Bad Kitty Books in Order
Nick Bruel has written 32 Bad Kitty books, published between 2005 and 2026: 15 in the Bad Kitty series and 17 related titles. The first book is Bad Kitty Gets a Bath (2009) and the newest main-line book is Bad Kitty Gets a Job (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 32
- Published
- 2005–2026
- Pages on record
- 1,879 in 19 of 32 books
- Reading time
- 31–47 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,879 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 32 titles with a page count on record.
Bad Kitty is the cat at the centre of Nick Bruel's illustrated books for children. Thirty titles are catalogued between Bad Kitty (2005) and Bad Kitty Gets a Job (2026), among them picture books, alphabet books, stories in rhyme and Christmas stories. Poor Puppy appears alongside Bad Kitty in several of them, and the books run short at a median 138 pages.
How many Bad Kitty books are there?
Bad Kitty has 32 books, released between 2005 and 2026. 15 of them belong to the Bad Kitty series, and 17 related titles sit outside it: picture books.
Bad Kitty Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 Bad Kitty 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.
- 12005–1/4
- 22007–1/4
- 32007402/4
- 42009–1/4
- 520091591/4
- 62010–1/4
- 72011–1/4
- 820111602/4
- 92011401/4
- 1020121421/4
- 1120121581/4
- 1220131271/4
- 132014161/4
- 142014–1/4
- 1520141551/4
- 162015242/4
- 172015242/4
- 18Bad Kitty Makes Comics . . . and You Can Too!Bad Kitty Picture Books #102015 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/420151442/4
- 1920161381/4
- 202016–1/4
- 212016241/4
- 222016242/4
- 2320171601/4
- 2420181601/4
- 2520181601/4
- 262019–2/4
- 272019–1/4
- 282020–1/4
- 292021241/4
- 302022–1/4
- 312023–2/4
- 322026–1/4
Do you have to read Bad Kitty books in order?
You should read the Bad Kitty series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 17 related titles (picture books) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Bad Kitty book also stands alone.
Where to start with Bad Kitty
Start with Bad Kitty Gets a Bath (2009), the earliest published book in the Bad Kitty series.
What is the newest Bad Kitty book?
Bad Kitty Gets a Job (2026) is the newest book in the Bad Kitty series.
Is there a new Bad Kitty book coming?
No next Bad Kitty book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Bad Kitty at a glance
- Still running
- Bad Kitty is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Bad Kitty books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,879 pages across the 19 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 138 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Bad Kitty books, 22 of 32, were published in the 2010s.
What the Bad Kitty books are about
25 of the 32 Bad Kitty books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cats is tagged on 24 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
More books by Nick Bruel
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Nick Bruel books in order 49 books
Series that include Bad Kitty books
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.