Author
John Steinbeck
February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968 · United States
Writer, Screenwriter, War correspondent, Novelist, Scientific collector
Titles on list
12
Total weeks
268
Peak rank
#1
Weeks at #1
71
FictionNonfictionHit #1Dot size = weeks on list
Biography
- Born
- February 27, 1902 · Salinas
- Died
- December 20, 1968 · Harlem
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Education
- Stanford University, Salinas High School
Awards & Honours
- 1939National Book Award for Fiction
- 1940Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
- 1955Bancarella Selection Prize
- 1962Nobel Prize in Literature
- 1964Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 2007California Hall of Fame
- King Haakon VII Freedom Cross
On the Bestseller Lists
12 titles
TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY
John Steinbeck
TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY
#1 · 57 wks
THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT
John Steinbeck
THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT
#5 · 23 wks
THE SHORT REIGN OF PIPPIN IV
John Steinbeck
THE SHORT REIGN OF PIPPIN IV
#7 · 17 wks
SWEET THURSDAY
John Steinbeck
SWEET THURSDAY
#3 · 25 wks
EAST OF EDEN
John Steinbeck
EAST OF EDEN
#1 · 39 wks
A RUSSIAN JOURNAL
John Steinbeck and Robert Capa
A RUSSIAN JOURNAL
#9 · 5 wks
THE PEARL
John Steinbeck
THE PEARL
#11 · 7 wks
THE WAYWARD BUS
John Steinbeck
THE WAYWARD BUS
#2 · 18 wks
CANNERY ROW
John Steinbeck
CANNERY ROW
#3 · 8 wks
THE MOON IS DOWN
John Steinbeck
THE MOON IS DOWN
#1 · 18 wks
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
John Steinbeck
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
#1 · 35 wks
OF MICE AND MEN
John Steinbeck
OF MICE AND MEN
#4 · 16 wks
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).