Steinbeck - Is this a series?

[Melanti]

Does this qualify as a series? I wouldn't think just being set during the dust bowl in California and having similar themes was enough to qualify.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/1987...


Wikipedia refers to it as the "Dust Bowl Trilogy" on Steinbeck's main bio but not on any of the individual book pages - and it's mentioned as a side remark, not in detail.

I've read only 2 of the 3 but I don't recall any overlapping characters or plots.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

I would lean towards no, but I've never actually read any of them. (I know, I know. They're on my "someday" list!)

[Melanti]

It's been a really long time (Jr. High) since I read the one, so I'm not the best of judges either.

I did some googling and while I found multiple sites calling it a series, no one mentions anything in common other than them featuring migrant farm workers in Cali during the dust bowl.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

I'd give it a few days to see if anyone else has more information. If there are no further replies by early next week, I think zapping the series would be fine.

[Melanti]

Thanks, Rivka.

[Krazykiwi]

I've read the last two, albeit years ago. There are no shared characters that I can remember, and they're set in different places. I guess there is a common theme but I'd put it more like Dickens returning to write about Christmas, which I also don't think is a series.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Since we never heard from anyone defending it, I think this is good to get zapped.

[Melanti]

Zap.

Thanks for the reminder.