Kate Klimo Books in Order
Kate Klimo has written 36 books, published between 1974 and 2019. The first book is Heroic Horses and Their Riders (1974) and the newest is Sunny (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 36
- Published
- 1974–2019
- Pages on record
- 3,270 in 18 of 36 books
- Reading time
- 55–82 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,270 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 36 titles with a page count on record.
Kate Klimo writes juvenile literature, and the directory files the work for grades 1 to 3. 36 books are listed between 1974 and 2019, from Heroic Horses and Their Riders (1974) to Sunny (2019). Dog Diaries, Dragon Keepers and the Centauriad are the three series headings, and subject tags name dogs, horses, dragons, magic, eggs, cousins and human-animal relationships. The Alphabets Go to the Circus, The Alphabets in the Garden and The Alphabets on the Farm all date from 1982. A few listed titles, among them Labor Pains (1988) and Coming of Age...All Over Again (2007), sit outside the children's catalogue. The run is marked likely complete.
The Dog Diaries series is narrated from a dog's point of view, with each book covering a different breed. The stories are true or true-to-life, and illustrations run throughout.
How many Kate Klimo books are there?
Kate Klimo has 36 books, released between 1974 and 2019. They include 3 series and 10 titles listed outside any series.
Kate Klimo Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 36 Kate Klimo 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.
- 1Heroic Horses and Their Riders1974 · 91 pages · confirmed 1/41974911/4
- 2My Cash Register1981 · confirmed 1/41981–1/4
- 3The Alphabets Go to the Circus1982 · confirmed 1/41982–1/4
- 4The Alphabets in the Garden1982 · confirmed 1/41982–1/4
- 5The Alphabets on the Farm1982 · confirmed 1/41982–1/4
- 6Catch Kitten1983 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/41983141/4
- 7Labor Pains1988 · confirmed 1/41988–1/4
- 8Motherlove1990 · 309 pages · confirmed 1/419903091/4
- 9FLOPPY EARS1993 · confirmed 1/41993–1/4
- 10Coming of Age...All Over Again2007 · 295 pages · confirmed 1/420072951/4
- 1120081591/4
- 122009–1/4
- 132010–1/4
- 1420112311/4
- 152012–1/4
- 1620122241/4
- 172012–1/4
- 182013–1/4
- 1920133681/4
- 202013–1/4
- 212013–1/4
- 222013–1/4
- 2320131761/4
- 242013–1/4
- 2520141501/4
- 2620151491/4
- 2720151491/4
- 282015–1/4
- 2920161501/4
- 3020161491/4
- 312016–1/4
- 3220171601/4
- 3320171761/4
- 3420181601/4
- 3520181601/4
- 362019–1/4
Kate Klimo series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Dog Diaries books in order 14 books
Kate Klimo 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.
Dragon Keepers in order
7 booksCentauriad in order
2 booksStep into Reading in order
2 books- 84. Twinky the Dinky Dog
- 101. Dr. Seuss
Horse Diaries in order
1 book- 13. Cinders
Standalone books
10 books10 Kate Klimo titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Kate Klimo books in order?
You only need to read Kate Klimo books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Kate Klimo
Start with Ginger (2013), the first Dog Diaries book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Heroic Horses and Their Riders (1974).
What is the newest Kate Klimo book?
Sunny (2019) is the newest Kate Klimo book released so far.
Is there a new Kate Klimo book coming?
No next Kate Klimo book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kate Klimo at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Kate Klimo title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Kate Klimo books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,270 pages across the 18 of 36 books with a recorded length, a median of 160 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kate Klimo books, 24 of 36, were published in the 2010s.
What the Kate Klimo books are about
32 of the 36 Kate Klimo books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 18 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 18 of 32 books
- Dogs 15 of 32 books
- Cousins 6 of 32 books
- Dragons 6 of 32 books
- History 6 of 32 books
- Magic 5 of 32 books
- Horses 3 of 32 books
- Human-animal relationships 3 of 32 books
- Juvenile literature 3 of 32 books
- Animals 2 of 32 books
- Centaurs 2 of 32 books