The Jungle
Sinclair's best-known and most influential muckraking novel.
Author guide
Upton Sinclair Books in Order
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (1878–1968) was an American writer, journalist, muckraker, socialist, and political activist. He wrote nearly one hundred books across fiction, nonfiction, drama, memoir, and political commentary. His 1906 novel The Jungle exposed conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry and became one of the most influential works of American muckraking. His later work included the Lanny Budd historical-novel series, political writings about California and EPIC, autobiographical works, plays, essays, and books on journalism, education, religion, health, and social reform.
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Start with one of these
Oil!
A major standalone novel combining labor, politics, and the California oil industry.
World's End
The opening volume of the completed Lanny Budd historical-novel series.
Read in order
Books by series
novels · completed
Lanny Budd
An eleven-novel historical saga following Lanny Budd through major political and social events in Europe and the United States from the First World War through the postwar period.
- 1 World's EndAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 1940
- 2
Between Two WorldsAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 1941
- 3
Dragon's TeethAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 1942
- 4
Wide Is the GateAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 1943
- 5
Presidential AgentAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 1944
- 6
Dragon HarvestAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 1945
- 7
A World to WinAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 1946
- 8
Presidential MissionAmazon ↗Book 8 · novel · 1947
- 9 One Clear CallAmazon ↗
Book 9 · novel · 1948
- 10
O Shepherd, Speak!Amazon ↗Book 10 · novel · 1949
- 11
The Return of Lanny BuddAmazon ↗Book 11 · novel · 1953
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (62)
- Springtime and HarvestAmazon ↗
novel · 1901
- The Journal of Arthur StirlingAmazon ↗
novel · 1903
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Prince HagenAmazon ↗novel · 1903
- ManassasAmazon ↗
novel · 1904
- A Captain of IndustryAmazon ↗
novella · 1906
- The JungleAmazon ↗
novel · 1906
- The Industrial RepublicAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1907
- The OvermanAmazon ↗
novella · 1907
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The MetropolisAmazon ↗novel · 1908
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The MoneychangersAmazon ↗novel · 1908
- Good Health and How We Won ItAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1909
- Samuel the SeekerAmazon ↗
novel · 1910
- The Fasting CureAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1911
- Love's PilgrimageAmazon ↗
novel · 1911
- SylviaAmazon ↗
novel · 1913
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Damaged GoodsAmazon ↗novel · 1913
- Sylvia's MarriageAmazon ↗
novel · 1914
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King CoalAmazon ↗novel · 1917
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The Profits of ReligionAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1918
- Jimmie HigginsAmazon ↗
novel · 1919
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The Brass CheckAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1919
- 100%: The Story of a PatriotAmazon ↗
novel · 1920
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The Book of LifeAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1921
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They Call Me CarpenterAmazon ↗novel · 1922
- The Goose-StepAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1923
- The GoslingsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1924
- MammonartAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1925
- Letters to JuddAmazon ↗
epistolary-fiction · 1926
- The Spokesman's SecretaryAmazon ↗
novel · 1926
- Oil!Amazon ↗
novel · 1927
- Money Writes!Amazon ↗
nonfiction · 1927
- BostonAmazon ↗
novel · 1928
- Mountain CityAmazon ↗
novel · 1930
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Mental RadioAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1930
- Roman HolidayAmazon ↗
novel · 1931
- The Wet ParadeAmazon ↗
novel · 1931
- The Way OutAmazon ↗
novel · 1933
- I, Governor of California—and How I Ended PovertyAmazon ↗
political nonfiction · 1933
- The EPIC Plan for CaliforniaAmazon ↗
political nonfiction · 1934
- We, People of AmericaAmazon ↗
political nonfiction · 1935
- Depression IslandAmazon ↗
novel · 1935
- Co-opAmazon ↗
novel · 1936
- The Flivver KingAmazon ↗
novella · 1937
- No PasaranAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1937
- Little SteelAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1938
- Our LadyAmazon ↗
novel · 1938
- Terror in RussiaAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1938
- Expect No PeaceAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1939
- Letters to a MillionaireAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1939
- Marie AntoinetteAmazon ↗
novel · 1939
- Telling the WorldAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1939
- Your Million DollarsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1939
- World's End ImpendingAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1940
- Peace or War in AmericaAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1941
- A Giant's StrengthAmazon ↗
novel · 1948
- Limbo on the LooseAmazon ↗
novel · 1948
- Another PamelaAmazon ↗
novel · 1950
- The Enemy Had It TooAmazon ↗
novel · 1950
- A Personal JesusAmazon ↗
novel · 1952
- What Didymus DidAmazon ↗
novel · 1955
- The Cup of FuryAmazon ↗
novel · 1956
- It Happened to DidymusAmazon ↗
novel · 1958
Nonfiction (5)
Essays and speeches (2)
Children's books (1)
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The GnomobileAmazon ↗children's novel · 1936
Plays (7)
Edited works (1)
- The Cry for JusticeAmazon ↗
anthology · 1915
Other (1)
- My Lifetime in LettersAmazon ↗
letters · 1960