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Tom Watson Books in Order

Tom Watson has written 18 books, published between 2012 and 2022. The first book is Stick Dog (2012) and the newest is Metronome (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
2012–2022
Pages on record
3,113 in 14 of 18 books
Reading time
52–78 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,113 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

See all 18 books in order Printable Tom Watson checklist

Tom Watson is the author of Stick Dog (2012), with 18 books catalogued from 2012 to 2022 and shelved under Grades 1-3. The subjects tag the books as humorous children's fiction about dogs, cats, friendship, food and robbers. A Tail of Two Kitties appeared in 2016, and Cats in the City and Two Catch a Thief in 2017. Comics & Graphic Novels is also among the listed subjects. No newer Tom Watson book has been catalogued since 2022.

Stick Dog's name comes from the stick-figure style of the illustrations. He leads a group of strays in the series, and Tom Watson also writes a companion series called Stick Cat.

How many Tom Watson books are there?

Tom Watson has 18 books, released between 2012 and 2022.

Tom Watson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Tom Watson 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 A Tail of Two Kitties by Tom Watson (2016)
  2. Cover of Slurps Spaghetti by Tom Watson (2016)
  3. Cover of Cats in the City by Tom Watson (2017)
  4. Cover of Gets the Tacos by Tom Watson (2019)
  5. Cover of Meets His Match by Tom Watson (2020)
  6. Cover of Stick Dog Takes Out Sushi by Tom Watson (2021)
  1. 1
    Stick Dog2012 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012192
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  2. 2
    Wants a Hot Dog2013 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013224
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  3. 3
    Chases a Pizza2014 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014208
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  4. 4
    Dreams of Ice Cream2015 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015224
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  5. 5
    A Tail of Two Kitties2016 · 199 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016199
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  6. 6
    Tries to Take the Donuts2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  7. 7
    Slurps Spaghetti2016 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016238
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  8. 8
    Cats in the City2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  9. 9
    Two Catch a Thief2017 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017226
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  10. 10
    Craves Candy2017 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017208
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Two Cats and a Baby2018 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018218
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Crashes a Party2018 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018232
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  13. 13
    Two Cats to the Rescue2019 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019224
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Gets the Tacos2019 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019224
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  15. 15
    Meets His Match2020 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020240
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Stick Dog Takes Out Sushi2021 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021256
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  17. 17
    Stick Dog Comes to Town2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  18. 18
    Metronome2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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Tom Watson 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.

Standalone books

18 books

18 Tom Watson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Tom Watson books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 18 Tom Watson books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Tom Watson

Start with Stick Dog (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tom Watson book?

Metronome (2022) is the newest Tom Watson book released so far.

Is there a new Tom Watson book coming?

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

Tom Watson at a glance

Paused
No new Tom Watson title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Tom Watson books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
3,113 pages across the 14 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tom Watson books, 14 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Tom Watson books are about

14 of the 18 Tom Watson 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 12 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.