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ⓘ About Lucy Maud L.M. Montgomery
L. M. (Maud) Montgomery was a Canadian fiction writer who was most well known for her novels that started with Anne of Green Gables. That book was an immediate success and was followed by a number of sequels with Anne as a central character. Altogether, Montgomery published 20 novels, along with 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. Lucy Maud was born in Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island, on a cold and snowy day on the 30th of November, 1874. Her mother was Clara Woolner Macneill Montgomery. Her mother died of tuberculosis when Maud was only 21 months old, leaving her father, Hugh John Montgomery, grief-stricken and distraught over her death. Feeling guilty over the death of his wife, her father gave custody of Maud to her maternal grandparents.
All Book Series by Lucy Maud L.M. Montgomery
Anne Of Green Gables
Book 10 of 11 · published 2024 Anthology · Lucy Maud Montgomery,Micheal Smith
Anne of Avonlea - Unabridged
Latest in the series · book 11 of 11 · published 2025 Anthology · Kevin Theis,Lucy Maud Montgomery
Further Chronicles of Avonlea
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 1920
The Ontario Years, 1930-1933
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2019
The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Vol. 1
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1986
The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Vol. 5
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 1988
The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1917
Imagining Anne: L.M. Montgomery's Island Scrapbooks
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2019 Co-authored · Elizabeth Rollins Epperly,Adrienne Clarkson
In a Dark, Dark House
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1995 Anthology · Jennifer Dussling
The Bunny Slipper Mystery
Book 2 of 4 · published 1997 Anthology · Jennifer Dussling
L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2001 Co-authored · Lydia Halverson,Jennifer Dussling
Pride and Prejudice
Series opener · book 1 of 18 · published 2014 Anthology · Stacy King
The Scarlet Letter
Book 2 of 18 · published 2015 Anthology · Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Count of Monte Cristo
Book 6 of 18 · published 2017 Anthology · Crystal S. Chan
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Book 7 of 18 · published 2017 Anthology · Crystal S. Chan
The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
Book 8 of 18 · published 2017 Anthology · Stacy King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Book 9 of 18 · published 2018 Anthology · Crystal S. Chan
Anne of Green Gables
Book 10 of 18 · published 2020 Co-authored · Crystal S. Chan
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Book 17 of 18 · published 2022 Anthology · Crystal S. Chan
Othello
Latest in the series · book 18 of 18 · published 2023 Anthology · Crystal S. Chan
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Lucy Maud L.M. Montgomery?
L. M. (Maud) Montgomery was a Canadian fiction writer who was most well known for her novels that started with Anne of Green Gables. That book was an immediate success and was followed by a number of sequels with Anne as a central character. Altogether, Montgomery published 20 novels, along with 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays.
Which Lucy Maud L.M. Montgomery series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Anne Shirley series, the earliest of Lucy Maud L.M. Montgomery's multi-book series: it opens with Anne of Green Gables (1908) and runs to 11 books across 1908–2025, ending with Anne of Avonlea - Unabridged (2025). Lucy Maud L.M. Montgomery's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Lucy Maud L.M. Montgomery written?
Lucy Maud L.M. Montgomery has 81 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1908 and 2025. 54 of them belong to 9 named series — the largest being the Manga Classics series with 18 books — and 27 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Lucy Maud L.M. Montgomery's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Lucy Maud L.M. Montgomery's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Anne Shirley (1908–2025, 11 books), King Family (1911–1913, 2 books) and Chronicles of Avonlea (1912–1920, 2 books), plus 6 more.
How are Lucy Maud L.M. Montgomery's books organised into series?
This guide splits Lucy Maud L.M. Montgomery's 81 books into 9 named series and 27 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Manga Classics (18 books, 2014–2023); Anne Shirley (11 books, 1908–2025); L.M. Montgomery's Complete Journals (7 books, 2012–2019); Selected Journals Of L.M. Montgomery (5 books, 1986–1988); All Aboard Reading (4 books, 1995–2001), plus 4 further series.