I know the short answer to this is "No," but I'm hoping for a more nuanced answer or two; is there a consensus about which Twain works, when limited to full-length "books" (novels and nonfiction focusing on one main subject/theme) are considered his best works? The list I'm thinking of would include the following, in chronological order: The Innocents Abroad (1869), travel Roughing It (1872), travel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) A Tramp Abroad (1880), travel The Prince and the Pauper (1881) Life on the Mississippi (1883), travel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) The American Claimant (1892) Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (1896) Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896) Following the Equator (sometimes titled "More Tramps Abroad") (1897), travel I would personally place them in this ranking: Roughing It The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Innocents Abroad The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Life on the Mississippi A Tramp Abroad Following the Equator A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today The Prince and the Pauper The American Claimant Pudd'nhead Wilson Tom Sawyer Abroad Tom Sawyer, Detective Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc ...but wonder if there is a consensus as to ranking (by critics/scholars, etc.), or at least as to popularity (appreciation by the water-imbibing public) - B. Clay Shannon