Cover of The Grapes of Wrath

Classics · Literary

The Grapes of Wrath

Bestseller: about 15 million copies (estimate)

Driven off their Oklahoma farm during the Dust Bowl, the Joad family packs everything it owns into a truck and heads for California, hoping for work and finding hostility and exploitation instead.

First published
1939
Pace
medium
Length
long
Format
Standalone

Read this if you want a powerful, angry Depression-era novel about ordinary people and solidarity.

Skip this if you want a hopeful ending or plot over social commentary.

The feel

Content warnings

  • Death
  • Grief
  • Violence
  • Prejudice

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