Upton Sinclair Books in Order

Sinclair imagines Jesus's life from Galilee to Golgotha, presenting a human portrait through historical fiction. His unconventional treatment explores the person behind the religious figure and the experiences surrounding a life familiar through the Gospel accounts.

Set around the Sacco and Vanzetti case, this documentary novel combines historical events with fictional lives. Sinclair examines the prosecution through a wider picture of Boston society, where class divisions and political hostility shape the struggle over justice.

Sinclair investigates American journalism, arguing that newspaper ownership and commercial interests distort the information readers receive. His critique examines the press's treatment of public affairs and challenges the relationship between reporting, economic power and supposedly independent opinion.

Abner Shutt and his family experience the rise of Henry Ford's automobile empire from the workers' side. Their fortunes reveal the pressures of industrial production, insecure employment and labor conflict behind the promise of mass prosperity.

This collection presents biographical and critical opinions about Sinclair from fellow writers and thinkers, including Jack London, Sinclair Lewis and Bertrand Russell. Their comments offer contemporary perspectives on an author whose literary work provoked wide public debate.

Sinclair interprets literature, painting and music through the influence of wealth and social power. Examining artists and their patrons, he argues that economic interests shape cultural production and the reputations attached to supposedly independent works of art.

Hal Warner, the son of a coal magnate, turns against his family's interests amid Colorado's mining struggles. The conflict between organized workers and mine owners draws him into a confrontation shaped by exploitation, violence and divided loyalties.

Built around interviews with film pioneer William Fox, this account follows his rise from childhood to the creation of a major studio. Fox describes the financial struggle surrounding his loss of control and alleges powerful interests conspired against him.

Struggling playwright Will tries to turn his family's poverty into a commercially successful play while his wife Peggy worries about their son. Their real troubles mingle with imagined theatrical characters in a comedy about earning a living through art.

Four plays bring Sinclair’s social concerns to the stage: The Naturewoman, The Machine, The Second-Story Man and Prince Hagen. Together, these dramas examine the problems of industrial society through different forms of theatrical protest.