Anne of Green Gables
Avonlea
The area around Cavendish on Prince Edward Island, where Montgomery grew up with her grandparents. The “Green Gables” farmhouse belonged to cousins of her grandfather.
North America
Canada
56 authors in the ranking·157 rated books·9 books set here
Canadian authors in the reader ranking include Margaret Atwood, Lucy Maud Montgomery and Emily St. John Mandel. The page also lists books whose story is set in Canada: “Anne of Green Gables”, published in 1908, takes place on Prince Edward Island. Margaret Atwood published her dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” in 1985.
The most-read authors and their best books
Authors 56
- Margaret Atwood7 ranked booksThe Handmaid's Tale8.2
- Dennis E. Taylor7 ranked booksAll These Worlds8.6
- Steven Erikson12 ranked booksMemories of Ice8.9
- William Gibson9 ranked booksNeuromancer7.9
- Emily St. John Mandel4 ranked booksStation Eleven8.1
- Malcolm Gladwell4 ranked booksOutliers8.0
- Fonda Lee5 ranked booksJade Legacy8.9
- Lucy Maud Montgomery6 ranked booksAnne of Green Gables8.4
- Rachel Reid7 ranked booksThe Long Game8.5
- Yann Martel1 ranked bookLife of Pi7.8
- Sylvain Neuvel3 ranked booksWaking Gods7.9
- Peter Watts5 ranked booksThe Freeze-Frame Revolution7.9
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia2 ranked booksThe Bewitching7.8
- Cory Doctorow6 ranked booksThe Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI8.1
- Guy Gavriel Kay8 ranked booksThe Lions of Al-Rassan8.2
- Sara Gruen1 ranked bookWater for Elephants7.7
- Kelley Armstrong9 ranked booksThe Reckoning8.0
- Nicholas Eames2 ranked booksKings of the Wyld8.3
- Nita Prose2 ranked booksThe Mystery Guest7.5
- Emma Donoghue2 ranked booksRoom7.9
- Heather Fawcett2 ranked booksEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries8.1
- Mona Awad1 ranked bookBunny7.2
- Jordan Peterson1 ranked book12 Rules for Life7.3
- Iain Reid1 ranked bookI'm Thinking of Ending Things7.3
The story is set here 9
Books whose story is set in this country, according to Wikidata and our own additions.
- Anne's House of DreamsLucy Maud Montgomery8.0
- White FangJack London7.9
- Anne of Windy PoplarsLucy Maud Montgomery7.8
- WalkawayCory Doctorow7.7
- The Call of the WildJack London7.5
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