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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The 173rd greatest fiction book of all time

This book is on the following lists:

1. - 12th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
2. - 35th on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
3. - 46th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
4. - 57th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
5. - 99th on The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians (Bookman.com)
6. - The Best Classics (The Times)
7. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
8. - The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics (Book)
9. - The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written (Easton Press)
10. - The 100 Best Books in the World (AbeBooks.de (in German))
11. - 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 (Chinese Edition)	Paperback	3562288	$14.77		2019
	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 (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)	Paperback	8775	$6.49	$0.35	1994
	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 [UNABRIDGED]	Audio CD	2842853	$139.89	$12.33
	Of Mice and Men	Paperback	712292	$6.38	$0.78	1992
	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	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 (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)	Hardcover	12319	$12.41	$6.08	1993
	Of Mice and Men	Paperback	1854	$4.73	$4.72	2018
	Of Mice and Men (Chinese Edition)	Paperback	999042	$10.99		2018
	Of Mice and Men (G.K. Hall Large Print Perennial Bestseller Collection)	Hardcover	2988696	$251.28	$13.98
	De ratones y hombres / Of Mice and Men (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	630170	$4.99	$53.20	2015
	Of Mice and Men (Penguin Audio Classics)	Audio CD	683085	$14.26	$14.75	2011
	Of Mice and Men: Tie-In Edition	Paperback	970216	$6.23	$0.01	1992
	Of Mice and Men	Hardcover	935876		$12.99
	Of Mice and Men (Classics on CD)	Audio CD	757628	$19.49	$7.11	2003
	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 and Men	Mass Market Paperback	687	$5.87	$1.25	1993
	Of Mice and Men (Chinese and English Edition)	Paperback	1243733	$16.92		2022
	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: 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 & East of Eden	Kindle Edition	479462	$1.99		2022
	Of Mice and Men / Cannery Row (2 Books in 1)	Paperback	1012464	$49.95	$2.12	1978
	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
	Of Mice And Men - Student Packet Grades 9 -2	Paperback	868450	$13.90	$7.89	1998
	By John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men	Paperback	30644	$6.63	$2.08
	John Steinbeck Complete Works: The Grapes of Wrath, The Moon is Down, Cannery Row, Of Mice and Men, The Ears of Johnny Bear, The chrysanthemums & How ... a Bank: : John Steinbeck Books Hardcover	Hardcover	1242769	$73.97	$59.17	1937
	Selected Works of John Steinbeck (Of Mice and Men & East of Eden & Grapes of Wrath & The Pearl)	Kindle Edition	184427	$1.99		2022
	Of Mice and Men & Grapes of Wrath	Kindle Edition	91761	$1.99		2022
	Of Mice and Men & East of Eden & Grapes of Wrath	Kindle Edition	216832	$1.99		2022
	Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts	Paperback	216910	$8.99	$2.99	2009