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Anne of Green Gables Books in Order

8 books from Anne of Green Gables (1908) to Rilla of Ingleside (1920). Rated 4.7 across 47,009 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Anne of Green Gables

    Book 1 1908 by Lucy Maud Montgomery 4.8 (31.5k)

    When an aging brother and sister adopt an orphan boy to help with chores around their farm, neither is prepared for the feisty and imaginative redheaded girl who is mistakenly brought to them....

  2. Anne of Avonlea

    Book 2 1909 by Lucy Maud Montgomery 4.6 (5.4k)

    The second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. This book follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school....

  3. Anne of the Island

    Book 3 1915 4.7 (3.8k)

    Anne Shirley, the mischievous, carrot-topped waif of Anne of Green Gables, has grown into a lovely young woman who leaves the security of Prince Edward Island to enroll at Redmond College.

  4. Anne of Windy Poplars

    Book 4 1936 by L. M. Montgomery 4.5 (1.6k)

    Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles.

  5. Anne's House of Dreams

    Book 5 1917 4.7 (1.8k)

    Acclaimed author L.M. Montgomery continues the story of Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea in Anne's House of Dreams. Anne and Gilbert move to Four Winds Harbor to start their new life together.

  6. Anne of Ingleside

    Book 6 1939 by L. M. Montgomery 4.5 (884)

    The mother of five, Anne never has a dull moment in her home, and, now with a new baby on the way and insufferable Aunt Mary Maria visiting - and wearing out her welcome - her life is full to bursting. Still, Mrs.

  7. Rainbow Valley

    Book 7 1919 4.7 (1k)

    Anne Shirley is all grown up and married to her longtime sweetheart Gilbert Blythe. What’s more, they have six wonderfully mischievous children—who’ve just discovered a new secret hideout.

  8. Rilla of Ingleside

    Book 8 1920 4.8 (1.1k)

    In 1914 Rilla Blythe, youngest daughter of Anne, is almost 15. Life with her many brothers and sisters has been delightful and Rilla dazzles everyone she meets with her charm and beauty.

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Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Anne of Green Gables is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.