Mark Twain books in order
American author and humorist
- Lived
- 1835–1910
- Country
- United States
- Books
- 52
- Series
- 1
- Also writes as
- J. W. Bothwell, Quintus Curtius Snodgrass, Sieur Louis de Conte, Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass
Mark Twain published 23 novels, 13 novellas, 8 short story collections, 5 non-fiction books and 3 children's books, beginning with The Innocents Abroad (1869). The series is Tom Sawyer (4 books, starting with The Adventures of Tom Sawyer). The best-known is The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (1884).
Updated September 2026
Tom Sawyer books in order (4)Series page
Reading order: 1 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) · 2 The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (1884) · 3 Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) · 4 Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
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Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894)
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Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896)
Where to start with Mark Twain
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Book 1 of Tom Sawyer, the series that includes The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain's most-read book.
Standalone novels in order
The Innocents Abroad (1869)
The Gilded Age (1873)
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873), with Charles Dudley Warner
sketches (1874)
The Mississippi Pilot (1876)
1601 (1880)
A Tramp Abroad (1880)
The Awful German Language (1880)
The Prince and the Pauper (1881)
The American Claimant (1892)
Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894)
How to Tell a Story and Other Essays (Oct 1895)
Following the Equator (1897)
Concerning the Jews (1899)
Literary Essays (1899)
My Début as a Literary Person and Other Essays (1903)
Autobiography of Mark Twain (1906)
What Is Man? (1906)
The Mysterious Stranger (1916)
Novellas in order
(Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance (1871)
A Double Barrelled Detective Story (1902)
Extracts From Adam's Diary (1904)
Editorial Wild Oats (1905)
King Leopold's Soliloquy (1905)
A Horse's Tale (1906)
Eve's Diary (1906)
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (1909)
Is Shakespeare Dead? (1909)
The War Prayer (1968)
A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage (2001)
Short story collections in order
Sketches New and Old (1875)
Merry Tales (1892)
The 1,000,000 Bank-Note (1893)
The $30,000 Bequest (1903)
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories (1922)
Letters from the Earth (1962)
Great Short Stories of the World (1972)
Non-fiction in order
Roughing It (1872)
Christian Science (1899)
Speeches (1910)
Letters from Hawaii (1966)
Children's books in order
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (1865)
The Stolen White Elephant (1882)
Life on the Mississippi (1883)
Film and TV adaptations
- Tom Sawyer (1917)Film · from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)Film · from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Tom Sawyer (1973)TV · from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The Adventures of Tom SawyerTV · from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The Prince and the Pauper (1937)Film · from The Prince and the Pauper
- The Prince and the Pauper (1990)Film · from The Prince and the Pauper
- Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (2004)Film · from The Prince and the Pauper
- Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (2012)Film · from The Prince and the Pauper
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)Film · from The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)Film · from The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
- The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)Film · from The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
- Mud (2012)Film · from The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921)Film · from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- A Connecticut Yankee (1931)Film · from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)Film · from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- A Knight in Camelot (1998)TV · from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)Film · from Tom Sawyer, Detective
Free to read
All free classicsThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
Mark Twain's Speeches
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
A Dog's Tale
Eve's Diary, Complete
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 01 to 05
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 1.
The Works of Mark Twain
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885)
Europe and elsewhere
About Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel". He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Mark Twain FAQ
- How many books has Mark Twain written?
- Mark Twain published 23 novels, 13 novellas, 8 short story collections, 5 non-fiction books and 3 children's books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Mark Twain's books in?
- Read each series in its own order: start Tom Sawyer with The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The other books stand alone and can be read in any order.
- What is Mark Twain's last book?
- Speeches (1910).
- What is Mark Twain's most famous book?
- The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (1884) is Mark Twain's most widely read book.
- Are Mark Twain's books connected?
- 4 books belong to 1 series (Tom Sawyer); the other 48 books stand alone.
- Does Mark Twain write under a pen name?
- Yes: Mark Twain has also published as J. W. Bothwell, Quintus Curtius Snodgrass, Sieur Louis de Conte and Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass.
- Which Mark Twain books have been adapted?
- 5 books have been adapted for film or TV, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (as Tom Sawyer, film, 1917), The Prince and the Pauper (film, 1937), The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (film, 1939) and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (film, 1921).
- Can I read Mark Twain's books for free?
- Yes. 44 books by Mark Twain are in the public domain in the US and free to read online or download here.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers, free texts from Project Gutenberg. Last updated September 2026.