From the Bookshelf of Around the World in 80 Books

Find A Copy At

Group Discussions About This Book

No group discussions for this book yet.

What Members Thought

Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
Second read: I'm rereading this book in order to lead a discussion in a couple of months on the book James by Percival Everett. More later.


First read:
"You don’t know about me, without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' but that ain’t no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth."

And that's the start of our introduction to one of life's most charming main character
...more
Cheryl
Nov 28, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Re-read for my high schoolers Am Lit class. Still love it but found it better to listen to for the students. So interesting to hear their POV.
Jamie
May 09, 2009 marked it as need-to-get
N.R. Bergeson
May 19, 2009 marked it as to-read
Alexis
Jun 18, 2009 rated it really liked it
Annie
Jul 07, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 1001-read
Heather
Jul 25, 2009 rated it really liked it
Carla
Sep 20, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Erica
Jan 02, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: classics
Kimberly
Feb 12, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: books-i-own
M.H. Sullivan
May 05, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Jennifer
Sep 12, 2024 rated it really liked it
Shelves: classics
Charles
Sep 09, 2010 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
Victoria Allman
Jan 14, 2011 rated it it was amazing
silly_soup
Jul 28, 2011 rated it liked it
Mike
Aug 06, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Nancy H
Sep 06, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Devin
Jan 01, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shahrzad Lolachi
Jun 21, 2013 rated it it was ok
Jessica
Nov 26, 2013 marked it as to-read
Visvanathan Sambasivam
Aug 17, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Mary
Aug 31, 2014 rated it really liked it
Dries
Jun 19, 2015 marked it as to-read
marianne
May 04, 2017 rated it really liked it