The Grapes of Wrath, a novel published by American writer John Steinbeck in 1939, is a great American social documentary literature. This novel was rated as "fastest selling, highest evaluation, and most controversial". , Became a banned book for a while, and was burned in public, finally forcing Congress to legislate to fund farmers.

The novel won the National Book Award. In 1940, the book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The author himself won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 for another work "Between Man and Mouse".

The novel is set in the Great Depression, and the main characters are the Joads. The Yord family was impoverished due to drought, economic crisis, financial and agricultural changes, and was expelled from Oklahoma. Due to the current embarrassment and the impact of the sandstorm, the Yodd family embarked on the road to California. Like thousands of "Okkers", they are looking for work, land, dignity and future.

"Grapes of Wrath" has become a must-read in American high school and college literature courses because of its history and importance. In 1940, it was put on the silver screen by Hollywood, the film starring Henry Fonda and the director John Ford.