Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California. Based on Steinbeck's own experiences as a bindlestiff in the 1920s (before the arrival of the Okies he would vividly describe in The Grapes of Wrath), the title is taken from Robert Burns's poem, To a Mouse, which read: "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley." Required reading in many high schools, Of Mice and Men has been a frequent target of censors for what some consider offensive and vulgar language; consequently, it appears on the American Library Association's list of the Most Challenged Books of 21st Century.

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- 12th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 35th on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
- 46th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- 57th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
- 99th on The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians (Bookman.com)
- The Best Classics (The Times)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics (Book)
- The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written (Easton Press)
- The 100 Best Books in the World (AbeBooks.de (in German))
- Select 100 (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

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Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
Of Mice and Men	Mass Market Paperback	288542	$6.98	$0.01
Of Mice and Men / Cannery Row (Penguin Modern Classics)	Paperback	4266687		$2.99
Of Mice and Men	Mass Market Paperback	9139284		$99.00
Of Mice and Men - A Play in Three Acts - Acting Edition	Paperback	9723994		$3.00
Of Mice & Men	Paperback	18027	$6.00		2016
Of Mice and Men (Penguin Classics)	Kindle Edition	2433	$8.49		1994
Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition)	Paperback	76006	$4.39	$0.01	2002
Of Mice and Men (A Bantam Classic)	Mass Market Paperback	970817	$5.94	$2.81
Of Mice and Men	Mass Market Paperback	696113	$9.46	$0.01	1983
Of Mice and Men (Penguin Classics) by Steinbeck, John (Unabridged Edition) [AudioCD(2011)]	Audio CD	630416	$15.73	$14.54	2011
Of Mice and Men (without Notes) (New Longman Literature)	Hardcover	2583493	$9.27	$7.88	2003
Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by Steinbeck, John (unknown Edition) [Hardcover(1993)]	Hardcover	2014433	$33.04	$16.36	1992
OF MICE AND MEN	Paperback	176428	$5.00	$0.01	1994
Of Mice and Men	Paperback	154886	$7.00		2015
Of Mice and Men (Play) (DPS Acting Edition)	Paperback	235112	$5.50	$2.44
Of Mice and Men.	Hardcover	1053619		$9.95	1940
Of Mice and Men - Vocabulary from Literature	Paperback	4947486	$20.47		2004
Of Mice and Men	Hardcover	1641905		$14.94	1937
Of Mice and Men	Kindle Edition	5592			1993
GradeSaver(TM) Lesson Plans: Of Mice and Men	Paperback	573044	$16.99		2011
Of Mice And Men	Paperback	92298	$9.95		2015
Of Mice and Men	Hardcover	341721	$13.69	$65.00
Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck (English edition)	Paperback	109292	$5.51		2015
Of Mice and Men (New Longman Literature)	Hardcover	1063533	$10.91	$0.78	2000
Of Mice and Men	Mass Market Paperback	1569390	$13.14	$0.01	1984
Of Mice and Men	Paperback	4207354	$499.99	$0.41	1963
Of Mice and Men	Mass Market Paperback	1256318	$9.90	$3.80
Of Mice and Men. Collector's Edition in Full Leather By Easton Press (100 Greatest Books)	Hardcover	1054111	$63.95	$27.99
Of Mice and Men: Steinbeck Tribute Edition	Paperback	254631	$13.99		2018
Of Mice and Men	Mass Market Paperback	1461287	$29.94	$0.01	1981
Oxford Literature Companions: Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	15426973	$12.82	$9.14	2013
Of Mice and Men	Kindle Edition	54744	$2.99		2020
Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)	Hardcover	26134	$16.92	$7.07	1993
Of Mice and Men	Hardcover	661908	$91.02	$3.60	1987
De Ratones y Hombres / Of Mice and Men (Aula de Literatura)	Paperback	67900	$12.78	$15.29	2002
De ratones y hombres / Of Mice and Men (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	4391235		$47.99	1995
Of Mice and Men (Korean Edition)	Paperback	5390486	$21.44		2009
Of Mice and Men [First Issue]	Hardcover	1118336	$2,900.00	$29.90
Of Mice and Men	Mass Market Paperback	2034125	$59.93	$0.01
O Mice an Men: Of Mice and Men in North-East Scots (Scots Edition)	Paperback	6473268	$15.95	$16.02	2018
Of Mice & Men	Paperback	801082	$5.99		2017
Of Mice & Men	Paperback	5365	$5.76	$14.99	2017
Spark Notes Of Mice and Men	Paperback	1080768	$1.50	$0.15	2002
Of Mice and Men	Paperback	1854	$4.73	$4.72	2018
Of Mice and Men (Chinese Edition)	Paperback	999042	$10.99		2018
De ratones y hombres / Of Mice and Men (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	630170	$4.99	$53.20	2015
Of Mice and Men / Cannery Row (2 Books in 1)	Paperback	234351	$39.95	$1.55	1978
Of Mice and Men (Classics on CD)	Audio CD	757628	$19.49	$7.11	2003
Of Mice and Men	Mass Market Paperback	663	$5.62	$0.35	1993
John Steinbeck : Novels and Stories, 1932-1937 : The Pastures of Heaven / To a God Unknown / Tortilla Flat / In Dubious Battle / Of Mice and Men (Library of America)	Hardcover	309994	$13.89	$11.00	1994
Of Mice & Men (Modern Library)	Hardcover	1199844	$29.95	$2.98	1979
Des souris et des hommes/Of Mice and Men (Folio bilingue) (French and English Edition)	Paperback	3341158	$15.50	$28.00	2020
Of Mice and Men Easton Press	Hardcover	2258349	$85.00	$40.95
Of Mice and Men (Penguin Classics)	Audio CD	87897	$11.74	$8.99	2011
Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts	Paperback	6815552	$8.96	$8.66	2009
Of Mice and Men (Chinese Edition)	Paperback	1331208	$15.90	$65.30	2013
Of Mice And Men - Student Packet Grades 9 -2	Paperback	1266775	$5.00	$7.97	1998
Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts	Paperback	671535	$8.47	$2.00	2009
Of Mice and Men (A Bantam Classic)	Mass Market Paperback	3804052	$22.86	$0.92
Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition) by Steinbeck, John unknown Edition [Paperback(2002)]	Paperback	453338	$11.76	$3.44	1904
By John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men	Paperback	30644	$6.63	$2.08