Series
The Cat Who...
Lilian Jackson Braun · 29 novels · 1 short story · 2 collections · 1966–2007
The Cat Who... is a series of twenty-nine mystery novels and three related collections by Lilian Jackson Braun and published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, featuring a reporter named Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats, Kao K'o-Kung and Yum Yum. The first was written in 1966, with two more following in 1967 and 1968. The fourth appeared eighteen years later, after which at least one new novel was published every year until 2007. A thirtieth novel, originally announced for 2008, was postponed indefinitely by its publisher and then canceled after the author's death in 2011. It remains unpublished.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Map
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Stats
By decade
- 1960s4
- 1970s0
- 1980s7
- 1990s12
- 2000s9
Shape
29 novels · 1 short story · 2 collections
1 author · completed series
reads like:cozy mysterymurder investigationnorth americalate 20th centurylightheartedadult
Mood
Bright and calm: 94% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 6%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book31 of 32 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Cat Who Talked to Ghostsdarkest · most intense
- The Cat Who Knew a Cardinalbrightest
- The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshellcalmest