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Anne of Green Gables

Book · Literary & classic fiction · 32 mentions · 2 subreddits · discussed in r/suggestmeabook, r/BookRecommendations

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Pros

  • A few books I read while nursing at night were ... *Anne of Green Gables* (for the hundredth time)
  • “Anne of Green Gables” is pretty universally appealing and also especially wonderful if you get a good narrator.
  • Anne of Green Gables is also a nice wholesome escape.
  • The Anne of Green Gables books would be great!
  • Parent context: There’s a fair amount of romance. Reply: Not in the first book. And the rest is more “slice of life” than grand romance like in many YA books. If she was ok with Percy Jackson, then the romance in Anne of Green Gables sho...

Cons

  • Anne of Green Gables is lovely, though biking in full skirts and getting inebriated on cherry cordial aren’t connection pieces for his female peers.

Sentiment

31 positive (97%) · 1 mixed (3%) · 0 negative (0%)

Trust + time weighted score: +97% · raw score 97%

What redditors said (10 of 32)

A few books I read while nursing at night were ... *Anne of Green Gables* (for the hundredth time)
positive · u/u****e · r/suggestmeabook · comment · Jan 16, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗ · attribution unverified
“Anne of Green Gables” is pretty universally appealing and also especially wonderful if you get a good narrator.
positive · u/N****5 · r/suggestmeabook · comment · May 27, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Anne of Green Gables is also a nice wholesome escape.
positive · u/k****t · r/suggestmeabook · comment · Sep 7, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
The Anne of Green Gables books would be great!
positive · u/L****k · r/suggestmeabook · comment · Sep 5, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Parent context: There’s a fair amount of romance. Reply: Not in the first book. And the rest is more “slice of life” than grand romance like in many YA books. If she was ok with Percy Jackson, then the romance in Anne of Green Gables should be fine.
positive · u/E****e · r/suggestmeabook · comment · Aug 29, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Anne of Green Gables! There’s a whole series. They are lovely and well written.
positive · u/E****e · r/suggestmeabook · comment · Aug 29, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
LM Montgomery, who also wrote Anne of Green Gables.
positive · u/P****9 · r/suggestmeabook · comment · Aug 28, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Anne of Green Gables is lovely, though biking in full skirts and getting inebriated on cherry cordial aren’t connection pieces for his female peers.
mixed · u/0****u · r/suggestmeabook · comment · Aug 18, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
In that situation, I think I’d reach for some classic, middle-grade storybooks. Think Anne of Green Gables
positive · u/r****m · r/suggestmeabook · comment · Aug 17, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Anne of Green Gables, Howl's moving castle, the Narnia books, childhood classics like Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Jungle Book, etc.
positive · u/T****t · r/BookRecommendations · comment · Aug 9, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

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