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Sunnybank Books in Order

Sunnybank by Albert Payson Terhune contains 22 books, published between 1919 and 1940. The first book is Lad, a Dog (1919) and the newest is Dogs (1940). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1919–1940
Pages on record
2,932 in 13 of 22 books
Reading time
49–73 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,932 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

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Sunnybank is Albert Payson Terhune's collection of dog stories, with 22 books published between 1919 and 1940. Lad, a Dog (1919) begins the run, and Bruce (1920), Buff (1921) and The Heart of a Dog (1921) come after it. Collies, dog legends and short stories feature among the subject headings. Treve (1924) and Wolf (1925) are later single-name titles, and Dogs (1940) is the final book.

Source: composed

How many Sunnybank books are there?

Sunnybank has 22 books, released between 1919 and 1940.

Sunnybank Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Sunnybank 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 November 2026.

  1. Cover of Lad, a Dog by Albert Payson Terhune, book 1 of the Sunnybank series (1919)
  2. Cover of His Dog by Albert Payson Terhune, book 5 of the Sunnybank series (1922)
  3. Cover of Grudge Mountain / Dog of the High Sierras by Albert Payson Terhune, book 8 of the Sunnybank series (1923)
  4. Cover of Gray Dawn by Albert Payson Terhune, book 13 of the Sunnybank series (1927)
  5. Cover of Loot!/Collie to The Rescue by Albert Payson Terhune, book 14 of the Sunnybank series (1928)
  6. Cover of Lad of Sunnybank by Albert Payson Terhune, book 15 of the Sunnybank series (1929)
  7. Cover of The Way Of A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune, book 17 of the Sunnybank series (1932)
  8. Cover of The Critter and Other Dogs by Albert Payson Terhune, book 20 of the Sunnybank series (1936)
  1. 1
    Lad, a Dog1919 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1919286
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  2. 2
    Bruce1920 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1920112
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  3. 3
    Buff1921 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1921348
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  4. 4
    The Heart of a Dog1921 · confirmed 1/4
    1921–
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  5. 5
    His Dog1922 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1922112
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  6. 6
    My Friend the Dog1922 · confirmed 1/4
    1922–
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  7. 7
    A Book of Famous Dogs / Famous Dog Stories Every Child Should Know1922 · confirmed 1/4
    1922–
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  8. 8
    Grudge Mountain / Dog of the High Sierras1923 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1923262
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  9. 9
    Treve1924 · confirmed 1/4
    1924–
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  10. 10
    Wolf1925 · 236 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1925236
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  11. 11
    Treasure/The Faith of a Collie1926 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1926222
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  12. 12
    The Luk of the Laird / A highland collie1926 · confirmed 1/4
    1926–
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  13. 13
    Gray Dawn1927 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1927182
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  14. 14
    Loot!/Collie to The Rescue1928 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1928277
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  15. 15
    Lad of Sunnybank1929 · confirmed 1/4
    1929–
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  16. 16
    A Dog Named Chips1931 · confirmed 1/4
    1931–
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  17. 17
    The Way Of A Dog1932 · 376 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1932376
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  18. 18
    Real Tales of Real Dogs1935 · confirmed 1/4
    1935–
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  19. 19
    True Dog Stories1936 · 58 pages · confirmed 1/4
    193658
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  20. 20
    The Critter and Other Dogs1936 · 403 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1936403
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  21. 21
    Unseen!1937 · confirmed 1/4
    1937–
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  22. 22
    Dogs1940 · 58 pages · confirmed 1/4
    194058
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Is there a chronological order for Sunnybank?

No separate chronological order is on record for Sunnybank, 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 Sunnybank books in order?

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

Where to start with Sunnybank

Start with Lad, a Dog (1919), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sunnybank book?

Dogs (1940) is the newest Sunnybank book released so far.

Is there a new Sunnybank book coming?

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

Sunnybank at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Sunnybank title on record dates from 1940, 86 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Sunnybank books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,932 pages across the 13 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 236 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sunnybank books, 14 of 22, were published in the 1920s.

When Sunnybank books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Sunnybank titles appeared. 1920s was the most productive decade with 14 titles.

1910s
1
1920s
14
1930s
6
1940s
1

22 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Sunnybank books are about

13 of the 22 Sunnybank books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: dogs is tagged on 12 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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