Nat Enough Books in Order

The Nat Enough books follow Natalie, usually called Nat, as she stumbles through the social weather of middle school. She wants what most kids that age want: real friends, a little confidence, and some proof that she matters. Maria Scrivan tells those worries with a lot of humor, but she never talks down to them. These are graphic novels about friendship drama, crushes, embarrassment, and self-doubt, told in a bright, readable style that feels close to a sketchbook or diary.

Everything feels huge when you're twelve, and this series understands that.

The first book, Nat Enough, opens with one of the worst middle school surprises possible: Nat realizes her best friend Lily is pulling away. That loss sets the tone for the whole series. Nat keeps measuring herself against other people and coming up short, whether it is sports, style, popularity, or talent. What slowly changes is not that school gets magically easy, but that Nat starts noticing her own strengths, especially her creativity and the way she sees the world.

The supporting cast helps keep the books moving. Lily is the ex-best friend who still has the power to rattle Nat. Zoe and Flo become the steadier friendships she can lean on. In Forget Me Nat, a crush on Derek throws Nat’s confidence badly off balance. In Absolutely Nat, a summer camp trip puts her back in close quarters with Lily and pushes her into one uncomfortable situation after another. The problems keep changing, but the emotional question stays familiar: how do you like yourself when you are convinced everyone else is doing better?

No feeling stays tidy for long.

By the time you get to Nat for Nothing, the focus shifts to activities, belonging, and what it means to find your place. Nat’s friends seem to slot into clubs and teams more easily than she does, and even old wounds start reopening when Lily reappears in the orbit of her daily life. A new student helps widen the story a bit, because Nat is no longer the only kid feeling lost. That gives the series one of its nicest qualities: empathy keeps growing along with the main character.

The setting is suburban and school-centered, with strong New England and Connecticut vibes in the background, but the emotional map matters more than the zip code. Classrooms, cafeterias, cabins, gym spaces, and club meetings become stages for all the tiny wins and disasters of growing up. If you like graphic novels that are funny, kind, and honest about how messy friendship can be, this series is an easy place to settle in.