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Ali Brandon Books in Order

Ali Brandon has written 7 books, published between 1999 and 2016. The first book is Desert Hearts (1999) and the newest is Twice Told Tail (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
1999–2016
Pages on record
898 in 3 of 7 books
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Ali Brandon is the name used for the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series, and the author behind it is a New York Times bestseller. Catalogued titles include Double-Booked for Death (2011), A Novel Way to Die (2012), Words With Fiends (2013), Literally Murder (2014), Plot Boiler (2015) and Twice Told Tail (2016). Darla Pettistone and Hamlet are characters named in the subjects, along with cats, booksellers, cat shows and women sleuths.

How many Ali Brandon books are there?

Ali Brandon has 7 books, released between 1999 and 2016. 6 of them belong to the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series.

Ali Brandon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Ali Brandon books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Double-Booked for Death by Ali Brandon, book 1 of the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series (2011)
  2. Cover of A Novel Way to Die by Ali Brandon, book 2 of the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series (2012)
  3. Cover of Words With Fiends by Ali Brandon, book 3 of the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series (2013)
  4. Cover of Literally Murder by Ali Brandon, book 4 of the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series (2014)
  5. Cover of Plot Boiler by Ali Brandon, book 5 of the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series (2015)
  6. Cover of Twice Told Tail by Ali Brandon, book 6 of the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series (2016)
  1. 1
    Desert Hearts1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  2. 2
    Double-Booked for DeathBlack Cat Bookshop Mystery #12011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  3. 3
    A Novel Way to DieBlack Cat Bookshop Mystery #22012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  4. 4
    Words With FiendsBlack Cat Bookshop Mystery #32013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  5. 5
    Literally MurderBlack Cat Bookshop Mystery #42014 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014290
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  6. 6
    Plot BoilerBlack Cat Bookshop Mystery #52015 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015304
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  7. 7
    Twice Told TailBlack Cat Bookshop Mystery #62016 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016304
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Ali Brandon books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Black Cat Bookshop Mystery in order

6 books
  1. 1. Double-Booked for Death
  2. 2. A Novel Way to Die
  3. 3. Words With Fiends
  4. 4. Literally Murder
  5. 5. Plot Boiler
  6. 6. Twice Told Tail

Standalone books

1 book

1 Ali Brandon title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ali Brandon books in order?

You only need to read Ali Brandon books in order within the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series, which holds 6 of the 7 Ali Brandon books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Ali Brandon

Start with Desert Hearts (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ali Brandon book?

Twice Told Tail (2016) is the newest Ali Brandon book released so far.

Is there a new Ali Brandon book coming?

No next Ali Brandon book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Ali Brandon at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Ali Brandon title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Ali Brandon books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
898 pages across the 3 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ali Brandon books, 6 of 7, were published in the 2010s.

What the Ali Brandon books are about

6 of the 7 Ali Brandon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cats is tagged on 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.