Big fan, any others on here? I've read 6 or so of his books since college. On a trip right now and brought along "travels with Charley" to read, digging it My top 3 would prob be grapes of wrath, east of eden, cannery row though the first two are basically interchangeable
I realty like Of Mice and Men. "A guy needs somebody." I thought grapes was just ok. I read it in high school the same summer I read slaughterhouse 5 and Heart of Darkness. Those are two of my favorites so grapes may have just seemed meh by comparison.
Very much dislike Steinbeck, but haven't read him in years. Might be time for a 30s take instead of a teenage take.
I’m about 130 pages into East of Eden. My god I hate Cathy Ames more than I remember hating Joffrey or Ramsay in ASOIAF.
Been quite a while since reading, but as I recall there’s basically something every other page that makes you go “holy fuck.” Back in the day when this was a tv miniseries the tagline was “She broke every law of man...and God.”
Cannery Row is great. Travels with Charley is good stuff too. Both randoms I really liked. Read Cannery Row after visiting Carmel.
Steinbeck is an all-time American great. He's in the same echelon or maybe right behind Hemingway and McCarthy IMO.
Just finished East of Eden. I don’t read nearly as many books as the rest of you, but it’s easily in my top 5. Probably top 3.
Read Grapes of Wrath a few months back and about have about 100 pages left in East of Eden. Suggestions for the next Steinbeck book?