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Johanna Spyri Books in Order

21 books are credited to Johanna Spyri, published between 1880 and 2019; 15 of them appeared after Johanna Spyri's death in 1901. The first book is Heidi (1880) and the newest is Sina (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
21
Published
1880–2019
Pages on record
1,761 in 11 of 21 books
Reading time
29–44 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,761 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Johanna Spyri, author

Heidi (1880) is the best-known book by Johanna Spyri (1827-1901), a Swiss writer of novels and children's stories. Spyri was born Johanna Heusser in Hirzel, a rural part of the canton of Zürich. Summers spent near Chur in Graubünden as a child supplied the setting of her novels. The catalogue lists 21 titles, including Toni, the Little Woodcarver (1882), Gritli's Children (1884), Cornelli (1892) and Moni the Goat Boy, and Other Stories (1915).

How many Johanna Spyri books are there?

Johanna Spyri has 21 books, released between 1880 and 2019. 15 of them were published after Johanna Spyri's death in 1901.

Johanna Spyri Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Johanna Spyri 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.

  1. Cover of Heidi by Johanna Spyri (1880)
  2. Cover of Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country by Johanna Spyri (1883)
  3. Cover of Gritli's Children by Johanna Spyri (1884)
  4. Cover of What Sami Sings with the Birds by Johanna Spyri (1901)
  5. Cover of Rico and Stineli by Johanna Spyri (1911)
  6. Cover of Mazli by Johanna Spyri (1921)
  7. Cover of Vinzi by Johanna Spyri (1923)
  8. Cover of Veronica by Johanna Spyri (1924)
  9. Cover of Eveli the Little Singer by Johanna Spyri (2004)
  10. Cover of Veronica And Other Friends by Johanna Spyri (2009)
  1. 1
    Heidi1880 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1880162
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  2. 2
    Toni, the Little Woodcarver1882 · confirmed 1/4
    1882–
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  3. 3
    Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country1883 · 108 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1883108
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  4. 4
    Gritli's Children1884 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1884144
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  5. 5
    Cornelli1892 · confirmed 1/4
    1892–
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  6. 6
    What Sami Sings with the Birds1901 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190148
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  7. 7
    Rico and Stineli1911 · 148 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1911148
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  8. 9
    Mazli1921 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1921200
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  9. 10
    Erick and Sally1921 · confirmed 1/4
    1921–
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  10. 11
    Vinzi1923 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1923288
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  11. 12
    Veronica1924 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1924120
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  12. 13
    Dora1924 · confirmed 1/4
    1924–
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  13. 14
    Jorli1924 · confirmed 1/4
    1924–
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  14. 15
    The Children's Christmas Carol1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  15. 16
    Heimatlos1959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  16. 17
    Eveli the Little Singer2004 · 268 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004268
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  17. 18
    Veronica And Other Friends2009 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200964
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  18. 19
    Rico and Wiseli2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  19. 20
    The Rose Child2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  20. 21
    Sina2019 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019211
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Johanna Spyri 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.

Standalone books

21 books

21 Johanna Spyri titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Johanna Spyri books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 21 Johanna Spyri books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Johanna Spyri

Start with Heidi (1880), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Johanna Spyri book?

Sina (2019) is the newest Johanna Spyri book released so far.

Is there a new Johanna Spyri book coming?

No next Johanna Spyri book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Johanna Spyri at a glance

Died
Johanna Spyri died in 1901, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Johanna Spyri are still being published after Johanna Spyri's death in 1901; the newest appeared in 2019.
Release pace
Johanna Spyri books have appeared about one every 7 years on average.
Length
1,761 pages across the 11 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 148 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Johanna Spyri books, 6 of 21, were published in the 1920s.

What the Johanna Spyri books are about

3 of the 21 Johanna Spyri books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.