When people read it
Read most in 2023, by 87 Open Library readers.
Open Library readers, to September 2026.
Book series
The Cat Who books in order
29 books, 1966 to 2007, by Lilian Jackson Braun
In the order they came out.
- 1
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
- 2
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern
Jim Qwilleran is not exactly overwhelmed by his new assignment for the Daily Fluxion.
- 3
The Cat Who Turned on and Off
Not the dope den he anticipated, Junktown is a haven for antique dealers and collectors--as strange a lot as the crafty reporter has ever encountered.
- 4
The Cat Who Saw Red
When Qwilleran moves in to work on his new gastronomical assignment, strange things begin to happen.
- 5
The Cat Who Played Brahms
- 6
The Cat Who Played Post Office
Jim Qwilleran is getting accustomed to his new status as the richest man in the northeast.
- 7
The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare
An accident has claimed the life of the local paper's eccentric publisher, but to Qwilleran and his feline friends it smells like murder.
- 8
The Cat Who Sniffed Glue
- 9
The Cat Who Went Underground
- 10
The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts
When Mrs. Cobb heard unearthly noises in the antique-filled farmhouse, she called Jim Qwilleran for help.
- 11
The Cat Who Lived High
- 12
The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal
All the world's a stage--and now Jim Qwilleran's apple orchard hsa become the stage--for a real-life murder scene.
- 13
The Cat Who Moved a Mountain
- 14
The Cat Who Wasn't There
Qwill's on his way to Scotland--and on his way to solving another purr-plexing mystery.
- 15
The Cat Who Went Into the Closet
The mansion on Goodwinter Boulevard is more than a retreat for crime writer Jim Qwilleran -- it is the scene of another delightful Cat Who...
- 16
The Cat Who Came to Breakfast
- 17
The Cat Who Blew the Whistle
- 18
The Cat Who Said Cheese
- 19
The Cat Who Tailed a Thief
There's been a rash of petty thievery in Pickax--ever since banker Willard Carmichael and his flashy young wife, Danielle, moved in.
- 20
The Cat Who Sang for Birds
Spring comes to Moose County and Jim Qwilleran wonders if the yowlings of Koko and Yum Yum are more than just accompaniment to the birds singing outside his windows.
- 21
The Cat Who Saw Stars
- 22
The Cat Who Robbed a Bank
Quill has a lot of mysteries to sort out- not the least of which is Koko's sudden interest in photographs, pennies, and paper towels..
- 23
Cat Who Smelled a Rat
October arrives in Moose County on the heels of a long drought, and the citizens of Pickax worry about wildfires.
- 24
The Cat Who Went Up the Creek
- 25
The Cat Who Brought Down the House
He was a down-and-out crime reporter willing to cover any minor beat if it would get him back into newspapering.
- 26
The Cat Who Talked Turkey
The good people of Moose County are in a fever of excitement.
- 27
The Cat Who Went Bananas
But the merry atmosphere is dampened by the suspicious death of an out-of-town actor and the theft of a rare book.
- 28
The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell
- 29
The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers
Times are a-changin' in Pickax, giving Jim Qwilleran some newsworthy notes for the Qwill Pen.
Also in the series (1)
Box sets, companions and books with no number.
- The Cat Who Had 14 Tales1988
The wait between books
The longest wait was 18 years, for The Cat Who Saw Red in 1986.
How long it is
- Pages
- 6,536
- Hours
- 163
- Longest
- The Cat Who Blew the Whistle
6,536 pages in all, about 163 hours at 40 pages an hour.
No page count for 4 of the books.
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From Open Library’s data, September 2026.