Lilian Jackson Braun Books in Order

Lilian Jackson Braun has written 32 books, published between 1966 and 2007. The first book is The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (1966) and the newest is The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers (2007). Publication order is the reading order below. 29 of the 32 books listed here are in the Cat Who... series, which has its own page: Cat Who... books in order.

Books: 32
Published: 1966–2007
Confirmed: 32 of 32 titles
Pages on record: 4,504 in 18 of 32 books
Reading time: 75–113 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,504 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 32 titles with a page count on record.

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Lilian Jackson Braun wrote the Cat Who mysteries, in which the journalist Jim Qwilleran solves crimes alongside his Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum. 32 catalogued books span 1966 to 2007, among them The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (1967), The Cat Who Turned On And Off (1968), The Cat Who Saw Red (1986), The Cat Who Played Brahms (1987) and The Cat Who Played Post Office (1987). The last catalogued title is The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers, and short stories sit alongside the novels.

In the series, Qwilleran moves to a small town, where he writes news stories about the mysteries he and his cats help solve, drawing on clues the cats find.

How many Lilian Jackson Braun books are there?

Lilian Jackson Braun has 32 books, released between 1966 and 2007. 29 of them belong to the Cat Who... series.

Lilian Jackson Braun series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Cat Who... books in order 29 books
The Cat Who… books in order 32 books

Lilian Jackson Braun 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.

Cat Who Short Story

3 books

3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Lilian Jackson Braun Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Lilian Jackson Braun books run from The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (1966) to The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers (2007), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Lilian Jackson Braun in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Lilian Jackson Braun books in order?

You only need to read Lilian Jackson Braun books in order within the Cat Who... series, which holds 29 of the 32 Lilian Jackson Braun books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Lilian Jackson Braun

Start with the first book of the Lilian Jackson Braun series you want to read: Cat Who... starts with The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (1966) and The Cat Who… starts with The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (1966). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (1966).

What is the newest Lilian Jackson Braun book?

The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers (2007) is the newest Lilian Jackson Braun book released so far.

Is there a new Lilian Jackson Braun book coming?

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

Awards Lilian Jackson Braun has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Lilian Jackson Braun. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

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Lilian Jackson Braun at a glance

Died: Lilian Jackson Braun died in 2011, according to Wikidata.
Last book: The newest book credited to Lilian Jackson Braun on record dates from 2007.
Release pace: Lilian Jackson Braun books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 4,504 pages across the 18 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 258 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Lilian Jackson Braun books, 13 of 32, were published in the 1990s.
Corroboration: 29 of the 32 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Lilian Jackson Braun books are about

All 32 Lilian Jackson Braun books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: journalists is tagged on 27 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Journalists 27 of 32 books
Jim Qwilleran (Fictitious character) 18 of 32 books
Cat owners 16 of 32 books
Koko (fictitious character) 14 of 32 books
Mystery & detective 14 of 32 books
Qwilleran, jim (fictitious character) 14 of 32 books
Siamese cat 13 of 32 books
Yum yum (fictitious character : braun) 13 of 32 books
Cats 12 of 32 books
Moose County (Imaginary place) 11 of 32 books
Millionaires 8 of 32 books
Pickax city (mich. : imaginary place) 8 of 32 books

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