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Captain Underpants books in order

Ages 6–10 · about grade 1 hybrid · finished

There are 12 Captain Underpants books. Start with The Adventures of Captain Underpants (1997) and read them in number order. The newest is book 12, Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot (2015). The age is Peabody's own estimate from our lists, about 6 to 10. No publisher page we could read gave one.

What reading it is like: Short chapters with lots of cartoons and comic pages: a step up from a comic. Finished: 12 books, the last in 2015.

By Dav Pilkey, published by Scholastic (Blue Sky Press). Checked October 29, 2026 (sources at the bottom). No affiliate links, and nobody paid to be here.

How many Captain Underpants books are there?

There are 12 Captain Underpants books as of November 12, 2026, out from 1997 to 2015. The newest is book 12, Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot. The series is finished, so that's all of them.

When is the next Captain Underpants book?

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

The Captain Underpants books in order

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What's next for Captain Underpants

  • Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga: A manga-style retelling that Wikipedia says began in 2026; Scholastic's Graphix page lists it without a date. It isn't one of the twelve novels.
  • Super Diaper Baby, Ook and Gluk, Dog Man: Spin-offs from the same author, listed on Wikipedia as separate series.

Do you have to read Captain Underpants in order?

Read the twelve novels in number order. They follow George and Harold, two fourth graders, and their hypnotized principal. Books 6 and 7 are two halves of one story, so read them back to back. The years here are when each novel first came out; Scholastic has since reissued them in full color.

What age is Captain Underpants for?

That age is Peabody's estimate, not a publisher label or a reading level. Each novel is short chapters, a comic or two, and a flip-o-rama page to flip, which is why it is a long-time favorite of children who are only just starting chapter books. We don't print reading-level scores: they belong to the companies that make them.

What's it like inside Captain Underpants?

  • Words: Lots of words on a page.
  • Panels: Words with a picture beside them, part comic and part chapter book.
  • Colour: Full colour in today's editions (the first ones were black and white).
  • Which way: Left to right, like most books.
  • Length: Book 1 has 128 pages (an older edition; today's colour edition is 176 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 Captain Underpants

Also on: 6-year-olds · 7-year-olds · 8-year-olds · 9-year-olds · 10-year-olds · books like Captain Underpants

Peabody's lists for Captain Underpants readers

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.

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