Reading order
Catwings reading order
1- 7.97.9 / 1050 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 1988–1999
- Published
- about 3 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Fantasy
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
3 volumes1988–1999Completed
- Ursula K. Le Guin’s small illustrated chapter books, drawn by S. D. Schindler, about four kittens born with wings to an ordinary alley cat in a dangerous city.
- Their mother sends them away to find a safer life, and in Catwings, the one with enough ratings, they fly to the woods, meet owls and wary birds, and finally two kind children who can keep a secret.
- Gentle, unsentimental and beautifully written for early readers or for reading aloud.
- Short enough to read all four in an afternoon.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 140 pages, about 3 hours. At 45 min a day that is 3 days.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 1, 2026.
- Stage 13 h3 daysby November 1, 2026
- 1. Catwings
- 2. Catwings Return
- 4. Jane on Her Own
- The end of the series
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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
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Catwings book is the longest?
“Catwings Return” is the longest at 54 pages; the shortest is “Jane on Her Own” with 42 pages.
What should I read after Catwings?
Other series by Ursula K. Le Guin: Earthsea series, Hainish Cycle, Annals of the Western Shore.
