How many books are in The Cat Who... series?

There are 29 books in The Cat Who... series by Lilian Jackson Braun, published between 1966 and 2007.

What is the first Cat Who... book?

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, published in 1966, is the first book in The Cat Who... series.

What is the latest Cat Who... book?

The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers (2007) is the most recent Cat Who... book in our catalogue.

Do you have to read The Cat Who... books in order?

The Cat Who... books are not numbered by the publisher. Most readers start with The Cat Who Could Read Backwards and follow publication order, which is the order listed above.

The Cat Who... Books in Order

Reading order, best available. Unnumbered entries are placed by publication date.
#	Title	Published	Buy
1	The Cat Who Could Read Backwards	1966	Amazon
2	The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern	1967	Amazon
3	The Cat Who Turned On and Off	1968	Amazon
4	The Cat Who Saw Red	1986	Amazon
5	The Cat Who Played Brahms	1987	Amazon
6	The Cat Who Played Post Office	1987	Amazon
7	The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare	1988	Amazon
8	The Cat Who Sniffed Glue	1988	Amazon
9	The Cat Who Went Underground	1989	Amazon
10	The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts	1990	Amazon
11	The Cat Who Lived High	1990	Amazon
13	The Cat Who Moved a Mountain	1992	Amazon
14	The Cat Who Wasn't There	1992	Amazon
15	The Cat Who Went Into the Closet	1993	Amazon
16	The Cat Who Came to Breakfast	1994	Amazon
17	The Cat Who Blew the Whistle	1995	Amazon
18	The Cat Who Said Cheese	1996	Amazon
19	The Cat Who Tailed a Thief	1997	Amazon
20	The Cat Who Sang for the Birds	1998	Amazon
21	The Cat Who Saw Stars	1999	Amazon
22	The Cat Who Robbed a Bank	2000	Amazon
23	The Cat Who Smelled a Rat	2001	Amazon
24	The Cat Who Went Up The Creek	2002	Amazon
25	The Cat Who Brought Down the House	2003	Amazon
26	The Cat Who Talked Turkey	2003	Amazon
28	The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell	2006	Amazon
29	The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers	2007	Amazon
—	The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal	1991	Amazon
—	The Cat Who Went Bananas	2005	Amazon

Entries without a number are not numbered in the source data - they are placed by publication date, which is usually but not always the intended reading order.

Where to start with The Cat Who...

Most readers start with The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, the earliest book in the series. Where entries are not numbered by the publisher, we list them by publication date.

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The Cat Who... series FAQ

How many books are in The Cat Who... series?: There are 29 books in The Cat Who... series by Lilian Jackson Braun, published between 1966 and 2007.
What is the first Cat Who... book?: The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, published in 1966, is the first book in The Cat Who... series.
What is the latest Cat Who... book?: The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers (2007) is the most recent Cat Who... book in our catalogue.
Do you have to read The Cat Who... books in order?: The Cat Who... books are not numbered by the publisher. Most readers start with The Cat Who Could Read Backwards and follow publication order, which is the order listed above.