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Faraway Tree Books in Order

There are 11 Faraway Tree books, published between 1939 and 2023. The first book is The Enchanted Wood (1939) and the newest is A Christmas Adventure (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1939–2023
Confirmed
11 of 11 titles
Pages on record
1,070 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
18–27 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,070 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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The Faraway Tree is Enid Blyton's children's fantasy setting, an imaginary place tied to the Enchanted Wood. The Enchanted Wood (1939) opens the listing, followed by The Magic Faraway Tree (1943) and The Folk of the Faraway Tree (1946). Later entries include Up the Faraway Tree (1985), The Land of Goodies (2016) and Moonface's Story (2021). A New Adventure (2022) and A Christmas Adventure (2023) are credited to Jacqueline Wilson. Magic, friendship and adventure appear among the subjects.

How many Faraway Tree books are there?

Faraway Tree has 11 books, released between 1939 and 2023.

Faraway Tree Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Faraway Tree 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 The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton, book 1 of the Magic Faraway Tree series (1939)
  2. Cover of The Folk of the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton, book 3 of the Magic Faraway Tree series (1946)
  3. Cover of Up the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton, book 4 of the Magic Faraway Tree series (1985)
  4. Cover of The Yellow Fairy Book by Enid Blyton, book 5 of the Magic Faraway Tree series (1993)
  5. Cover of The Land of Goodies by Enid Blyton, book 6 of the Magic Faraway Tree series (2016)
  6. Cover of The Land of Enchantments by Enid Blyton, book 8 of the Magic Faraway Tree series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Enchanted WoodMagic Faraway Tree #11939 · 213 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1939213
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  2. 2
    The Magic Faraway TreeMagic Faraway Tree #21943 · 185 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1943185
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  3. 3
    The Folk of the Faraway TreeMagic Faraway Tree #31946 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1946192
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  4. 4
    Up the Faraway TreeMagic Faraway Tree #41985 · 129 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1985129
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  5. 5
    The Yellow Fairy BookMagic Faraway Tree #51993 · 157 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993157
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  6. 6
    The Land of GoodiesMagic Faraway Tree #62016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  7. 7
    In Santa Claus's CastleMagic Faraway Tree #72016 · 112 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016112
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  8. 8
    The Land of EnchantmentsMagic Faraway Tree #82017 · 82 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201782
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  9. 9
    Moonface's StoryMagic Faraway Tree #92021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  10. 10
    A New AdventureMagic Faraway Tree #102022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  11. 11
    A Christmas AdventureMagic Faraway Tree #112023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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Do you have to read Faraway Tree books in order?

You should read the Faraway Tree books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Faraway Tree book also stands alone.

Where to start with Faraway Tree

Start with The Enchanted Wood (1939), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Faraway Tree book?

A Christmas Adventure (2023) is the newest Faraway Tree book released so far.

Is there a new Faraway Tree book coming?

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

Faraway Tree at a glance

Paused
No new Faraway Tree title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Faraway Tree books have appeared about one every 8 years on average.
Length
1,070 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 157 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Faraway Tree books, 3 of 11, were published in the 2020s.
Attribution
Of the 11 titles, 9 are credited to Enid Blyton and 2 to Jacqueline Wilson.

What the Faraway Tree books are about

5 of the 11 Faraway Tree 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 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Series that include Faraway Tree books

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.