- *Outwitting the Devil* (1925)
- *The Luck of Roaring Camp* (1925)
- *The Trail of '98* (1927)
- *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1927)
- *Wild Animals I Have Known* (1928)
- *Two Years Before the Mast* (1929)
- *Of Mice and Men* (1937)
- *Cannery Row* (1945)
- *Tortilla Flat* (1935)
Non-fiction:
- *A Son of the Sun* (1919)
- *Log of the Snark* (1911)
- *My Early Life* (1930)
- *In Dubious Battle* (1936)
- *The Long Valley* (1938)
- *Travels with Charley: In Search of America* (1962)
Collections:
- *The Complete Short Stories of John Steinbeck* (1938)
- *The Portable John Steinbeck* (1943)
- *The Viking Portable Library Edition of John Steinbeck* (1946)
Screenplays:
- *Viva Zapata!* (1952, with Elia Kazan)
- *East of Eden* (1955, with Elia Kazan)
Letters:
- *Letters from John Steinbeck: A Life in Letters* (1992, edited by Elaine Steinbeck and Robert Wallsten)