William Golding

3 summariesYoung Adult, Fantasy, Historical Fiction

Sir William Gerald Golding was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954), he published another twelve volumes of fiction in his lifetime. In 1980, he was awarded the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage, the first novel in what became his sea trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth. He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Books by William Golding

3 books available

Lord of the Flies
William Golding
3.7 (2.3M) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult
Stranded on an island, British schoolboys become savage, showing the darkness within people without civilization.
The Inheritors
William Golding
3.5 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy
The last Neanderthals live in a changing world of strange sounds and violent newcomers, unknowingly facing the start of a new, terrifying age that will end their existence.
Darkness Visible
William Golding
3.4 (2k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A scarred survivor of the London Blitz seeks redemption, his path leading him to a fiery confrontation with two destructive twins.