While the author published 33 books over his life, many, including Mice, were in novella form, which falls in length somewhere between a long short story and a short novel. Or maybe you’re a longtime Steinbeck fan and know his bibliography inside and out. Maybe you were scared off after measuring the thickness of Grapes of Wrath. Trust us: Time spent with Steinbeck is worth it. Our list spans the range of his work, from the longest novels to the most hard-boiled reporting and the most whimsical allegories.
Regardless of the place you start, he will, most importantly, encourage compassion and the opening of one’s eyes for those often overlooked. If you lack direction, he will inspire if you’re bored, he’ll spur adventure. He never grew jaded, and his last works still championed the overlooked, even if they were far from their country.įor these reasons, John Steinbeck is a writer with which every man should be familiar. But little of that seemed to affect his outlook. He also drew plenty of criticism for his politics, as well as his distrustful view of governmental institutions, including the CIA, over his lifetime. Sure, Steinbeck sold a hell of a lot of books, and he was recognized in his lifetime by the glittery institutions of the age - the National Book Award, the Pulitzer, and the Nobel Prize for Literature, to name a few. Other great writers may have passed through, but he froze its culture in amber, defining its unique community for many before it changed forever. Whether one looks to his magnum opus, East of Eden his numerous novels and novellas or his broad number of nonfiction accounts, the author never failed to chronicle the plight of the poor, thereby changing refined society’s perception of what may have only been a caricature.īorn in Salinas, Calif., around the turn of the 20th century, much of Steinbeck’s work was based in that area as it went through rapid change. Few writers have championed the poor and downtrodden with the passion and commitment as John Steinbeck.
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