Order of John Steinbeck Books
John Steinbeck (1902-1968) was an American author. Steinbeck was a controversial figure during his lifetime for his leftist politics. During his literary career, he wrote 16 novels, 6 non-fiction books and 5 short story collections. He is best known for his novels Of Mice and Men (technically a novella), The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. The first two of those novels, along with In Dubious Battle, were considered to be his “California series,” set during the Dust Bowl.
John Steinbeck became a published author in 1929 with the novel Cup of Gold. Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. Below is a list of John Steinbeck’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Cannery Row Books
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Cannery Row |
(1945) |
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Sweet Thursday |
(1954) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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Cup of Gold |
(1929) |
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The Pastures of Heaven |
(1932) |
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To a God Unknown |
(1933) |
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The Red Pony |
(1933) |
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Tortilla Flat |
(1935) |
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In Dubious Battle |
(1936) |
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Nothing So Monstrous |
(1936) |
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Of Mice and Men |
(1937) |
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The Grapes of Wrath |
(1939) |
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The Forgotten Village |
(1941) |
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The Wayward Bus |
(1947) |
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The Pearl |
(1947) |
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Burning Bright |
(1950) |
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East of Eden |
(1952) |
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The Short Reign of Pippin IV |
(1957) |
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The Winter of Our Discontent |
(1961) |
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The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights |
(1976) |
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The Gift |
(1992) |
Publication Order of Plays
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The Moon is Down |
(1942) |
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Zapata |
(1975) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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Flight |
(1938) |
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The Vigilante |
(1938) |
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Murder |
(2005) |
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The Chrysanthemums |
(2007) |
Publication Order of Collections
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The Long Valley |
(1938) |
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The Short Novels of John Steinbeck |
(1953) |
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The Chrysanthemums and Other Stories |
(1979) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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The Harvest Gypsies |
(1936) |
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Bombs Away |
(1942) |
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A Russian Journal |
(1948) |
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Sea of Cortez |
(1951) |
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The Log from the ‘Sea of Cortez’ |
(1951) |
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Once There Was a War |
(1958) |
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Travels with Charley |
(1962) |
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America and Americans |
(1966) |
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In Touch |
(1969) |
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Journal of a Novel |
(1969) |
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On Writing |
(1988) |
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Working Days |
(1989) |
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Of Men and Their Making |
(2002) |
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Steinbeck in Vietnam |
(2012) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Great Short Masterpieces of Mystery |
(1950) |
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50 Great Short Stories |
(1952) |
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Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century |
(1954) |
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This Was Your War |
(1960) |
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Editors on Editing |
(1962) |
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50 Great American Short Stories |
(1963) |
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21 Great Stories |
(1969) |
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Unknown California |
(1985) |
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The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur |
(1989) |
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The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces |
(1992) |
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Win, Lose or Die |
(1996) |
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The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century |
(2000) |
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40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology |
(2000) |
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The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage |
(2003) |
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The Little Big Book of California |
(2005) |
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Not To Be Read Until I Am Dead: And Other Stuff |
(2014) |
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Letters to Change the World: From Pankhurst to Orwell |
(2018) |
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Writers: Their Lives and Works |
(2018) |