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

Book score6 books on a timeline, 1937–1962 · Highest rated: East of Eden
  1. East of Eden
    East of EdenJohn Steinbeck · 1952Filmed 19551.2K ratings
    8.88.8 / 10
  2. Travels with Charley
    Travels with CharleyJohn Steinbeck · 1962193 ratings
    8.18.1 / 10
  3. The Grapes of Wrath
    The Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck · 1939Filmed 1940 Historical fiction1.3K ratings
    8.08.0 / 10
  4. The Winter of Our Discontent
    The Winter of Our DiscontentJohn Steinbeck · 1961 Classics80 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  5. Of Mice and Men
    Of Mice and MenJohn Steinbeck · 1937Filmed 1939 Classics3.6K ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  6. The Pearl
    The PearlJohn Steinbeck · 1947 Classics511 ratings
    7.17.1 / 10

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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