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Mog the Forgetful Cat Books in Order

Mog the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr contains 27 books, published between 1970 and 2020. The first book is Mog the Forgetful Cat (1970) and the newest is Mog’s Birthday (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
27
Published
1970–2020
Pages on record
958 in 23 of 27 books
Reading time
16–24 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 958 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 27 titles with a page count on record.

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Mog the cat stars in this picture book series by Judith Kerr. Mog the Forgetful Cat opened the series in 1970, and Mog’s Birthday closed a 27-book run in 2020. The books are humorous family stories of around 32 pages each. Mog's Christmas (1976), Mog in the Dark (1983) and Mog and the Baby (1991) are among the entries.

How many Mog the Forgetful Cat books are there?

Mog the Forgetful Cat has 27 books, released between 1970 and 2020.

Mog the Forgetful Cat Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 27 Mog the Forgetful Cat 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 Mog the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr, book 1 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (1970)
  2. Cover of Mog in the Dark by Judith Kerr, book 3 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (1983)
  3. Cover of Mog and Me by Judith Kerr, book 4 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (1984)
  4. Cover of Mog's Family of Cats by Judith Kerr, book 5 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (1985)
  5. Cover of Mog’s Amazing Birthday Caper by Judith Kerr, book 6 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (1986)
  6. Cover of Mog and Bunny by Judith Kerr, book 7 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (1988)
  7. Cover of Mog and the Baby by Judith Kerr, book 8 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (1991)
  8. Cover of Mog in the Garden by Judith Kerr, book 9 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (1991)
  9. Cover of Mog on Fox Night by Judith Kerr, book 12 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (1993)
  10. Cover of Mog’s Kittens by Judith Kerr, book 13 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (1994)
  11. Cover of Mog and the Granny by Judith Kerr, book 14 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (1995)
  12. Cover of Mog and the Vee-Ee-Tee / Mog and the V.E.T by Judith Kerr, book 15 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (1996)
  13. Cover of Mog’s Bad Thing by Judith Kerr, book 16 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (2000)
  14. Cover of Goodbye Mog by Judith Kerr, book 17 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (2002)
  15. Cover of Mog and Bunny and Other Stories by Judith Kerr, book 18 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (2013)
  16. Cover of Mog's Christmas Calamity by Judith Kerr, book 19 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (2015)
  17. Cover of Mog and Me and Other Stories by Judith Kerr, book 21 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (2016)
  18. Cover of My First Mog Books by Judith Kerr, book 22 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (2016)
  19. Cover of My First MOG ABC by Judith Kerr, book 23 of the Mog the Forgetful Cat series (2017)
  1. 1
    Mog the Forgetful Cat1970 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197040
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  2. 2
    Mog's Christmas1976 · confirmed 1/4
    1976–
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  3. 3
    Mog in the Dark1983 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198348
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  4. 4
    Mog and Me1984 · 18 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198418
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  5. 5
    Mog's Family of Cats1985 · 18 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198518
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  6. 6
    Mog’s Amazing Birthday Caper1986 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198648
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  7. 7
    Mog and Bunny1988 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198832
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  8. 8
    Mog and the Baby1991 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199132
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  9. 9
    Mog in the Garden1991 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199116
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  10. 10
    Mog and Barnaby1991 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199124
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  11. 11
    Look Out Mog!1991 · 18 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199118
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  12. 12
    Mog on Fox Night1993 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199332
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  13. 13
    Mog’s Kittens1994 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199416
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  14. 14
    Mog and the Granny1995 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199532
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  15. 15
    Mog and the Vee-Ee-Tee / Mog and the V.E.T1996 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199632
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  16. 16
    Mog’s Bad Thing2000 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200032
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  17. 17
    Goodbye Mog2002 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200232
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  18. 19
    Mog's Christmas Calamity2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  19. 22
    My First Mog Books2016 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201640
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  20. 23
    My First MOG ABC2017 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201732
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  21. 24
    My First MOG 1232018 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201832
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  22. 25
    Mog’s Suitcase2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  23. 26
    The Mog Treasury2020 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020208
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  24. 27
    Mog’s Birthday2020 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202024
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Is there a chronological order for Mog the Forgetful Cat?

No separate chronological order is on record for Mog the Forgetful Cat, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Mog the Forgetful Cat books in order?

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

Where to start with Mog the Forgetful Cat

Start with Mog the Forgetful Cat (1970), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mog the Forgetful Cat book?

Mog’s Birthday (2020) is the newest Mog the Forgetful Cat book released so far.

Is there a new Mog the Forgetful Cat book coming?

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

Mog the Forgetful Cat at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Mog the Forgetful Cat title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Mog the Forgetful Cat books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
958 pages across the 23 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mog the Forgetful Cat books, 8 of 27, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mog the Forgetful Cat books are about

20 of the 27 Mog the Forgetful Cat 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 18 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Judith Kerr

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Characters in the Mog the Forgetful Cat books

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