# John Steinbeck — books assigned in US schools

**3** books by John Steinbeck appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 630L–1010L
**Grade span:** 6–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/john-steinbeck
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- American Dream (2)
- family (2)
- Great Depression
- class and race
- colonial exploitation
- disability
- economic injustice
- fate and desire
- friendship
- greed

## Genres

- Literary Fiction (2)
- American Classic

## Every John Steinbeck title on file

- [Of Mice and Men](https://readinglist.school/book/of-mice-and-men) _(630L · Grades 8–11 · 1937)_
- [The Grapes of Wrath](https://readinglist.school/book/the-grapes-of-wrath) _(680L · Grades 10–12 · 1939)_
- [The Pearl](https://readinglist.school/book/the-pearl) _(1010L · Grades 6–9 · 1947)_

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