Order of Fairacre Books

Fairacre is a series of British literary fiction by English author Miss Read (Dora Jessie Saint). The series follows the various residents who live in the village of Fairacre, located in the English countryside. Miss Read is also a character in the series – she is a schoolmistress who teaches a group of lovable children.
The Fairacre series began in 1955 with the novel Village School. The series lasted 20 novels and 1 collection until the novel A Peaceful Retirement, published in 1996. Below is a list of Miss Read’s Fairacre books in order of when they were first published (which is also their chronology):
Publication Order of Fairacre Books
Village School | (1955) | |
Village Diary | (1957) | |
Storm in the Village | (1958) | |
Miss Clare Remembers | (1962) | |
Over the Gate | (1964) | |
Village Christmas | (1966) | |
The Fairacre Festival | (1968) | |
Emily Davis | (1971) | |
The Christmas Mouse | (1973) | |
Tyler’s Row | (1973) | |
Farther Afield | (1973) | |
No Holly for Miss Quinn | (1976) | |
Village Affairs | (1977) | |
The White Robin | (1979) | |
Village Centenary | (1980) | |
Summer at Fairacre | (1984) | |
Mrs. Pringle of Fairacre | (1989) | |
Changes at Fairacre | (1991) | |
Farewell to Fairacre | (1993) | |
A Peaceful Retirement | (1996) |
Publication Order of Fairacre Collections
Tales from a Village School | (1994) |