Miss Read Novels in Order
One of my favourite authors remains Miss Read. I have very many happy memories of afternoons spent in the Readers Rest in Lincoln, overjoyed to spot the orange spines and delightful stories within a Miss Read Novel. Her two most popular series are the Fairacre books, featuring Miss Read and the indomitable Mrs Pringle and Thrush Green novels with Mrs Curdle. I've listed them here as well as the other stand alone novels.
Fairacre Series
- Village School
- Village Diary
- Storm in the Village
- Miss Clare Remembers
- Over the Gate
- Village Christmas
- Fairacre Festival
- Emily Davis
- The Christmas Mouse
- Tyler's Row
- Farther Afield
- No Holly for Miss Quinn
- Village Affairs
- The White Robin
- Village Centenary
- Summer at Fairacre
- Mrs Pringle of Fairacre
- Changes at Fairacre
- Fairwell to Fairacre
- A Peaceful Retirement
Thrush Green Series
- Thrush Green
- Winter in Thrush Green
- News from Thrush Green
- Battles at Thrush Green
- Return to Thrush Green
- Gossip from Thrush Green
- Affairs at Thrush Green
- At Home in Thrush Green
- The School at Thrush Green
- Friends at Thrush Green
- Celebrations at Thrush Green
- The Year at Thrush Green
- Christmas at Thrush Green
Caxley Chronicles Series
- The Market Square
- The Howards of Caxley
Stand-Alone Novels
- Fresh from the Country
- Tales from a Village School
Children's Books
- Hobby Horse Cottage
- The Little Red Bus
- The New Bed
- No Hat!
- Plum Pie
- Hob and the Horse Bat
- Cluck, The Little Black Hen
- The Little Peg Doll
- Tiggy
- Animal Boy
Non-Fiction Books
- The World of Thrush Green
- Miss Read's Country Cooking, Or to cut a Cabbage Leaf
- Fortunate Grandchild
- Time Remembered
- The English Vicarage Garden
- Early Days
- Mrs Griffin Sends her Love and other Writing