Save the Cat! Books in Order
Save the Cat! contains 10 books, published between 2005 and 2025. The first book is Save the Cat (2005) and the newest is Save the Cat! Writes Horror (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2005–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,224 in 4 of 10 books
Save the Cat! is a series of craft manuals on storytelling, catalogued under creative writing, authorship and plot construction. Ten books run from Save the Cat (2005) to Save the Cat! Writes Horror (2025), taking in Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (2018) and Save the Cat! Writes for TV (2021). Blake Snyder is credited on four of them, Jessica Brody on two, Jamie Nash on two and Salva Rubio on one. Books reach a median of 296 pages, and the series is ongoing.
How many Save the Cat! books are there?
Save the Cat! has 10 books, released between 2005 and 2025.
Save the Cat! Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Save the 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.
- 1Save the Cat2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 2Save the Cat Goes to the Movies2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 2Save the Cat! Writes a Novel2018 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420183201/4
- 3Save the Cat!® Beat Sheet Workbook2009 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/420092001/4
- 3Save the Cat! Writes a Young Adult Novel2023 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420234321/4
- 4Save the Cat!® Strikes Back2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 5Save the Cat!® Blake's Blogs2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 6Save the Cat!® Goes to the Indies2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 8Save the Cat! Writes for TV2021 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420212721/4
- 10Save the Cat! Writes Horror2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Where to start with Save the Cat!
Start with Save the Cat (2005), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Save the Cat! book?
Save the Cat! Writes Horror (2025) is the newest Save the Cat! book released so far.
Is there a new Save the Cat! book coming?
No next Save the 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.
Save the Cat! at a glance
- Still running
- Save the Cat! is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Save the Cat! books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,224 pages across the 4 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 296 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Save the Cat! books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 10 titles, 4 are credited to Blake Snyder, 2 to Jessica Brody, 2 to Jamie Nash and 1 to Salva Rubio. One title carries no credit.
What the Save the Cat! books are about
3 of the 10 Save the Cat! books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: language arts is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Language arts 2 of 3 books
- Authorship 1 of 3 books
- Creative writing 1 of 3 books
- Performing arts 1 of 3 books
- Stories, plots 1 of 3 books