Reading order
Smile reading order
1
2
3- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2010–2014
- Published
- about 12 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Graphic novels#1
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
3 volumes2010–2014Completed
- Not a sequence — three separate memoirs about the same childhood.
- Smile is the braces, Sisters the family road trip, Guts the anxiety.
- Any of them works as a first one; Smile is simply the one that came out first.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 635 pages, about 12 hours. At 45 min a day that is 16 days.
Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: low
- Readers scored volume 2, “Sisters”, below its predecessor (8.1 after 8.4). If you slow down there, that is on the book, not on you. From volume 3 the form returns.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 14, 2026.
- Stage 112 h16 daysby November 14, 2026
- The end of the series
We count 1.1 min per page, the pace of an average novel reader. Faster? Move the slider.
Does the series hold up
Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.3 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.
Best volume: Smile (8.4, 281 ratings). Weakest: Sisters (8.1). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (8.4) scores close to the series average or above it.
How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Smile books ranked, best to worst
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Which Smile book is the best?
By reader score, Smile (8.4/10). The lowest-rated is Sisters (8.1/10).
Which Smile book is the longest?
“Guts” is the longest at 224 pages; the shortest is “Sisters” with 197 pages.