Reading order · 2 books · 1945 to 1954 · Set in Monterey
Cannery Row Books in Order
Cannery Row and its sequel celebrate the drifters, dreamers and working people of the waterfront in Monterey, California.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 1945 to 1954
- First book
- Cannery Row
- Latest
- Sweet Thursday (1954)
- Setting
- Set in Monterey
The reading order
Every Cannery Row book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Set in Monterey
- 1Cannery Row1945With DocOn Cannery Row in Monterey, Mack and the boys of the Palace Flophouse plan a party to thank Doc, the kind marine biologist everyone loves.Buy on Amazon
- 2Sweet Thursday1954With DocDoc returns to Cannery Row after the war, restless and lonely, and his friends set out to find him love.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Cannery Row first, then Sweet Thursday.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Doc | Mack |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Cannery Row | LLead | MMajor |
| 2 Sweet Thursday | LLead | MMajor |
Characters in the Cannery Row books
2 characters from John Steinbeck’s chart, with the number of Cannery Row books each appears in.