Budge Wilson Books in Order
Budge Wilson has written 34 books, published between 1986 and 2016. The first book is A House Far from Home (1986) and the newest is After Swissair (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 34
- Published
- 1986–2016
- Pages on record
- 3,505 in 30 of 34 books
- Reading time
- 58–88 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,505 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 34 titles with a page count on record.
Budge Wilson (1927-2021) was a Canadian writer known for children's literature. Wilson began writing in her fifties and saw a first book published in 1984, at 56; more than thirty books followed, most of them for children. This catalogue lists 34 titles published between 1986 and 2016, from A House Far from Home (1986) to After Swissair (2016). Family, friendship, girls and boys, cats and Canadian short stories are the recurring subjects, and Anne Shirley of Anne of Green Gables appears among the characters. Wilson received the Order of Canada and the Order of Nova Scotia.
How many Budge Wilson books are there?
Budge Wilson has 34 books, released between 1986 and 2016. They include 2 series and 24 titles listed outside any series.
Budge Wilson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 34 Budge Wilson books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119861301/4
- 2Mr. John Bertrand Nijinsky and Charlie1986 · 36 pages · confirmed 1/41986361/4
- 319871251/4
- 4Breakdown1989 · confirmed 1/41989–1/4
- 5Madame Belzile and Ramsay Hitherton Hobbs1990 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/41990481/4
- 61990971/4
- 7The Leaving1991 · 161 pages · confirmed 1/419911611/4
- 819911231/4
- 91991–1/4
- 10Going Bananas1992 · 59 pages · confirmed 1/41992591/4
- 11Oliver's Wars1992 · 101 pages · confirmed 1/419921011/4
- 12Cordelia Clark1994 · 167 pages · confirmed 1/419941671/4
- 13The Courtship1994 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419941601/4
- 14Cassandra's Driftwood1995 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/41995481/4
- 15The Dandelion Garden1995 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/419951681/4
- 16Mothers and Other Strangers: Stories1996 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/419961941/4
- 17Duff the Giant Killer1997 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/41997641/4
- 18Sharla1997 · 163 pages · confirmed 1/419971631/4
- 19Long Wait1997 · confirmed 1/41997–1/4
- 20Duff's Monkey Business2000 · 63 pages · confirmed 1/42000631/4
- 21The Fear of Angelina Domino2000 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42000321/4
- 22Manfred the Unmanageable Monster2001 · 45 pages · confirmed 1/42001451/4
- 23A Fiddle for Angus2001 · confirmed 1/42001–1/4
- 242002881/4
- 25Fractures2002 · 198 pages · confirmed 1/420021981/4
- 26Harold and Harold2002 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/42002481/4
- 27The Cat That Barked2002 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42002641/4
- 28The Imperfect Perfect Christmas2004 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/42004481/4
- 2920051001/4
- 302005871/4
- 3120061521/4
- 32Friendships2006 · 210 pages · confirmed 1/420062101/4
- 3320084002/4
- 34After Swissair2016 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/420161261/4
Budge Wilson books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Lorinda Dauphinee in order
5 booksOur Canadian Girl: Izzie in order
4 booksAnne Shirley in order
1 bookStandalone books
24 books24 Budge Wilson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Budge Wilson books in order?
You only need to read Budge Wilson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Budge Wilson
Start with A House Far from Home (1986), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Budge Wilson book?
After Swissair (2016) is the newest Budge Wilson book released so far.
Is there a new Budge Wilson book coming?
No next Budge Wilson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Budge Wilson has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Budge Wilson. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award1991Won
- Dartmouth Book Award1991Won
Budge Wilson at a glance
- Died
- Budge Wilson died in 2021, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Budge Wilson on record dates from 2016.
- Release pace
- Budge Wilson books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,505 pages across the 30 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 100 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Budge Wilson books, 15 of 34, were published in the 1990s.
What the Budge Wilson books are about
31 of the 34 Budge Wilson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 14 of 31. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 14 of 31 books
- Canadian Short stories 4 of 31 books
- Family life 4 of 31 books
- Cats 3 of 31 books
- Friendship 3 of 31 books
- Girls 3 of 31 books
- Short stories 3 of 31 books
- Amitié 2 of 31 books
- Boys 2 of 31 books
- Canada 2 of 31 books