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Screenplays Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Screenplays books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Screenplays series? Start with "William Styron's Lie Down In Darkness" (1983) and follow publication order through all 10 books.
The complete Screenplays reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
William Styron's Lie Down In Darkness
1983
Short Story 1
1958
Ploughshares Spring 1976 Guest-Edited by Tim O'Brien with DeWitt Henry and Henry Bromell
1976
Ploughshares Vol. 5 No. 3
1979
Ploughshares Fall 1988
1988
The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles
2004
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules
2005
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
2007
Stories to Get You Through the Night
2010
Ploughshares Fall/Winter 1981
2013
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