Lord of the Flies
Golding's best-known novel and a common starting point.
Author guide
William Golding
William Golding was a British novelist, playwright, and essayist whose reputation rests largely on Lord of the Flies. He won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature.
literary fiction
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Start with one of these
Rites of Passage
The first book in the sea-trilogy sequence.
Read in order
Books by series
novel series · complete
To the Ends of the Earth
A three-novel sea trilogy set on a voyage from England to Australia.
Outside the series
Standalone and other books
- Lord of the FliesAmazon ↗
novel · 1954
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The InheritorsAmazon ↗novel · 1955
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Darkness VisibleAmazon ↗novel · 1979
- Lord of the FliesAmazon ↗
graphic_novel · 2024
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Free FallAmazon ↗novel · 1959
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The SpireAmazon ↗novel · 1964
- The Scorpion GodAmazon ↗
collection · 1971
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The Paper MenAmazon ↗novel · 1984
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The Double TongueAmazon ↗novel · 1995
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The PyramidAmazon ↗novel
- Lord of the FliesAmazon ↗
unknown · 1996
- William Golding's Lord of the FliesAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1996
- The Hot Gates and Other Occasional PiecesAmazon ↗
collection · 1965
- Sometime, NeverAmazon ↗
unknown · 1957
- An Egyptian JournalAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1985
- The Brass ButterflyAmazon ↗
unknown · 1958
- To the Ends of the EarthAmazon ↗
omnibus · 1991
- The Penguin Book of Modern British Short StoriesAmazon ↗
anthology · 1987
- Barron's Book NotesAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1984
- Lord of the Flies SundanceAmazon ↗
unknown · 2025