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

Cannery Row	(1945)
Sweet Thursday	(1954)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Cup of Gold	(1929)
The Pastures of Heaven	(1932)
To a God Unknown	(1933)
The Red Pony	(1933)
Tortilla Flat	(1935)
In Dubious Battle	(1936)
Nothing So Monstrous	(1936)
Of Mice and Men	(1937)
The Grapes of Wrath	(1939)
The Forgotten Village	(1941)
Moon Is Down	(1942)
The Wayward Bus	(1947)
The Pearl	(1947)
Burning Bright	(1950)
East of Eden	(1952)
The Short Reign of Pippin IV	(1957)
The Winter of Our Discontent	(1961)
Zapata	(1975)
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights	(1976)
The Gift	(1992)

Publication Order of Plays

Viva Zapata!

(1975)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Flight	(1938)
The Vigilante	(1938)
Murder	(2005)
The Chrysanthemums	(2007)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Harvest Gypsies	(1936)
Bombs Away	(1942)
A Russian Journal	(1948)
Sea of Cortez	(1951)
The Log from the 'Sea of Cortez'	(1951)
Once There Was a War	(1958)
Travels with Charley	(1962)
America and Americans	(1966)
Once There Was War	(1967)
In Touch	(1969)
Journal of a Novel	(1969)
On Writing	(1988)
Working Days	(1989)
Of Men and Their Making	(2002)
Steinbeck in Vietnam	(2012)

Publication Order of Collections

The Long Valley	(1938)
The Short Novels of John Steinbeck	(1953)
The Chrysanthemums and Other Stories	(1979)

Publication Order of Anthologies

50 Great Short Stories	(1952)
Win, Lose or Die	(1996)
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century	(2000)
The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage	(2003)

If You Like John Steinbeck Books, You’ll Love…

• Ernest Hemingway
• Charles Dickens
• Mark Twain

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2 Responses to “Order of John Steinbeck Books”

1. liam tomlington: 5 years ago

   this is wrong . he couldn’t of released a book in 1992 because he died of a heart disease in 1968

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   • Joshua: 2 years ago

     maybe it was a novel that he wrote but never released. and then after his death the family or publishing company released it.

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