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Magic Faraway Tree Books in Order

Magic Faraway Tree contains 11 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 Magic Faraway Tree is a children's fantasy series about an imaginary tree in an enchanted wood. Eleven books span 1939 to 2023, opening with The Enchanted Wood (1939) and continuing through The Magic Faraway Tree (1943), The Folk of the Faraway Tree (1946) and Up the Faraway Tree (1985). Later additions include The Land of Goodies (2016), In Santa Claus's Castle (2016), The Land of Enchantments (2017) and Moonface's Story (2021), and the newest is A Christmas Adventure (2023). Magic and friendship are the recorded subjects, and the series has been dormant since.

How many Magic Faraway Tree books are there?

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

Magic Faraway Tree Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Magic 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 Wood1939 · 213 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1939213
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  2. 2
    The Magic Faraway Tree1943 · 185 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1943185
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  3. 3
    The Folk of the Faraway Tree1946 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1946192
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  4. 4
    Up the Faraway Tree1985 · 129 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1985129
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  5. 5
    The Yellow Fairy Book1993 · 157 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993157
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  6. 6
    The Land of Goodies2016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  7. 7
    In Santa Claus's Castle2016 · 112 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016112
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  8. 8
    The Land of Enchantments2017 · 82 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201782
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  9. 9
    Moonface's Story2021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  10. 10
    A New Adventure2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  11. 11
    A Christmas Adventure2023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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Do you have to read Magic Faraway Tree books in order?

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

Where to start with Magic Faraway Tree

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

What is the newest Magic Faraway Tree book?

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

Is there a new Magic Faraway Tree book coming?

No next Magic 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.

Magic Faraway Tree at a glance

Paused
No new Magic Faraway Tree title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Magic 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 Magic 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 Magic Faraway Tree books are about

5 of the 11 Magic 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.

Characters in the Magic Faraway Tree books

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

Other series by Enid Blyton

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