Captain Underpants Books in Order

Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey contains 12 books, published between 1997 and 2015. The first book is The Adventures of Captain Underpants (1997) and the newest is Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books: 12
Published: 1997–2015
Confirmed: 12 of 12 titles
Pages on record: 879 in 5 of 12 books

See all 12 books in order Printable Captain Underpants checklist

Two fourth-graders, George and Harold, invent the superhero of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants graphic novels. The books are presented as the boys' own writing, deliberate misspellings and made-up words included, and the humour is pitched at young children. Twelve titles run from The Adventures of Captain Underpants (1997) to Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot (2015), at 176 pages each on median. Television and film adaptations followed.

How many Captain Underpants books are there?

Captain Underpants has 12 books, released between 1997 and 2015.

Captain Underpants Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Captain Underpants books run from The Adventures of Captain Underpants (1997) to Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot (2015), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Captain Underpants in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Captain Underpants books in order?

You should read the Captain Underpants books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Captain Underpants book also stands alone.

What order should you read Captain Underpants books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with The Adventures of Captain Underpants (1997), the earliest published title. After it come Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets (1999), Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (1999), Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants (2000), Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman (2001), Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1 (2003), Captain Underpants and the Big Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2 (2003), Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People (2006), Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers (2012), Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers (2013), Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000 (2014) and Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot (2015).

What is the first Captain Underpants book?

The Adventures of Captain Underpants (1997) is the first Captain Underpants book, and the numbered table above starts with it.

When did the first Captain Underpants book come out?

The Adventures of Captain Underpants, the first Captain Underpants book, was published in 1997. The newest, Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot (2015), came out 18 years later.

What is the newest Captain Underpants book?

Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot (2015) is the newest Captain Underpants book released so far.

Is there a new Captain Underpants book coming?

No next Captain Underpants book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Printable Captain Underpants Books in Order Checklist

A printable checklist of all 12 books in publication order is on the Captain Underpants reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.

Captain Underpants at a glance

No recent titles: The newest Captain Underpants title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace: Captain Underpants books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length: 879 pages across the 5 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Captain Underpants books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
Corroboration: 5 of the 12 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Captain Underpants books are about

All 12 Captain Underpants books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 12 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Humor 12 of 12 books
School principals 9 of 12 books
Children's fiction 7 of 12 books
Schools 6 of 12 books
Comics & graphic novels 5 of 12 books
Heroes 5 of 12 books
Escuelas 2 of 12 books
Superintendentes y directores 2 of 12 books
Time travel 2 of 12 books

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