Author
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck — 6 titles in the rankings, first published between 1937 and 1962. They average 7.9, above the 7.8 the whole catalogue averages.
Editor’s note Of Mice and Men is the most-read — many meet it at school — but readers here rate East of Eden far higher: 8.76, his best by a wide margin, ahead of The Grapes of Wrath. Travels with Charley, his road trip across America with a poodle, is the non-fiction pick.
- Ranked titles
- 6 books
- Average score
- 7.9
- Total ratings
- 6.8K
- First published
- 1937–1962
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Books by John Steinbeck
Other books by John Steinbeck
Titles we know of but do not rank — they have not gathered enough reader ratings, or our sources do not agree on where they belong.
- 1929Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History
- 1932The Pastures of Heaven
- 1933To a God Unknown
- 1935Tortilla Flat
- 1936In Dubious Battle
- 1936The Harvest Gypsies
- 1937The Red Pony
- 1938The Long Valley
- 1941The Log from the Sea of Cortez
- 1941Sea of Cortez; a leisurely journal of travel and research
- 1942The Moon Is Down
- 1942Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team
- 1943Steinbeck
- 1945Cannery Row
- 1947The Wayward Bus
- 1947Of Mice and Men & Cannery Row
- 1948A Russian Journal
- 1950Burning Bright
- 1952East of Eden and The Wayward Bus
- 1954Sweet Thursday
- 1957The Short Reign of Pippin IV
- 1958Once There Was a War
- 1966America and Americans
- 1969Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
- 1976The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
- 1976Novels (Cannery Row / East of Eden / Grapes of Wrath / Moon is Down / Of Mice and Men)
- 1990Working Days
- 2003America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction
- 2012The Portable Steinbeck
- The Short Novels of John Steinbeck
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