Anne of Green Gables
Canadian novelist, 1874–1942.
Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
In children's and young adult, coming of age
On 2 of the 14 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Lucy Maud Montgomery
- First published
- 1908
- Genre
- Children's and young adult, Coming of age, Rural life
- Series
- Book 1 of Anne of Green Gables
Is Anne of Green Gables worth reading?
2 of the 14 best-of lists it could have made include it: The Big Read top 100 (BBC) and The Great American Read (PBS).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 41 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Anne of Green Gables
The edition we link to is the Wordsworth Editions, Limited paperback (2022).
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions, Limited (paperback, 2022)
- ISBN
- 9781840221992
How critics and readers rate Anne of Green Gables
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 34% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Anne of Green Gables
If you liked Anne of Green Gables, try Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Little Women or The Magic Mountain.
