Mark Twain was the pen name of American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910). He is best known for his Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn books among many other great novels. His work received universal praise from critics and peers alike, and he counted presidents, artists and royalty among his friends.

Mark Twain became a published author in 1867 with the short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. His first novel would be published in 1873, which was The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. Below is a list of Mark Twain’s published works in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Books

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Annotated Huckleberry Finn (1884)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians and Other Unfinished Stories (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Diaries Of Adam and Eve Books

Extracts from Adam's Diary (1904)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Eve's Diary (1906)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Gilded Age (1873)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Murder, a Mystery and a Marriage (1876)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Prince and the Pauper (1881)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The American Claimant (1892)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (1893)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (1896)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Double Barrelled Detective Story (1902)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Dog's Tale (1904)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
King Leopold's Soliloquy (1905)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Horse's Tale (1907)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Adventures of Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass (1928)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Adventures of Colonel Sellers (1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The Jumping Frog (1865)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pudd'nhead Wilson (1893)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mysterious Stranger (1916)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bakers Bluejay Yarn (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Stolen White Elephant (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Invalid's Story (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Stories (1867)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Eye Openers (1871)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Screamers (1871)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mark Twain's Sketches (1872)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sketches New and Old (1875)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Stolen White Elephant (1882)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Merry Tales (1892)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The 1,000,000 Pound Bank-Note, and Other New Stories (1893)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories (1900)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (1906)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories (1916)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Punch, Brothers, Punch (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Mark Twain's Letters From Hawaii (1866)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Innocents Abroad (1869)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Innocents at Home (1869)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography; and, First Romance (1871)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Roughing It (By: Rodman W. Paul) (1872)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Awful German Language / Die schreckliche deutsche Sprache (1880)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Tramp Abroad (1880)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
On the Decay of the Art of Lying (1880)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Life on the Mississippi (1883)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
How to Tell a Story and Other Essays (1897)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Following the Equator (1897)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
English as She is Taught (1900)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What is Man? and Other Essays (1906)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Debut as a Literary Person (1906)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Christian Science (1907)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Is Shakespeare Dead? (1909)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mark Twain's Speeches (1910)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bible According to Mark Twain (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews (With: Gary Scharnhorst) (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Letters from the Earth (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Autobiography Of Mark Twain Books

Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 (1925)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2 (1925)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3 (1925)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of The Year of the Cat Books

A Cat of a Different Color (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Annie Reed,Louisa Swann,Lisa Silverthorne,Dean Wesley Smith,Ray Vukcevich,Dory Crowe) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat of Perfect Taste (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat of Disdainful Looks (With: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Rudyard Kipling,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Ray Vukcevich,John Adams,Jodi Lyn Nye) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat of Strange Lands (By: Dean Wesley Smith) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat of Cozy Situations (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Henry Slesar,Joan Aiken,Annie Reed,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Mary Turzillo) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Atlantic Harvest: Memoirs of the Atlantic(1947)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
50 Great American Short Stories(1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
21 Great Stories(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Adventure Stories for Boys and Girls(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Unknown California(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Famous and Curious Animal Stories(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Great Baseball Stories(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Spells of Enchantment(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Prose and Poetry of the American West(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Writing New York(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
San Francisco Noir 2(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
50 Classic Novellas(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cairo Anthology: Two Hundred Years of Travel Writing(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Citing Atheists: Quotes of Agnosticism, Non-Theism, Skepticism, Irreligion, Free Thought, and Philosophy(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dover Anthology of Cat Stories(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Favorite Love Stories(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Further Crossovers of Sherlock Holmes(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Driftless Reader(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Living to Tell the Horrid Tales(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Writers: Their Lives and Works(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Animals We Love(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Midnight(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat of Disdainful Looks(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Classic Cat Stories(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dover Anthology of Classic Christmas Stories(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: The Gilded Age was co-authored by C.D. Warner. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is also known as A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur. The Adventures of Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass was written under the name of Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass.

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