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Jon Katz Books in Order

Jon Katz has written 36 books, published between 1991 and 2020. The first book is Sign-Off (1991) and the newest is Gus's Year (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
36
Published
1991–2020
Pages on record
5,928 in 24 of 36 books
Reading time
99–148 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,928 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 36 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Jon Katz, author of the Suburban Detective series

Dogs and farm life fill the later part of Jon Katz's catalogue; crime fiction fills the earlier. Katz, born in 1947, is an American journalist and photographer who wrote for HotWired, Slashdot and Slate, and whose first books include the Suburban Detective novels and the character Kit Deleeuw. Writing on geek subculture followed, then a long sequence on the relationship between people and animals, closing with Gus's Year in 2020. Thirty-six titles in all.

How many Jon Katz books are there?

Jon Katz has 36 books, released between 1991 and 2020. 5 of them belong to the Suburban Detective series.

Jon Katz Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 36 Jon Katz 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 Sign-Off by Jon Katz (1991)
  2. Cover of Death by Station Wagon by Jon Katz, book 1 of the Suburban Detective series (1993)
  3. Cover of The Family Stalker by Jon Katz, book 2 of the Suburban Detective series (1994)
  4. Cover of The Last Housewife by Jon Katz, book 3 of the Suburban Detective series (1995)
  5. Cover of The Father's Club by Jon Katz, book 4 of the Suburban Detective series (1996)
  6. Cover of Virtuous Reality by Jon Katz (1997)
  7. Cover of Media Rants by Jon Katz (1997)
  8. Cover of Death Row by Jon Katz, book 5 of the Suburban Detective series (1998)
  9. Cover of Running to the Mountain by Jon Katz (1999)
  10. Cover of Geeks by Jon Katz (2000)
  11. Cover of A Dog Year by Jon Katz (2002)
  12. Cover of The New Work of Dogs by Jon Katz (2003)
  13. Cover of The Dogs of Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz (2004)
  14. Cover of Katz on Dogs by Jon Katz (2005)
  15. Cover of A Good Dog by Jon Katz (2006)
  16. Cover of The Dog Who Loved by Jon Katz (2008)
  17. Cover of Soul of a Dog by Jon Katz (2008)
  18. Cover of Izzy & Lenore by Jon Katz (2008)
  19. Cover of A Home for Rose by Jon Katz (2009)
  20. Cover of The Totally True Story of Devon, the Naughtiest Dog in the World. by Jon Katz (2010)
  21. Cover of Rose & Izzy by Jon Katz (2010)
  22. Cover of Lenore, The Hungriest Dog in the World by Jon Katz (2012)
  23. Cover of Lenore Finds a Friend by Jon Katz (2012)
  24. Cover of The Second-Chance Dog by Jon Katz (2013)
  1. 1
    Sign-Off1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  2. 2
    Death by Station WagonSuburban Detective #11993 · 303 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993303
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Family StalkerSuburban Detective #21994 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994311
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Last HousewifeSuburban Detective #31995 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995311
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Father's ClubSuburban Detective #41996 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996272
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Virtuous Reality1997 · 212 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997212
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Media Rants1997 · 152 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997152
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Death RowSuburban Detective #51998 · 273 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998273
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Running to the Mountain1999 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999242
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Geeks2000 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    A Dog Year2002 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002240
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    The New Work of Dogs2003 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003272
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    The Dogs of Bedlam Farm2004 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Katz on Dogs2005 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005272
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    A Good Dog2006 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Dog Days / Saving Izzy2007 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    The Dog Who Loved2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    Soul of a Dog2008 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008208
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    Izzy & Lenore2008 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008216
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    A Home for Rose2009 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    Rose in a Storm2010 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010240
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 22
    The Totally True Story of Devon, the Naughtiest Dog in the World.2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  23. 23
    Rose & Izzy2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  24. 24
    Going Home2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  25. 25
    Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  26. 26
    Dancing Dogs2012 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  27. 27
    The Story of Rose2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  28. 28
    Lenore, The Hungriest Dog in the World2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  29. 29
    Lenore Finds a Friend2012 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201232
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  30. 30
    The Second-Chance Dog2013 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  31. 31
    Listening to Dogs2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  32. 32
    The Dog Nobody Loved2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  33. 33
    Saving Simon2014 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014224
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  34. 34
    Who Speaks for the Carriage Horses2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  35. 35
    Talking to Animals2017 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017228
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  36. 36
    Gus's Year2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Jon Katz 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.

Suburban Detective in order

5 books
  1. 1. Death by Station Wagon
  2. 2. The Family Stalker
  3. 3. The Last Housewife
  4. 4. The Father's Club
  5. 5. Death Row

Standalone books

31 books

31 Jon Katz titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jon Katz books in order?

You only need to read Jon Katz books in order within the Suburban Detective series, which holds 5 of the 36 Jon Katz books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jon Katz

Start with Sign-Off (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jon Katz book?

Gus's Year (2020) is the newest Jon Katz book released so far.

Is there a new Jon Katz book coming?

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

Jon Katz at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jon Katz title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jon Katz books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,928 pages across the 24 of 36 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jon Katz books, 15 of 36, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jon Katz books are about

32 of the 36 Jon Katz books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: human-animal relationships is tagged on 14 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.