on religious symbols, and images in O'Connor's fiction. Solely focuses on religious aspects. $17.50
Flannery O'Connor Award & Winners:
The Flannery O'Connor Award: Selected Stories by Charles East. $19.95
How Far She Went (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction) by Mary Hood. $8.76
Listening to the Voices: Stories from the Flannery O'Connor Award by Charles East. $12.76
The Melancholy of Departure (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction) by Alfred Depew. $13.97
Mother Rocket: Stories (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction by Rita Ciresi. $13.97