,
John Steinbeck

more photos (1)

John Steinbeck’s Followers (23,868)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

John Steinbeck


Born
in Salinas, California, The United States
February 27, 1902

Died
December 20, 1968

Website

Genre

Influences
Ed Ricketts, Will Lang, Socrates, Emiliano Zapata, Lincoln Steffens, A ...more


John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters."
During his writing career, he authored 33 books, with one book coauthored alongside Edward F. Ricketts, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flat (1935) and Cannery Row (1945), the multi-generation epic East of Eden (1952), and the novellas The Red Pony (1933) and Of Mice and Men (1937). The Pulitzer Prize–winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American
...more

Average rating: 3.96 · 4,976,997 ratings · 168,898 reviews · 908 distinct worksSimilar authors
Of Mice and Men

3.89 avg rating — 2,633,661 ratings — published 1937 — 1246 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Grapes of Wrath

4.01 avg rating — 934,160 ratings — published 1939 — 1009 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
East of Eden

4.42 avg rating — 564,233 ratings — published 1952 — 578 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Pearl

3.54 avg rating — 247,667 ratings — published 1947 — 551 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)

4.06 avg rating — 143,129 ratings — published 1945 — 364 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Travels with Charley: In Se...

4.08 avg rating — 98,898 ratings — published 1961 — 340 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Tortilla Flat

3.83 avg rating — 58,221 ratings — published 1935 — 330 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Winter of Our Discontent

4.01 avg rating — 49,760 ratings — published 1961 — 184 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Red Pony

3.48 avg rating — 56,908 ratings — published 1933 — 51 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Moon Is Down

3.93 avg rating — 29,966 ratings — published 1942 — 238 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by John Steinbeck…
Cannery Row Sweet Thursday
(2 books)
by
4.06 avg rating — 160,897 ratings

La răsărit de Eden La răsărit de Eden vol II
(2 books)
by
4.53 avg rating — 715 ratings

Избрани творби том III
(3 books)
by
4.38 avg rating — 29 ratings

Related News

  It's fair to say that Rebecca Yarros' Fourth Wing—a romance-laced fantasy about dragon-riding warriors—has become the hit book of the summer....
291 likes · 56 comments
When Kristin Hannah, the bestselling author of The Nightingale, began her new historical epic centered on the Dust Bowl and the Great...
198 likes · 0 comments
Quotes by John Steinbeck  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.”
John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”
John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

Polls

Revisit The Shelf Poll for February 2023

 
  43 votes, 19.0%

 
  40 votes, 17.7%

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells (1897) 192 pages
 
  34 votes, 15.0%

 
  33 votes, 14.6%

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868) 528 pp.
 
  31 votes, 13.7%

 
  24 votes, 10.6%

Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck (1935) 256 pp.
 
  21 votes, 9.3%

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
The Next Best Boo...: December Group Read Voting Is CLOSED!! 98 544 Dec 12, 2008 05:13PM  
Pulp Magazine Aut...: Favorite pulp author(s) 21 376 Dec 25, 2008 10:27AM  
The Book Challenge: Sarah's 2008 Book Challenge v2.0 - Fini! 5 1826 Dec 29, 2008 09:31AM  
Glens Falls (NY) ...: James Atlas - NY Times (1997): " 'Literature' Bores Me". 47 117 Jan 17, 2009 04:41AM  
The Book Challenge: Michelle Kay's Reads 2009 4 1183 Apr 17, 2009 12:42AM  
Challenge: 50 Books: Suzanne's List Starting August 2008 34 493 Aug 12, 2009 08:43PM