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Anne Shirley Books in Order

Anne Shirley contains 11 books, published between 1908 and 2025. The first book is Anne of Green Gables (1908) and the newest is Anne of Avonlea - Unabridged (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1908–2025
Confirmed
3 of 11 titles
Pages on record
2,130 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
36–53 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,130 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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Anne Shirley is a series by L.M. Montgomery that opens with Anne of Green Gables (1908). Catalogue subjects include orphans, country life, friendship, teachers, marriage and Prince Edward Island. Montgomery's entries run through Anne of Avonlea (1909), Anne of the Island (1915), Anne's House of Dreams (1917), Rainbow Valley (1919) and Rilla of Ingleside (1921) to Anne of Windy Poplars (1936) and Anne of Ingleside (1939). Before Green Gables appears in 2008, and Budge Wilson is credited on 1 of the listed books.

How many Anne Shirley books are there?

Anne Shirley has 11 books, released between 1908 and 2025.

Anne Shirley Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Anne Shirley 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 Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, book 1 of the Anne Shirley series (1908)
  2. Cover of Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery, book 2 of the Anne Shirley series (1909)
  3. Cover of Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery, book 3 of the Anne Shirley series (1915)
  4. Cover of Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery, book 4 of the Anne Shirley series (1917)
  5. Cover of Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery, book 5 of the Anne Shirley series (1919)
  6. Cover of Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery, book 6 of the Anne Shirley series (1921)
  7. Cover of Anne of Windy Poplars / Anne of Windy Willows by L.M. Montgomery, book 7 of the Anne Shirley series (1936)
  8. Cover of Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery, book 8 of the Anne Shirley series (1939)
  9. Cover of Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson, book 9 of the Anne Shirley series (2008)
  10. Cover of Anne Of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, book 10 of the Anne Shirley series (2024)
  1. 1
    Anne of Green Gables1908 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1908448
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  2. 2
    Anne of Avonlea1909 · 276 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1909276
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  3. 3
    Anne of the Island1915 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1915244
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  4. 4
    Anne's House of Dreams1917 · 227 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1917227
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  5. 5
    Rainbow Valley1919 · confirmed 3/4
    1919–
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  6. 6
    Rilla of Ingleside1921 · 277 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1921277
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  7. 7
    Anne of Windy Poplars / Anne of Windy Willows1936 · 258 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1936258
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  8. 8
    Anne of Ingleside1939 · confirmed 2/4
    1939–
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  9. 9
    Before Green Gables2008 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008400
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  10. 10
    Anne Of Green Gables2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  11. 11
    Anne of Avonlea - Unabridged2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Anne Shirley Books in Chronological Order

In story order, Anne of Green Gables comes first and Anne of Avonlea - Unabridged comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 11 books below run in that in-universe sequence.

  1. 1
    Anne of Green Gables1908 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1908448
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  2. 2
    Anne of Avonlea1909 · 276 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1909276
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  3. 3
    Anne of the Island1915 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1915244
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  4. 7
    Anne of Windy Poplars / Anne of Windy Willows1936 · 258 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1936258
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  5. 4
    Anne's House of Dreams1917 · 227 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1917227
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  6. 8
    Anne of Ingleside1939 · confirmed 2/4
    1939–
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  7. 5
    Rainbow Valley1919 · confirmed 3/4
    1919–
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  8. 6
    Rilla of Ingleside1921 · 277 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1921277
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  9. 9
    Before Green Gables2008 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008400
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  10. 10
    Anne Of Green Gables2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  11. 11
    Anne of Avonlea - Unabridged2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Do you have to read Anne Shirley books in order?

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

Where to start with Anne Shirley

Start with Anne of Green Gables (1908), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Anne Shirley book?

Anne of Avonlea - Unabridged (2025) is the newest Anne Shirley book released so far.

Is there a new Anne Shirley book coming?

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

Anne Shirley at a glance

Still running
Anne Shirley is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Anne Shirley books have appeared about one every 12 years on average.
Length
2,130 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 276 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Anne Shirley books, 3 of 11, were published in the 1910s.
Attribution
Of the 11 titles, 10 are credited to L.M. Montgomery and 1 to Budge Wilson.

What the Anne Shirley books are about

9 of the 11 Anne Shirley 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 8 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Characters in the Anne Shirley books

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