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John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck (1902-1968) was an American writer known for his controversial leftist views during his lifetime. Over the course of his literary career, he authored 16 novels, 6 non-fiction works, and 5 collections of short stories. He is most famous for his novels Of Mice and Men (which is technically a novella), The Grapes of Wrath, and East of Eden. The first two, along with In Dubious Battle, are often referred to as his “California series,” set against the backdrop of the Dust Bowl. Steinbeck published his first novel, Cup of Gold, in 1929 and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. Below is a chronological list of John Steinbeck’s works as they were originally released:

John Steinbeck became a published novelist in 1929 with the novel Cup of Gold. Below is a list of John Steinbeck's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Cannery Row Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Cannery Row (1945) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sweet Thursday (1954) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Cup of Gold (1929) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Pastures of Heaven (1932) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
To a God Unknown (1933) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Red Pony (1933) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tortilla Flat (1935) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In Dubious Battle (1936) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nothing So Monstrous (1936) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Of Mice and Men (1937) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Grapes of Wrath (1939) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Forgotten Village (1941) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wayward Bus (1947) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Pearl (1947) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Burning Bright (1950) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
East of Eden (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Winter of Our Discontent (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gift (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Plays Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Moon is Down (1942) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Zapata (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Flight (1938) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Vigilante (1938) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Chrysanthemums (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Long Valley (1938) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Short Novels of John Steinbeck (1953) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Chrysanthemums and Other Stories (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Steinbeck: A Life in Letters (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Harvest Gypsies (1936) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bombs Away (1942) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Russian Journal (1948) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sea of Cortez (1951) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Log from the 'Sea of Cortez' (1951) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Once There Was a War (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Travels with Charley (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
America and Americans (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In Touch (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Journal of a Novel (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
On Writing (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Working Days (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Of Men and Their Making (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Steinbeck in Vietnam (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Great Short Masterpieces of Mystery (1950) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Editors on Editing (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Unknown California (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Win, Lose or Die (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Little Big Book of California (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Not To Be Read Until I Am Dead: And Other Stuff (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Letters to Change the World: From Pankhurst to Orwell (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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