Garrison Allen Books in Order
Garrison Allen has written 10 books, published between 1990 and 1999. The first book is Come Nightfall (1990) and the newest is Movie Cat (1999). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1990–1999
- Pages on record
- 2,071 in 8 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 35–52 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,071 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Garrison Allen wrote A Big Mike Mysteries and A Kate Gallagher Mystery, with 10 books catalogued between 1990 and 1999. Come Nightfall (1990) is the first; Silent Night and Creeping Shadows carry the credit Gary Amo. Desert Cat, Royal Cat, Stable Cat, Baseball Cat and Dinosaur Cat followed, and Movie Cat (1999) is the last. Subjects include cats, Big Mike, Penelope Warren, booksellers and Empty Creek, Arizona, an imaginary place.
How many Garrison Allen books are there?
Garrison Allen has 10 books, released between 1990 and 1999. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Garrison Allen Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Garrison Allen 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.
- 1199012/4
- 2Silent Night (As: Gary Amo)1991 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4199112/4
- 3Creeping Shadows (As: Gary Amo)1992 · confirmed 2/41992–2/4
- 41993–2/4
- 519943002/4
- 619953042/4
- 719962922/4
- 819974482/4
- 919984272/4
- 1019992982/4
Garrison Allen 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.
A Big Mike Mysteries in order
6 books- 1. Desert Cat
- 2. Royal Cat
- 3. Stable Cat
- 4. Baseball Cat
- 5. Dinosaur Cat
- 6. Movie Cat
A Kate Gallagher Mystery in order
2 booksStandalone books
2 books2 Garrison Allen titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Garrison Allen books in order?
You only need to read Garrison Allen books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Garrison Allen
Start with Come Nightfall (1990), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Garrison Allen book?
Movie Cat (1999) is the newest Garrison Allen book released so far.
Is there a new Garrison Allen book coming?
No next Garrison Allen book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Garrison Allen at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Garrison Allen title on record dates from 1999, 27 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Garrison Allen books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,071 pages across the 8 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 299 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Garrison Allen books, 10 of 10, were published in the 1990s.
What the Garrison Allen books are about
8 of the 10 Garrison Allen books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: big mike (fictitious character) is tagged on 5 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Big Mike (Fictitious character) 5 of 8 books
- Cats 4 of 8 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 4 of 8 books
- Warren, penelope (fictitious character) 4 of 8 books
- Arizona 3 of 8 books
- Booksellers and bookselling 3 of 8 books
- Empty creek (ariz. : imaginary place) 3 of 8 books
- Penelope Warren (Fictitious character) 3 of 8 books
- Women cat owners 2 of 8 books