Book series in order
Bone books in order
Ages 8–12 · about grade 3 comic · finished
There are 9 Bone books. Start with Out from Boneville (2005) and read them in number order. The newest is book 9, Crown of Horns (2009). Scholastic labels each Bone volume ages 8 to 12.
What reading it is like: Comic panels with fuller bubbles, and one long story that grows darker as it goes. Finished: 9 books, the last in 2009.
By Jeff Smith, published by Scholastic (Graphix). Checked October 29, 2026 (sources at the bottom). No affiliate links, and nobody paid to be here.
How many Bone books are there?
There are 9 Bone books as of November 12, 2026, out from 2005 to 2009. The newest is book 9, Bone: Crown of Horns. The series is finished, so that's all of them.
When is the next Bone book?
There won't be a next one: the Bone series is finished. Peabody's picks for what to read after are further down.
The Bone books in order
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What's next for Bone
- Rose: A prequel by Jeff Smith and Charles Vess, listed apart from the nine volumes.
- Tall Tales and More Tall Tales: Companion collections of short stories.
- Quest for the Spark: A separate prose series by Tom Sniegoski, labeled ages 9 to 12 by Scholastic.
Do you have to read Bone in order?
Read the nine volumes in number order. Bone is one long story about three cousins lost in a strange valley, and each volume picks up where the last stopped. The years are for the full-color Scholastic editions, which came out from 2005 to 2009; the story first appeared in black and white in 1995.
What age is Bone for?
Eight to twelve is the publisher's age for the books, not a reading level. The later volumes are long and serious, with a lot of characters and a big battle at the end, so the series suits readers a bit older than Dog Man fans. Peabody's own lists put it at about 8 to 14. We don't print reading-level scores: they belong to the companies that make them.
What's it like inside Bone?
- Words: Some words on a page.
- Panels: About 4 to 6 panels a page.
- Colour: Full colour in the Scholastic editions.
- Which way: Left to right, like most books.
- Length: Book 1 has 144 pages.
- Feels: Funny, exciting, a little scary.
About book 1. The page count is from clubs.scholastic.com; the rest is Peabody's own note, never a score.
What to read after Bone
Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi
Another long fantasy comic with monsters and magic across nine books. Books in order · More like it
Wings of Fire graphic novels by Tui T. Sutherland
Dragons, secrets and a war, in nine graphic novels. Books in order · More like it
Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
A girl rescues her friend on another planet, in a short, funny trilogy. More like it
Also on: 8-year-olds · 9-year-olds · 10-year-olds · 11-year-olds · 12-year-olds
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Sources
Titles, order and years are facts from these pages, opened October 29, 2026. Peabody shows no covers or blurbs: those belong to the publisher.