Mark TwainNew · Biography, Nonfiction, History
Mark Twain
2025 · 1200 pages · Nonfiction
46
New
★ 4.17 on Goodreads · 8K ratings
≈ 30 hours to read · about 9 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2025). 4.17★ from 8K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
46Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers53 out of 100 · counts 50%+30
- Buzz72 out of 100 · counts 15%+12
Where it ranks
- #118 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #145 of the 220 history books we rank
- #283 of the 730 new books we rank
- #668 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2025)
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