


So rest assured: there’s more to Twain that simply The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Not to mention, he was ridiculously prolific - writing 28 books and upwards of some 100 short stories!

As an illustrious novelist, distinguished essayist, popular travel writer, beloved humorist, and astute literary critic, Twain casts an intimidatingly long shadow on any American author who dares to follow him. More than a century later, Mark Twain remains one of the best writers that America has ever produced. 14 Mark Twain Books That Everyone Should ReadĬontroversial, brilliant, and ever witty, the man who would shape American literature was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in a small riverside town in Missouri in 1835.
