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Fairacre Books in Order

Fairacre by Miss Read contains 21 books, published between 1955 and 1996. The first book is Village School (1955) and the newest is A Peaceful Retirement (1996). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
21
Published
1955–1996
Pages on record
3,691 in 18 of 21 books
Reading time
62–92 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,691 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

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Fairacre is the imaginary English village at the centre of Miss Read's long sequence of novels about country life. The 21 catalogued books open with Village School (1955) and close with A Peaceful Retirement (1996), taking in Village Diary (1957), Storm in the Village (1958), Miss Clare Remembers (1962), Over the Gate (1964) and The Christmas Mouse (1973). The village school and its principal, rural England and English Christmas stories run through the sequence, which ended in 1996.

How many Fairacre books are there?

Fairacre has 21 books, released between 1955 and 1996.

Fairacre Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Fairacre 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 Village School by Miss Read, book 1 of the Fairacre series (1955)
  2. Cover of Storm in the Village by Miss Read, book 3 of the Fairacre series (1958)
  3. Cover of Miss Clare Remembers by Miss Read, book 4 of the Fairacre series (1962)
  4. Cover of Village Christmas by Miss Read, book 6 of the Fairacre series (1966)
  5. Cover of The Christmas Mouse by Miss Read, book 9 of the Fairacre series (1973)
  6. Cover of Village Affairs by Miss Read, book 13 of the Fairacre series (1977)
  7. Cover of Village Centenary by Miss Read, book 15 of the Fairacre series (1980)
  8. Cover of Summer at Fairacre by Miss Read, book 16 of the Fairacre series (1984)
  9. Cover of Mrs. Pringle of Fairacre by Miss Read, book 17 of the Fairacre series (1989)
  10. Cover of Changes at Fairacre by Miss Read, book 18 of the Fairacre series (1991)
  11. Cover of Farewell to Fairacre by Miss Read, book 19 of the Fairacre series (1993)
  12. Cover of A Peaceful Retirement by Miss Read, book 20 of the Fairacre series (1996)
  1. 1
    Village School1955 · 238 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1955238
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  2. 1
    Tales from a Village School1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  3. 2
    Village Diary1957 · 254 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1957254
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  4. 3
    Storm in the Village1958 · 247 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1958247
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  5. 4
    Miss Clare Remembers1962 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1962275
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  6. 5
    Over the Gate1964 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1964236
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  7. 6
    Village Christmas1966 · 52 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196652
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  8. 7
    The Fairacre Festival1968 · 103 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968103
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  9. 8
    Emily Davis1971 · confirmed 2/4
    1971–
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  10. 9
    The Christmas Mouse1973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  11. 10
    Tyler's Row1973 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973240
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  12. 11
    Farther Afield1973 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973224
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  13. 12
    No Holly for Miss Quinn1976 · 148 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976148
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  14. 13
    Village Affairs1977 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977240
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  15. 14
    The White Robin1979 · 122 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979122
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  16. 15
    Village Centenary1980 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980240
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  17. 16
    Summer at Fairacre1984 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984256
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  18. 17
    Mrs. Pringle of Fairacre1989 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989176
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  19. 18
    Changes at Fairacre1991 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991256
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  20. 19
    Farewell to Fairacre1993 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993224
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  21. 20
    A Peaceful Retirement1996 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996160
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Is there a chronological order for Fairacre?

No separate chronological order is on record for Fairacre, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Fairacre books in order?

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

Where to start with Fairacre

Start with Village School (1955), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Fairacre book?

A Peaceful Retirement (1996) is the newest Fairacre book released so far.

Is there a new Fairacre book coming?

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

Fairacre at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Fairacre title on record dates from 1996, 30 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Fairacre books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,691 pages across the 18 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 237 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Fairacre books, 7 of 21, were published in the 1970s.

What the Fairacre books are about

18 of the 21 Fairacre 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 14 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Miss Read

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.