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Mark Twain Books in Order

71 books are credited to Mark Twain, published between 1865 and 2020; 22 of them appeared after Mark Twain's death in 1910. The first book is The Jumping Frog (1865) and the newest is Mark Twain and the Mississippi River (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Mark Twain also publishes as J. W. Bothwell, Quintus Curtius Snodgrass, Sieur Louis de Conte, Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass.

Books
71
Published
1865–2020
Pages on record
6,984 in 32 of 71 books
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Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), an American writer, humorist and essayist whom William Faulkner called the father of American literature. Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), its sequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894); The Gilded Age (1873) was a collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner. The catalogue begins with The Jumping Frog (1865) and The Innocents Abroad (1869), and humorous stories are among its subjects. Series on the listing include Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn and Diaries Of Adam and Eve.

How many Mark Twain books are there?

Mark Twain has 71 books, released between 1865 and 2020. 22 of them were published after Mark Twain's death in 1910. They include 3 series and 58 titles listed outside any series.

Mark Twain Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 71 Mark Twain books in the order they were released, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Stories by Mark Twain (1867)
  2. Cover of The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain (1869)
  3. Cover of Roughing It by Mark Twain (1872)
  4. Cover of Sketches New and Old by Mark Twain (1875)
  5. Cover of A Murder, a Mystery and a Marriage by Mark Twain (1876)
  6. Cover of The Awful German Language / Die schreckliche deutsche Sprache by Mark Twain (1880)
  7. Cover of The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (1881)
  8. Cover of The Annotated Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, book 2 of the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn series (1884)
  9. Cover of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, book 3 of the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn series (1885)
  10. Cover of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (1889)
  11. Cover of Merry Tales by Mark Twain (1892)
  12. Cover of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (1893)
  13. Cover of The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (1893)
  14. Cover of How to Tell a Story and Other Essays by Mark Twain (1897)
  15. Cover of Extracts from Adam's Diary by Mark Twain, book 1 of the Diaries Of Adam and Eve series (1904)
  16. Cover of The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain (1906)
  17. Cover of Is Shakespeare Dead? by Mark Twain (1909)
  18. Cover of The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain (1916)
  19. Cover of The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories by Mark Twain (1916)
  20. Cover of Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 by Mark Twain, book 1 of the Autobiography Of Mark Twain series (1925)
  21. Cover of Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2 by Mark Twain, book 2 of the Autobiography Of Mark Twain series (1925)
  22. Cover of Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3 by Mark Twain, book 3 of the Autobiography Of Mark Twain series (1925)
  23. Cover of Punch, Brothers, Punch by Mark Twain (1989)
  24. Cover of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians and Other Unfinished Stories by Mark Twain (1989)
  1. 1
    The Jumping Frog1865 · 34 pages · confirmed 2/4
    186534
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  2. 2
    Mark Twain's Letters From Hawaii1866 · confirmed 2/4
    1866–
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  3. 5
    The Innocents Abroad1869 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1869316
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  4. 6
    The Innocents at Home1869 · confirmed 2/4
    1869–
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  5. 7
    Eye Openers1871 · confirmed 2/4
    1871–
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  6. 8
    Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography; and, First Romance1871 · confirmed 2/4
    1871–
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  7. 9
    Screamers1871 · confirmed 2/4
    1871–
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  8. 10
    Mark Twain's Sketches1872 · 358 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1872358
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  9. 11
    Roughing It1872 · 515 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1872515
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  10. 12
    The Gilded Age1873 · confirmed 2/4
    1873–
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  11. 13
    Sketches New and Old1875 · 200 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1875200
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  12. 14
    The Adventures of Tom SawyerTom Sawyer and Huck Finn #11876 · confirmed 2/4
    1876–
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  13. 15
    A Murder, a Mystery and a Marriage1876 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1876112
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  14. 16
    The Awful German Language / Die schreckliche deutsche Sprache1880 · confirmed 2/4
    1880–
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  15. 17
    A Tramp Abroad1880 · confirmed 2/4
    1880–
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  16. 18
    On the Decay of the Art of Lying1880 · confirmed 2/4
    1880–
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  17. 19
    The Prince and the Pauper1881 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1881232
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  18. 20
    The Stolen White Elephant1882 · confirmed 2/4
    1882–
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  19. 21
    Life on the Mississippi1883 · confirmed 2/4
    1883–
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  20. 22
    The Annotated Huckleberry FinnTom Sawyer and Huck Finn #21884 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1884480
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  21. 23
    The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnTom Sawyer and Huck Finn #31885 · confirmed 2/4
    1885–
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  22. 24
    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court1889 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1889184
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  23. 25
    The American Claimant1892 · confirmed 2/4
    1892–
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  24. 26
    Merry Tales1892 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1892220
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  25. 27
    Pudd'nhead Wilson1893 · 143 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1893143
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  26. 28
    The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson1893 · 138 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1893138
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  27. 29
    The 1,000,000 Pound Bank-Note, and Other New Stories1893 · confirmed 2/4
    1893–
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  28. 30
    Tom Sawyer AbroadTom Sawyer and Huck Finn #41894 · 84 pages · confirmed 2/4
    189484
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Mark Twain books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  2. 2. The Annotated Huckleberry Finn
  3. 3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  4. 4. Tom Sawyer Abroad
  5. 5. Tom Sawyer, Detective
  6. 6. Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians and Other Unfinished Stories

Autobiography Of Mark Twain in order

3 books
  1. 1. Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
  2. 2. Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2
  3. 3. Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3

Diaries Of Adam and Eve in order

2 books
  1. 1. Extracts from Adam's Diary
  2. 2. Eve's Diary

History Highlights in order

1 book
  1. 7. Mark Twain and the Mississippi River

Studies in American Realism and Naturalism in order

1 book
  1. 20. Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews

Standalone books

58 books

58 Mark Twain titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Mark Twain Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Mark Twain books run from The Jumping Frog (1865) to Mark Twain and the Mississippi River (2020), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Mark Twain in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Mark Twain books in order?

You only need to read Mark Twain books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Mark Twain

Start with The Jumping Frog (1865), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mark Twain book?

Mark Twain and the Mississippi River (2020) is the newest Mark Twain book released so far.

Is there a new Mark Twain book coming?

No next Mark Twain book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Mark Twain has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Mark Twain. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • member of the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame1998Won

Mark Twain at a glance

Died
Mark Twain died in 1910, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Mark Twain are still being published after Mark Twain's death in 1910; the newest appeared in 2020.
Release pace
Mark Twain books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
6,984 pages across the 32 of 71 books with a recorded length, a median of 144 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mark Twain books, 14 of 71, were published in the 1900s.

What the Mark Twain books are about

26 of the 71 Mark Twain books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american humorous stories is tagged on 9 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.