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Magical Cats Mystery Books in Order

Magical Cats Mystery contains 16 books, published between 2011 and 2024. The first book is Curiosity Thrilled the Cat (2011) and the newest is Furever After (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2011–2024
Pages on record
3,822 in 12 of 16 books
Reading time
64–96 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,822 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

See all 16 books in order Printable Magical Cats Mystery checklist

Magical Cats Mystery is a mystery series with 16 books catalogued from 2011 to 2024. Sofie Kelly is credited with 13 of them, from Sleight of Paw (2011) to Whiskers and Lies (2022), and Darlene Ryan with Curiosity Thrilled the Cat (2011), Paws to Remember (2023) and Furever After (2024). Curiosity Thrilled the Cat and Sleight of Paw (both 2011) open the series, followed by Copycat Killing (2012), Cat Trick and Final Catcall (2013), and A Midwinter's Tail (2014). Faux Paw (2015), Paws and Effect (2016), A Tale of Two Kitties (2017) and The Cats Came Back (2018) come later. Women librarians, cats and their owners, murder investigation and a flood appear in the subject tags.

How many Magical Cats Mystery books are there?

Magical Cats Mystery has 16 books, released between 2011 and 2024.

Magical Cats Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Magical Cats Mystery 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 Sleight of Paw by Sofie Kelly, book 2 of the Magical Cats Mystery series (2011)
  2. Cover of Copycat Killing by Sofie Kelly, book 3 of the Magical Cats Mystery series (2012)
  3. Cover of Final Catcall by Sofie Kelly, book 5 of the Magical Cats Mystery series (2013)
  4. Cover of Faux Paw by Sofie Kelly, book 7 of the Magical Cats Mystery series (2015)
  5. Cover of Paws and Effect by Sofie Kelly, book 9 of the Magical Cats Mystery series (2016)
  6. Cover of A Night's Tail by Sofie Kelly, book 12 of the Magical Cats Mystery series (2019)
  7. Cover of A Case of Cat and Mouse by Sofie Kelly, book 13 of the Magical Cats Mystery series (2020)
  8. Cover of Hooked on a Feline by Sofie Kelly, book 14 of the Magical Cats Mystery series (2021)
  9. Cover of Whiskers and Lies by Sofie Kelly, book 15 of the Magical Cats Mystery series (2022)
  1. 1
    Curiosity Thrilled the Cat2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  2. 2
    Sleight of Paw2011 · 327 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011327
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  3. 3
    Copycat Killing2012 · 321 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012321
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  4. 4
    Cat Trick2013 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013328
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  5. 5
    Final Catcall2013 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013328
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  6. 6
    A Midwinter's Tail2014 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014326
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  7. 7
    Faux Paw2015 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015336
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  8. 9
    Paws and Effect2016 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016336
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  9. 10
    A Tale of Two Kitties2017 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017326
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  10. 11
    The Cats Came Back2018 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018294
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  11. 12
    A Night's Tail2019 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019276
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  12. 13
    A Case of Cat and Mouse2020 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020336
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  13. 14
    Hooked on a Feline2021 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021288
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  14. 15
    Whiskers and Lies2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  15. 16
    Paws to Remember2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  16. 17
    Furever After2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Do you have to read Magical Cats Mystery books in order?

You should read the Magical Cats Mystery books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Magical Cats Mystery book also stands alone.

Where to start with Magical Cats Mystery

Start with Curiosity Thrilled the Cat (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Magical Cats Mystery book?

Furever After (2024) is the newest Magical Cats Mystery book released so far.

Is there a new Magical Cats Mystery book coming?

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

Magical Cats Mystery at a glance

Still running
Magical Cats Mystery is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Magical Cats Mystery books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,822 pages across the 12 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 326 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Magical Cats Mystery books, 11 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 16 titles, 13 are credited to Sofie Kelly and 3 to Darlene Ryan.

What the Magical Cats Mystery books are about

12 of the 16 Magical Cats Mystery books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women librarians is tagged on 9 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Characters in the Magical Cats Mystery books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.