Book series in order
The Bad Guys books in order
Ages 6–10 · about grade 1 hybrid · still going
There are 20 Bad Guys books. Start with The Bad Guys (2015) and read them in number order. The newest is book 20, One Last Thing (2024). The age is Peabody's own estimate from our lists: about 6 to 10. The publisher's US pages didn't open when we checked.
What reading it is like: Big pictures and few words on a page, part comic and part chapter book.
By Aaron Blabey, published by Scholastic. Checked October 29, 2026 (sources at the bottom). No affiliate links, and nobody paid to be here.
How many The Bad Guys books are there?
There are 20 Bad Guys books as of November 12, 2026, out from 2015 to 2024. The newest is book 20, The Bad Guys: One Last Thing.
When is the next The Bad Guys book?
No new Bad Guys book has a release day yet. When the publisher gives one, it shows here, and a 🔔 lets you be reminded.
The Bad Guys books in order
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Do you have to read The Bad Guys in order?
Read them in number order. The covers call each book an episode, and the episodes run straight on from one to the next, often ending on a cliffhanger, so start at the beginning. The years here are when each book first came out in Australia, where the series began; the US editions started in December 2016.
What age is The Bad Guys for?
Each episode is short, with big pictures, few words on a page and a joke on nearly every spread, which is why many children read them early, around 6 or 7, and why reluctant older readers like them too. That age is Peabody's estimate, not a reading level. We don't print reading-level scores: they belong to the companies that make them.
What's it like inside The Bad Guys?
- Words: A few words a page.
- Panels: Words with a picture beside them, part comic and part chapter book.
- Colour: Black and white (a colour edition came later).
- Which way: Left to right, like most books.
- Length: Book 1 has 144 pages.
- Feels: Funny, exciting.
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 The Bad Guys
Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
Another band of animal heroes and big laughs, told in comic panels. Fifteen books so far. Books in order · More like it
Hilo by Judd Winick
A boy with no memory falls from the sky and makes two friends. A little more story on each page. Books in order · More like it
Lunch Lady by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
A school lunch lady fights crime with kitchen gadgets, in short comic-style chapters. Books in order · More like it
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Peabody's lists for The Bad Guys readers
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Top 20 graphic novels for grades 3 to 5
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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.