Mark Twain

Mark Twain is a very famous American author. Named Samuel Langhorne Clemens, he was born on November 30. 1835 He grew up in Missouri and his family relocated just four years later to Hannibal from Florida (the town). His father passed away when Twain was just eleven years old, a failed farmer for much of his life when he was alive.

The best place to start is the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn series, the earliest of Mark Twain's multi-book series: it opens with The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and runs to 6 books across 1876–1989, ending with Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians and Other Unfinished Stories (1989). Mark Twain's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Mark Twain has 230 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1667 and 2026. 141 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being the History Highlights series with 18 books — and 89 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Mark Twain's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1876–1989, 6 books), Diaries Of Adam and Eve (1904–1906, 2 books) and Autobiography Of Mark Twain (1925, 3 books), plus 3 more.

This guide splits Mark Twain's 230 books into 8 named series and 89 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: History Highlights (18 books, 2020–2025); Studies in American Realism and Naturalism (7 books, 2004–2021); Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (6 books, 1876–1989); Autobiography Of Mark Twain (3 books, 1925); Diaries Of Adam and Eve (2 books, 1904–1906), plus 3 further series.