#86 in Classics
The Grapes of Wrath
- 553
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
- Film 1940
- On screen
- Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
- Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
- 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction
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About the book
The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen once.
- FilmThe Grapes of WrathIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 1,259 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 89% of the weight and the score stays at 8.0 — the Classics average of 7.7 barely moves it. A further +0.10 comes from the small bonus for major awards.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.9 | 110 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 1.1K | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Grapes of Wrath?
It has 553 pages — longer than 70% of the ranked books in Classics.
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