Thrush Green Books in Order
Miss Read has written 14 Thrush Green books, published between 1959 and 2009: 13 in the Thrush Green series and 1 related title. The first book is Thrush Green (1959) and the newest main-line book is Christmas at Thrush Green (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1959–2009
- Pages on record
- 3,102 in 13 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 52–78 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,102 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Thrush Green is an imaginary English village and the setting of Miss Read's fourteen-book series. Thrush Green (1959) opens the run, followed by Winter in Thrush Green (1961), News From Thrush Green (1970) and Battles at Thrush Green (1975), and Christmas at Thrush Green closes it in 2009. Country life, villages and the Cotswold hills fill the subject tags.
How many Thrush Green books are there?
Thrush Green has 14 books, released between 1959 and 2009. 13 of them belong to the Thrush Green series, and 1 related title sit outside it: non-fiction.
Thrush Green Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Thrush Green 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.
- 119592262/4
- 219612262/4
- 319702392/4
- 419752402/4
- 519782552/4
- 619812462/4
- 719832562/4
- 819862722/4
- 919872562/4
- 1019882072/4
- 1119912562/4
- 1219921512/4
- 1319962722/4
- 142009–2/4
Do you have to read Thrush Green books in order?
You should read the Thrush Green series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (non-fiction) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Thrush Green book also stands alone.
Where to start with Thrush Green
Start with Thrush Green (1959), the earliest published book in the Thrush Green series.
What is the newest Thrush Green book?
Christmas at Thrush Green (2009) is the newest book in the Thrush Green series.
Is there a new Thrush Green book coming?
No next Thrush Green book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Thrush Green at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Thrush Green title on record is Christmas at Thrush Green (2009), 17 years ago.
- Release pace
- Thrush Green books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 3,102 pages across the 13 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 246 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Thrush Green books, 5 of 14, were published in the 1980s.
What the Thrush Green books are about
All 14 Thrush Green books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: england is tagged on 12 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- England 12 of 14 books
- Country life 7 of 14 books
- Fiction in English 4 of 14 books
- Christian fiction 3 of 14 books
- Villages 2 of 14 books
More books by Miss Read
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Miss Read books in order 53 books