Midnight Louie Books in Order
There are 32 Midnight Louie books, published between 1992 and 2018. The first book is Catnap / Cat in an Alphabet Soup (1992) and the newest is Absinthe Without Leave (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 32
- Published
- 1992–2018
- Confirmed
- 31 of 32 titles
- Pages on record
- 9,345 in 24 of 32 books
- Reading time
- 156–234 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,345 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 32 titles with a page count on record.
Midnight Louie is a recurring figure in mystery fiction by Carole Nelson Douglas. The listing gathers 32 books published between 1992 and 2018, opening with Catnap / Cat in an Alphabet Soup (1992) and closing on Absinthe Without Leave (2018). Subject headings record Midnight Louie and Temple Barr as fictitious characters, set against Las Vegas, cats, women cat owners, women detectives and public relations consultants. Douglas is credited on 29 of the titles and J.A. Jance on 3. The Midnight Louie Cafe Noir Mystery series sits inside the run.
How many Midnight Louie books are there?
Midnight Louie has 32 books, released between 1992 and 2018.
Midnight Louie Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 Midnight Louie 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.
- 11992–3/4
- 219933043/4
- 319943813/4
- 419953843/4
- 519964163/4
- 619973843/4
- 719973843/4
- 819973523/4
- 919983843/4
- 101998–3/4
- 111999–3/4
- 1219994323/4
- 1320004323/4
- 1420014163/4
- 1520024163/4
- 1620033843/4
- 172003–3/4
- 1820044323/4
- 1920054643/4
- 2020063843/4
- 2120073843/4
- 2220084003/4
- 2320094323/4
- 242010–3/4
- 252011–3/4
- 262012–3/4
- 2720124163/4
- 2820134003/4
- 2920143263/4
- 3020153243/4
- 3120163143/4
- 322018–2/4
Do you have to read Midnight Louie books in order?
You should read the Midnight Louie books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Midnight Louie book also stands alone.
Where to start with Midnight Louie
Start with Catnap / Cat in an Alphabet Soup (1992), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Midnight Louie book?
Absinthe Without Leave (2018) is the newest Midnight Louie book released so far.
Is there a new Midnight Louie book coming?
No next Midnight Louie book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Midnight Louie at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Midnight Louie title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Midnight Louie books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 9,345 pages across the 24 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Midnight Louie books, 12 of 32, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 32 titles, 29 are credited to Carole Nelson Douglas and 3 to J.A. Jance.
What the Midnight Louie books are about
25 of the 32 Midnight Louie books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: temple barr (fictitious character) is tagged on 19 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Temple Barr (Fictitious character) 19 of 25 books
- Women cat owners 18 of 25 books
- Cats 17 of 25 books
- Public relations consultants 17 of 25 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 9 of 25 books
- Barr, temple (fictitious character) 7 of 25 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 25 books
- Las Vegas (Nev.) 4 of 25 books
- Cat owners 3 of 25 books
- Private investigators 3 of 25 books