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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: 3.96 · 4,882,370 ratings · 162,263 reviews · 853 distinct works • Similar authors

	Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,587,295 ratings — published 1937 — 1137 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 4.01 avg rating — 918,867 ratings — published 1939 — 1005 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 4.41 avg rating — 549,854 ratings — published 1952 — 577 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 3.54 avg rating — 242,266 ratings — published 1947 — 548 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 — 140,271 ratings — published 1945 — 364 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 — 96,541 ratings — published 1961 — 343 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 — 56,930 ratings — published 1935 — 328 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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 48,771 ratings — published 1961 — 45 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 3.48 avg rating — 56,038 ratings — published 1933 — 228 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 3.93 avg rating — 29,194 ratings — published 1942 — 244 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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1980, The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, 536 pages

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3 votes, 7.9%

1952, East of Eden by John Steinbeck, 601 pages

2 votes, 5.3%

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