This page has a list of all of Sinclair Lewis’ novels as well as a list of the film adaptions of his plays, stories, and novels. Other scholarly resources include:
- For a complete a complete list of Sinclair Lewis’ publications in a variety of genres, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Lewis#Works.
- For a list of primary and secondary sources about Lewis’s work, visit our Sinclair Lewis scholarship page.
Novels
The following is a list of novels published by Sinclair Lewis. Click on any of the links to see quotes from that work.
- Hike and the Aeroplane (1912, as Tom Graham)
- Our Mr. Wrenn (1914)
- The Trail of the Hawk (1915)
- The Job (1917)
- The Innocents (1917)
- Free Air (1919)
- Main Street (1920)
- Babbitt (1922)
- Arrowsmith (1925)
- Mantrap (1926)
- Elmer Gantry (1927)
- The Man Who Knew Coolidge (1928)
- Dodsworth (1929)
- Ann Vickers (1933)
- Work of Art (1934)
- It Can’t Happen Here (1935)
- The Prodigal Parents (1938)
- Bethel Merriday (1940)
- Gideon Planish (1943)
- Cass Timberlane (1945)
- Kingsblood Royal (1947)
- The God-Seeker (1949)
- World So Wide (1951, posthumously)
Film Adaptations
This is a mostly complete list of film and television versions of Sinclair Lewis’s novels, short stories, and plays. Visit the Sinclair Lewis listing at Internet Movie Database for a more thorough listing of most of the movies and mini series. These links go to the IMDB page for the adaptation.
- Abysmal Brute (1923, based on a story sold to Jack London)
- Ann Vickers (1933)
- Arrowsmith (1931)
- Arrowsmith (1997, Czech mini series)
- Babbitt (1924)
- Babbitt (1934)
- Bongo (1947, based on a short story), part of Fun and Fancy Free
- Cass Timberlane (1947, based on a novel)
- Dodsworth (1936)
- Elmer Gantry (1960)
- Free Air (1922)
- Ghost Patrol (1923, based on a short story)
- Main Street (1923)
- I Married a Doctor (1936, based on Main Street)
- Mantrap (1926)
- Nature Incorporated (1916, based on a short story)
- Newly Rich (1931, based on the short story “Let’s Play King”) aka Forbidden Adventure
- This is the Life (1944, based on the play Angela is Twenty-Two)
- The Unpainted Woman (1919, based on a short story)
- Untamed (1940, based on Mantrap)