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Big Nate novels in order

Ages 8–12 · about grade 3 hybrid · finished

There are 8 Big Nate novels. Start with Big Nate: In a Class by Himself (2010) and read them in number order. The newest is novel 8, Blasts Off (2016). Peabody's own estimate: HarperCollins' site refused our request, and the pages we could open for the collections gave no age. Bookroo shows 7 to 11 for books 1 and 5 and 8 to 12 for the others.

What reading it is like: Short chapters of plain, chatty text on every page, with cartoons and comic strips mixed in. Finished: 8 novels, the last in 2016.

By Lincoln Peirce, published by HarperCollins (the comic collections are from Andrews McMeel). Checked October 30, 2026 (sources at the bottom). No affiliate links, and nobody paid to be here.

How many Big Nate novels are there?

There are 8 Big Nate novels as of November 12, 2026, out from 2010 to 2016. The newest is novel 8, Big Nate: Blasts Off. The series is finished, so that's all of them.

When is the next Big Nate novel?

There won't be a next one: the Big Nate series is finished. Peabody's picks for what to read after are further down.

The Big Nate novels in order

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What's next for Big Nate

  • The comic-strip collections: More than thirty books of Nate's newspaper strips, from Andrews McMeel and numbered on their own: Code Red! is volume 34 (March 2026) and Curse of the Puffy Shorts is volume 35 (listed for 1 September 2026). Sources disagree on the exact total.
  • Big Nate activity books: Six books of doodling, puzzles and drawing games from 2011 to 2016, not part of the story.
  • Little Big Nate board books: Two board books for toddlers, from 2019 and 2020.

Do you have to read Big Nate in order?

The eight novels run in number order, and they are best read that way because Nate's year at school, his rivals and his friends build as you go. Each one is still its own run of school-day disasters, so a child who grabs book 4 will cope. The novels stopped at book 8 in 2016. The newer Big Nate books are comic-strip collections in a separate line from a different publisher, and you can pick those up in any order.

What age is Big Nate for?

Eight to twelve is Peabody's own estimate, based on the age ranges retailers and Bookroo show. It is not a reading level. The novels have real paragraphs on most pages, broken up by drawings, which suits a child who is ready for chapter books but still likes pictures. The collections are all comic strips, so they are quicker to read. We don't print reading-level scores: they belong to the companies that make them.

What's it like inside Big Nate?

  • Words: Lots of words on a page.
  • Panels: Words with a picture beside them, part comic and part chapter book.
  • Colour: Black and white.
  • Which way: Left to right, like most books.
  • Length: Book 1 has 224 pages.
  • Feels: Funny.

About book 1. The page count is from openlibrary.org; the rest is Peabody's own note, never a score.

What to read after Big Nate

  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

    Another middle-school boy who gets himself into trouble, told in short entries with a cartoon on nearly every page. Books in order · More like it

  • Babymouse by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm

    A daydreaming mouse who is always a little embarrassed at school, told in comic panels with one splash of pink. Books in order · More like it

  • Berrybrook Middle School by Svetlana Chmakova

    A quieter school comic about a new kid finding friends, with more feelings and less slapstick. Books in order · More like it

Also on: 8-year-olds · 9-year-olds · 10-year-olds · 11-year-olds · 12-year-olds · books like Big Nate

Peabody's lists for Big Nate readers

Sources

Titles, order and years are facts from these pages, opened October 30, 2026. Peabody shows no covers or blurbs: those belong to the publisher.

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