Mark Twain
- Books on site
- 3
- Total words
- 300,033
- Reading time
- 16.7 h
- Years covered
- 1876–1889
- Longest
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), who grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, learned the river as a steamboat pilot, and spent the rest of his life turning that childhood into the books collected here. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) is the boy’s book; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) is the one that changed American prose.
All are free in EPUB, AZW3 and KEPUB. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn share the same small town on the same river, a few years apart; A Connecticut Yankee carries the same voice into sixth-century Britain. Read them in any order, though almost everyone meets Tom first.
Every Mark Twain title on editions.ink
In publication order, with word counts and reading time. The list is generated from the book pages themselves, so a new release appears here automatically.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer1876 · 70,000 words
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1884 · 109,000 words
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court1889 · 121,033 words| Year | Title | Words | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 70,000 | ~5 h |
| 1884 | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 109,000 | ~7 h |
| 1889 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court | 121,033 | ~8 h |
Still only at Project Gutenberg
Further Mark Twain titles are in the public domain but not yet built here. They are listed so you can see the shape of the whole bibliography; the links go to Project Gutenberg, where the plain text is available today.
- Life on the Mississippi (Gutenberg #245)
- A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 (Gutenberg #5788)
- The Prince and the Pauper (Gutenberg #1837)
- Roughing It (Gutenberg #3177)
- Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World (Gutenberg #2895)
- The Innocents Abroad (Gutenberg #3176)
- Sketches New and Old (Gutenberg #3189)
- The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson (Gutenberg #102)
- The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (Gutenberg #3178)
- What Is Man? and Other Essays (Gutenberg #70)
- A Tramp Abroad (Gutenberg #119)
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Questions readers ask
How many Mark Twain books are free on editions.ink?
There are 3 editions on the site, together about 300,033 words, or roughly 20 hours of reading. Each page has the full text as EPUB, AZW3 and KEPUB.
What is the best Mark Twain book to start with?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876): it is the shortest complete work here, at about 4.7 hours.
Are these editions complete or abridged?
Complete. The text comes from the public-domain transcription and is checked against the printed edition named on each book page; nothing is cut, modernised or annotated away.
Which format should I download?
EPUB is the safest default for phones, tablets, Kobo and most reading apps. AZW3 suits older Kindles, and KEPUB is the Kobo-native format with better page-turn and footnote handling on a Kobo device.
Do I need an account or an app?
No. The download links are direct files served from the site; no account, newsletter or paywall is involved.
How long does Adventures of Huckleberry Finn take?
About 7.3 hours at 300 words per minute for 109,000 words — the longest title on this page. The whole list runs to roughly 12 hours.
Part of the author index and the complete catalogue. Every book page carries the full text, chapter summaries, characters, themes and the download links.