About Cuppa Joad

What is a cup of Joad? It’s a dose of the best literature—a daily indulgence in books for everyone who loves to read.

Cuppa Joad is a blog about books, created for book lovers by the book lovers at Alibris. We’ve named it in honor of the Joad family, from The Grapes of Wrath. John Steinbeck’s masterpiece towers among the giants in world literature. It won the 1940 Pulitzer Prize, was an integral factor in Steinbeck’s 1962 Nobel Prize, and is still read today in nearly 30 languages. Grapes continues to sell millions of copies, enlisting successive generations to follow the Joad family on their exodus through timeless pages and a broken American dream. Indeed, this classic novel is rooted in the United States, but its message of protesting injustice and seeking solace is universal.

We’re inspired by great books—indelible literature like Steinbeck’s tale of the Joads. Please read along with us as we celebrate, one cup at a time.

About Alibris

Alibris is where book lovers click.

You’ll find 60 million books in our online bookshop—a virtual world of books that spans from our warehouse to the shelves of our global network of independent booksellers. We also stock music and movies, but books are our passion. That’s why we’re happy to sponsor Cuppa Joad, the blog for bibliophiles.

Visit Alibris, browse our stacks, and search our unparalleled catalog. You’ll speed right to the title you have in mind, finding just about any rare, collectible, out-of-print, new, or used book.

In case you’re curious, the correct pronunciation of our name, Alibris, is “uh-LEE-briss.”