Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Mark Twain was born in Florida, Missouri, USA on November 30th, 1835 and passed away at the age of 74 on April 21st, 1910.

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Mark Twain Stats: The highest rated book by Mark Twain on Book Notification is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the first novel in the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn series. The second-highest rated book is The Prince and the Pauper, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Mark Twain on Book Notification is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the 3rd novel in the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn series. The second most read book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn #1).

Below is a complete list of Mark Twain books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Mark Twain is the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Series.

List of Autobiography Of Mark Twain Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
1925
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2
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2
1925
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3
7
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3
1925
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List of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Books in Publication Order

Two boys have adventures with a runaway slave, encountering robbers and feuding families.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.1
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1876
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2
8
The Annotated Huckleberry Finn
1884
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3
7.7
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1885
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4
9
Tom Sawyer Abroad
1894
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5
9
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1896
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6
Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians and Other Unfinished Stories
1989
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List of Diaries Of Adam and Eve Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
2
Extracts from Adam's Diary
1904
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2
Eve's Diary
1906
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
The Gilded Age
1873
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2
A Murder, a Mystery and a Marriage
1876
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3
8
The Prince and the Pauper
1881
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4
8
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1889
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5
The American Claimant
1892
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6
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
1893
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7
3
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
1896
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8
A Double Barrelled Detective Story
1902
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9
4
A Dog's Tale
1904
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10
King Leopold's Soliloquy
1905
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11
A Horse's Tale
1907
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12
The Adventures of Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass
1928
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13
The Adventures of Colonel Sellers
1965
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14
Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
2008
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
The Jumping Frog
1865
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2
6
Pudd'nhead Wilson
1893
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3
8
The Mysterious Stranger
1916
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4
Bakers Bluejay Yarn
1986
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5
The Stolen White Elephant
2017
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6
The Invalid's Story
2019
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Stories
1867
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2
Advice to Little Girls and Other Stories
1867
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3
Eye Openers
1871
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4
Screamers
1871
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5
Mark Twain's Sketches
1872
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6
4
Sketches New and Old
1875
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7
The Stolen White Elephant
1882
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8
Merry Tales
1892
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9
The 1,000,000 Pound Bank-Note, and Other New Stories
1893
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10
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories
1900
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11
Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories
1904
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12
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories
1906
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13
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories
1916
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14
The Devil's Race-Track
2005
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15
Who Is Mark Twain?
2009
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List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Punch, Brothers, Punch
1989
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2
10
Helpful Hints for Good Living
1991
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3
10
The Humor of Twain
1999
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Mark Twain's Letters From Hawaii
1866
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2
9.7
The Innocents Abroad
1869
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3
8
The Innocents at Home
1869
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4
Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography; and, First Romance
1871
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5
8
Roughing It
1872
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6
The Awful German Language / Die schreckliche deutsche Sprache
1880
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7
8
A Tramp Abroad
1880
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8
8
On the Decay of the Art of Lying
1880
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9
8.5
Life on the Mississippi
1883
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10
How to Tell a Story and Other Essays
1897
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11
Following the Equator
1897
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12
English as She is Taught
1900
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13
What is Man? and Other Essays
1906
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14
My Debut as a Literary Person
1906
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15
Christian Science
1907
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16
Is Shakespeare Dead?
1909
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17
Mark Twain's Speeches
1910
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18
Mark Twain on Religion
1970
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19
8
The Bible According to Mark Twain
1995
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20
Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews (With: Gary Scharnhorst)
2006
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21
8
Letters from the Earth
2009
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List of The Year of the Cat Books in Publication Order

Enchanting fantasies where cats and humans share deep bonds, set in both magical and sci-fi worlds.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Cat of a Different Color (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Annie Reed, Louisa Swann, Lisa Silverthorne, Dean Wesley Smith, Ray Vukcevich, Dory Crowe)
2020
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2
A Cat of Perfect Taste (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Saki , Charles Dudley Warner, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Kari Kilgore)
2020
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3
A Cat of Disdainful Looks (With: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Rudyard Kipling, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Ray Vukcevich, John Adams, Jodi Lyn Nye)
2020
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4
A Cat of Strange Lands (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, E. Nesbit, Annie Reed, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Kent Patterson, Meyari McFarland, Leigh Saunders)
2020
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5
A Cat of Cozy Situations (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Ed Gorman, Carole Nelson Douglas, Dean Wesley Smith, W.W. Jacobs, Mary A. Turzillo, Dory Crowe)
2020
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6
A Cat of Space and Time (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Andre Norton, Annie Reed, Lisa Silverthorne, Dean Wesley Smith, Cordwainer Smith, Geoffrey A. Landis, Mary Turzillo, Daemon Crowe)
2020
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7
A Cat of Heroic Heart (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Carole Nelson Douglas, E. Nesbit, Jamie Ferguson, Lisa Silverthorne, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Liz Pierce)
2020
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8
A Cat of Roving Nature (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Emile Zola, Annie Reed, Stefon Mears, Dory Crowe, C.J. Erick, Sylvia Warner)
2020
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9
A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Henry Slesar, Joan Aiken, Annie Reed, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Mary Turzillo)
2021
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10
A Cat of Fantastic Whims (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, E. Nesbit, Jamie Ferguson, Annie Reed, Lisa Silverthorne, Dean Wesley Smith, Geoffrey A. Landis, Liz Pierce)
2021
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11
A Cat of Feral Instincts (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Brigid Collins, Dean Wesley Smith, Pamela Sargent, Jamie McNabb, Mary Turzillo, N. Margaret Campbell)
2021
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12
A Cat of Romantic Soul (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Anthea Sharp, Annie Reed, Lisa Silverthorne, Bonnie Elizabeth, Dean Wesley Smith, Kari Kilgore)
2021
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List of Oxford Bookworms: Stage 1 Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Elephant Man (By: Tim Vicary)
1983
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2
The Phantom of the Opera ( By: Tricia Hedge)
1999
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3
The Phantom of the Opera ( By: Jennifer Bassett)
1999
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4
The Phantom of the Opera ( By: Jennifer Bassett)
1999
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5
Pocahontas (By: Tim Vicary)
2000
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List of History Highlights Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Louisiana Purchase (By: Bill Wiemuth)
2020
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2
The Oregon Trail (By: Bill Wiemuth)
2020
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3
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, Book 1 (By: Bill Wiemuth)
2020
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4
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, Book 2 (By: Bill Wiemuth)
2020
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5
The Civil War Anaconda Plan (By: Bill Wiemuth)
2020
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6
The Mississippi River (By: Bill Wiemuth)
2020
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7
Mark Twain and the Mississippi River (With: Bill Wiemuth)
2020
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8
The Statue of Liberty (By: Bill Wiemuth)
2020
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9
The Astorians (By: Bill Wiemuth)
2020
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10
Steamboats Changed America (By: Bill Wiemuth)
2023
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11
Alaska History Highlights (By: Bill Wiemuth, Laura Sable)
2023
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12
The Steamboat “Delta Queen” (By: Bill Wiemuth)
2023
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13
Invaded (By: Bill Wiemuth)
2024
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14
Explore Alaska with John Muir (By: Bill Wiemuth)
2024
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15
Florida History Highlights (By: Bill Wiemuth)
2024
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16
The Pathway to Civil War (By: Bill Wiemuth)
2025
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17
Hudson River History Highlights ( By: Bill Wiemuth)
2025
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18
The Declaration of Independence ( By: Bill Wiemuth)
2025
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List of Mark Twain Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Atlantic Harvest: Memoirs of the Atlantic
1947
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2
6
50 Great American Short Stories
1963
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3
21 Great Stories
1969
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4
Adventure Stories for Boys and Girls
1985
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5
Unknown California
1985
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6
Famous and Curious Animal Stories
1989
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7
Great Baseball Stories
1990
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8
Spells of Enchantment
1991
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9
Prose and Poetry of the American West
1991
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10
The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror
1992
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11
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
1993
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12
The Screaming Skull
1994
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13
Writing New York
1998
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14
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe
2007
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15
San Francisco Noir 2
2009
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16
50 Classic Novellas
2011
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17
Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed
2011
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18
A Cairo Anthology: Two Hundred Years of Travel Writing
2013
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19
Citing Atheists: Quotes of Agnosticism, Non-Theism, Skepticism, Irreligion, Free Thought, and Philosophy
2015
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20
The Dover Anthology of Cat Stories
2015
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21
Writers: Their Lives and Works
2018
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22
A Cat of Disdainful Looks
2020
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Mark Twain

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was born on November 30th, 1835. Mark passed away April 21st, 1910 at 74 years old. Mark Twain was born in Florida, Missouri, USA.

Mark Twain has published 21 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1866 with the book Mark Twain's Letters From Hawaii. The most recently released was Letters from the Earth which was released in 2009.

Mark Twain also wrote the Short Story Collections series which has 15 books including The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Stories and Advice to Little Girls and Other Stories.

Mark Twain: Awards & Accolades

Twain's books have won multiple awards, Extracts from Adam's Diary won the Audie Award, Best Multi-Voiced Narration, in 2000. Eve's Diary won the Audie Award, Best Multi-Voiced Narration, in 2000. Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2011.

Mark Twain books have also been nominated for multiple awards, Letters from the Earth was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Original Work, in 1997. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Male Narrator, in 2000.

Mark Twain: Lists & Other Mentions

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has made several lists including:
    1. AbeBooks: 100 (Fiction) Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2018.
    2. The Guardian: 100 Best Novels Written in English Selection in 2015.
    3. The Guardian: 100 Greatest Novels of All Time Selection in 2003 and 2015.
    4. National Book Foundation: 100 Life-Changing Books Selection in 2006.
    5. Penguin: 100 Must-Read Classic Books Selection in 2022.
    6. The Telegraph: 100 Novels Everyone Should Read Selection in 2009.
    7. Book Riot: From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books Selection in 2013.
    8. Literary Hub: Quintessential American Fiction, According to the Rest of the World Selection in 2015.
    9. Time Magazine: The 10 Greatest Books of All Time Selection in 2007.
    10. Esquire: The 80 Books Every Man Should Read Selection in 2015.
    11. Oxford American: The Best Southern Novels of All Time Selection in 2009.
    12. Entertainment Weekly: Top 100 Novels Selection in 2013.
  • The Annotated Huckleberry Finn was an NPR: 100 Best Beach Books Selection in 2009.
  • The Prince and the Pauper was a National Book Foundation: 100 Life-Changing Books Selection in 2006.
  • Life on the Mississippi was a National Book Foundation: 100 Life-Changing Books Selection in 2006 and an Oxford American: The Best Southern Nonfiction of All Time Selection in 2009.
  • Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography; and, First Romance was a Literary Hub: Quintessential American Fiction, According to the Rest of the World Selection in 2015.
  • Roughing It was a National Geographic Adventure Magazine: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time Selection in 2004.
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was a PBS: The Great American Read Selection in 2018.

Related Authors

Fans of Mark Twain also enjoy these authors:

  1. Pip Williams, author of: The Dictionary of Lost Words.
  2. Amy Tan, author of: The Joy Luck Club.
  3. Elizabeth Berg, author of the Mason Series.
  4. Elif Shafak, author of: The Island of Missing Trees.
  5. Emma Donoghue, author of: Room.
  6. Adriana Trigiani, author of: The Shoemaker's Wife.
  7. Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of: The Secret Garden.
  8. Anita Diamant, author of: The Red Tent.
  9. Alice Walker, author of the Color Purple Series.
  10. Dave Eggers, author of The Circle Series.

Mark Twain: F.A.Q

When was Mark Twain Born?

Mark Twain was born on November 30th, 1835.

When did Mark Twain die?

Mark Twain died on April 21st, 1910 at 74 years old.

Where was Mark Twain Born?

Mark Twain was born in Florida, Missouri, USA.

What book awards has Mark Twain won?

Extracts from Adam's Diary: Audie Award Best Multi-Voiced Narration (2000).
Eve's Diary: Audie Award Best Multi-Voiced Narration (2000).
Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2011).

What was the first book Mark Twain wrote?

The first book written by Mark Twain was The Jumping Frog, published in 1865.

What was the most recent book Mark Twain wrote?

His most recently released work was Mark Twain and the Mississippi River (a short story) on May 10th, 2020.

What is the most popular book by Mark Twain?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Mark Twain book is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Here are his most popular books:
  1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (7.71)
  2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (8.11)
  3. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (7.95)
  4. The Prince and the Pauper (8)
  5. Life on the Mississippi (8.5)

How many books has Mark Twain written?

Mark Twain has written 71 books across 13 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 3 books in the Autobiography Of Mark Twain Series
  • 6 books in the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Series
  • 2 books in the Diaries Of Adam and Eve Series
  • 14 Standalone Novels
  • 6 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 15 Short Story Collections
  • 3 Collections
  • 21 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the History Highlights Series

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