The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 9 books · 2010 to 2019

Lincoln Peirce

Children’sMiddle-grade fantasyFunny booksGraphic novels

Lincoln Peirce's Big Nate began as a newspaper comic strip and became a series of illustrated novels about Nate Wright, a sixth-grader with big plans, a short attention span and endless detentions.

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Lincoln Peirce books in order

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Big Nate

8 books · Set in an American townFunny booksGraphic novels
  1. 1Big Nate: In a Class by Himself2010With Nate WrightBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Big Nate Strikes Again2010With Nate WrightBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Big Nate on a Roll2011With Nate WrightBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Big Nate Goes for Broke2012With Nate WrightBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Big Nate Flips Out2013With Nate WrightBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Big Nate: In the Zone2014With Nate WrightBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Big Nate Lives It Up2015With Nate WrightBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Big Nate Blasts Off2016With Nate WrightBuy on Amazon

Max and the Midknights

1 book · Set in invented worldsFunny booksMiddle-grade fantasy
  1. 1Max and the Midknights2019With MaxBuy on Amazon

Characters

6 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

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The Midknights