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John Steinbeck

Born

in Salinas, California, The United States

February 27, 1902

Died

December 20, 1968

Website

http://www.steinbeck.org/

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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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

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Average rating: 3.98 · 5,441,675 ratings · 206,855 reviews · 1,068 distinct works • Similar authors

	Of Mice and Men 3.90 avg rating — 2,859,294 ratings — published 1937 — 505 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grapes of Wrath 4.03 avg rating — 1,000,649 ratings — published 1939 — 998 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	East of Eden 4.44 avg rating — 650,689 ratings — published 1952 — 593 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pearl 3.57 avg rating — 275,046 ratings — published 1947 — 572 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 155,824 ratings — published 1943 — 375 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travels with Charley: In Search of America 4.08 avg rating — 108,152 ratings — published 1961 — 373 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tortilla Flat 3.83 avg rating — 63,935 ratings — published 1935 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Winter of Our Discontent 4.01 avg rating — 54,474 ratings — published 1961 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Red Pony 3.50 avg rating — 60,754 ratings — published 1933 — 239 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moon Is Down 3.95 avg rating — 34,114 ratings — published 1942 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Pearl by John Steinbeck, 1947, 96 pages

53 votes, 23.2%

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, 1879, 122 pages

37 votes, 16.2%

The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde, 1888, 32 pages

32 votes, 14.0%

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, 1945, 104 pages

31 votes, 13.6%

The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain, 1916, 121 pages

25 votes, 11.0%

Babette's Feast by Isak Dinesen, 1958, 54 pages

15 votes, 6.6%

Gigi by Colette, 1942, 58 pages

14 votes, 6.1%

The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder, 1927, 128 pages

11 votes, 4.8%

The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster, 1909, 48 pages

10 votes, 4.4%

228 total votes

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