List of Books

Cup of Gold

The Pastures

of Heaven

To A God Unknown

Tortilla Flat

In Dubious Battle

Saint Katy the Virgin

Of Mice and Men

The Red Pony

The Long Valley

The Grapes of Wrath

The Moon is Down

Cannery Row

The Wayward Bus

The Pearl

Burning Bright

East of Eden

Sweet Thursday

The Winter of Our

Discontent

The Short Reign of Pippin IV

Travels With Charley

A Russian Journal

America & Americans

Once There Was

A War

(not a complete list)

"A book is like a man—clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun."

"We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say- and to feel- 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it. You're not as alone as you thought.'"