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) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sweet Thursday | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Cup of Gold | (1929) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Pastures of Heaven | (1932) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| To a God Unknown | (1933) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Red Pony | (1933) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tortilla Flat | (1935) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In Dubious Battle | (1936) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Nothing So Monstrous | (1936) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Of Mice and Men | (1937) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Grapes of Wrath | (1939) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Forgotten Village | (1941) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Wayward Bus | (1947) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Pearl | (1947) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Burning Bright | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| East of Eden | (1952) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Short Reign of Pippin IV | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Winter of Our Discontent | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Gift | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Plays
| The Moon is Down | (1942) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Zapata | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Flight | (1938) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Vigilante | (1938) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Chrysanthemums | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Collections
| The Long Valley | (1938) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Short Novels of John Steinbeck | (1953) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Chrysanthemums and Other Stories | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Steinbeck: A Life in Letters | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Harvest Gypsies | (1936) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bombs Away | (1942) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Russian Journal | (1948) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sea of Cortez | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Log from the 'Sea of Cortez' | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Once There Was a War | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Travels with Charley | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| America and Americans | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In Touch | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Journal of a Novel | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| On Writing | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Working Days | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Of Men and Their Making | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Steinbeck in Vietnam | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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this is wrong . he couldn’t of released a book in 1992 because he died of a heart disease in 1968
maybe it was a novel that he wrote but never released. and then after his death the family or publishing company released it.