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Reading order

Cat Royal reading order

Julia Golding

  1. Cat among the Pigeons2006
  2. The Diamond of Drury Lane2006
  3. Den of Thieves2007
  4. Black Heart of Jamaica2008
  5. Cat O'Nine Tails2009
5 volumes
Volumes
2006–2009
Published
about 35 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

Cat among the Pigeons
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Publication order

5 volumes2006–2009Completed

Volume numbering in the sources is incomplete — the order below follows publication years.

A plan for the whole series

5 volumes, 1,953 pages, about 35 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 7 weeks.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around December 23, 2026, 7 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 114 h19 daysby November 17, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 21, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 215 h19 daysby December 11, 2026
  4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 14, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  5. Stage 37 h9 daysby December 23, 2026
  6. The end of the series
    December 23, 2026
In one goDecember 16, 2026about 7 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 23, 2026about 8 weeks · +4 h of other books

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How this plan is calculated

The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →

Every volume in order

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No volume in this series has enough ratings to enter a ranking yet, so the list carries no scores — the order and the volumes are still complete.

  1. Cat among the Pigeons
    Cat among the Pigeons2006 · 5 ratingsStart here
    –Not ranked yet
  2. The Diamond of Drury Lane
    The Diamond of Drury Lane2006 · 11 ratings
    –Not ranked yet
  3. Den of Thieves
    Den of Thieves2007
    –Not ranked yet
  4. Black Heart of Jamaica
    Black Heart of Jamaica2008 · 4 ratings
    –Not ranked yet
  5. Cat O'Nine Tails
    Cat O'Nine Tails2009
    –Not ranked yet

Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 28, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Cat Royal book is the longest?

“The Diamond of Drury Lane” is the longest at 421 pages; the shortest is “Cat among the Pigeons” with 366 pages.