Book series in order
Smile, Sisters and Guts graphic memoirs in order
Ages 8β12 Β· about grade 3 comic Β· finished
There are 3 Smile, Sisters and Guts graphic memoirs. Start with Smile, Sisters and Guts: Smile (2010) and read them in number order. The newest is graphic memoir 3, Guts (2019). Peabody's own estimate: Scholastic's pages would not open for us, and Bookroo shows 8 to 12 for the set (9 to 12 for the first book).
What reading it is like: Full-colour comic panels with short speech bubbles and a little narration, about one child's real life. Finished: 3 graphic memoirs, the last in 2019.
By Raina Telgemeier, published by Scholastic (Graphix). Checked October 30, 2026 (sources at the bottom). No affiliate links, and nobody paid to be here.
How many Smile, Sisters and Guts graphic memoirs are there?
There are 3 Smile, Sisters and Guts graphic memoirs as of November 12, 2026, out from 2010 to 2019. The newest is graphic memoir 3, Smile, Sisters and Guts: Guts. The series is finished, so that's all of them.
When is the next Smile, Sisters and Guts graphic memoir?
There won't be a next one: the Smile, Sisters and Guts series is finished. Peabody's picks for what to read after are further down.
The Smile, Sisters and Guts graphic memoirs in order
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What's next for Smile, Sisters and Guts
- Facing Feelings: Inside the World of Raina Telgemeier: A 2025 Scholastic Graphix book about the author's work, made from a museum show. It is not a fourth memoir, and we found no announced one.
Do you have to read Smile, Sisters and Guts in order?
You can read them in any order. Each one is a separate stretch of the author's real childhood, and none gives away the others. Reading in number order follows her from sixth grade, to a family car trip as a girl, to a later grade with new worries. Three books are all there are so far.
What age is Smile, Sisters and Guts for?
Eight to twelve is Peabody's estimate, not a reading level. The picture panels carry the feelings, so a child a year or two younger can follow, but the worries in the stories fit best when a child is near the author's age in them. We don't print reading-level scores: they belong to the companies that make them.
What's it like inside Smile, Sisters and Guts?
- Words: Some words on a page.
- Panels: About 4 to 6 panels a page.
- Colour: Full colour.
- Which way: Left to right, like most books.
- Length: Book 1 has 224 pages.
- Feels: Funny, sad bits. A bad fall, a lot of dentist visits, and friends who are unkind about it.
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 Smile, Sisters and Guts
Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Another comic based on a real childhood, in the 1970s, about a girl and a family worry. Books in order Β· More like it
Real Friends by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham
The author's own memories of friends who include and leave out, told in comic panels. Books in order Β· More like it
Babymouse by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
A lighter, funnier comic about school and a girl who daydreams her way through it. Books in order Β· More like it
Also on: 8-year-olds Β· 9-year-olds Β· 10-year-olds Β· 11-year-olds Β· 12-year-olds Β· books like Smile, Sisters and Guts
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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.