John Steinbeck
Novel · Novella · Short stories · Travel writing · American · Modern
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck left 10 works in this house — read them for the pressure they put on ordinary feeling.
The writings
Novel
Novel · 1952
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
East of Eden
1952 · Family saga · Realism
Two families in the Salinas Valley replay Cain and Abel across three generations.
Novel · 1939
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
The Grapes of Wrath
1939 · Social realism · Protest novel
The Joads leave the Dust Bowl for California and find the promise already sold.
Novel · 1945
Cannery Row
John Steinbeck
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Cannery Row
1945 · Comic novel · Realism
Mack and the boys throw Doc a party that destroys his laboratory — twice.
Novel · 1935
Tortilla Flat
John Steinbeck
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Tortilla Flat
1935 · Comic novel · Picaresque
Danny's paisano friends in Monterey, mock-Arthurian and permanently thirsty.
Novel · 1936
In Dubious Battle
John Steinbeck
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
In Dubious Battle
1936 · Political fiction · Social realism
Organisers lead an apple-pickers' strike in a California valley.
Novel · 1961
The Winter of Our Discontent
John Steinbeck
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
The Winter of Our Discontent
1961 · Realism · Moral fiction
A grocery clerk from an old family decides, once, to be dishonest.
Novella
Novella · 1937
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Of Mice and Men
1937 · Tragedy · Social realism
George and Lennie carry a small dream of land across a hostile season of work.
Novella · 1947
The Pearl
John Steinbeck
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
The Pearl
1947 · Parable · Tragedy
A pearl diver finds a fortune and loses everything it was meant to buy.
