Reading order
Kitty Norville reading order
- Kitty and the Midnight Hour2005
- Kitty Goes to Washington2006
- Kitty Takes a Holiday2007
- Kitty and the Silver Bullet2008
- Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand2009
- Kitty Raises Hell2009
- Kitty's House of Horrors2009
- Kitty Goes to War2010
- Kitty's Big Trouble2011
- Kitty's Greatest Hits2011
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10- 10 volumes
- Volumes
- 2005–2011
- Published
- about 60 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Fantasy
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
10 volumes2005–2011Completed
- Urban fantasy about Kitty Norville, a young werewolf who hosts a late-night radio advice show for the supernatural, and then finds out how dangerous it is to be famous.
- Lighter and wittier than many in the genre, across fourteen books.
- Start with Kitty and the Midnight Hour; the series improves early, and Kitty Goes to Washington rates highest.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
10 volumes, 3,167 pages, about 60 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 months.
Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: high
Stages
4 stages, with 3 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 27, 2027, 12 days later than in one go.
- Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 21, 2026
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 218 habout 3 weeksby December 19, 2026
- Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.4
- Stage 317 habout 3 weeksby January 15, 2027
- Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.3
- Stage 46 h8 daysby January 27, 2027
- The end of the series
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Does the series hold up
Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.2 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.
Best volume: Kitty Goes to Washington (7.9, 50 ratings). Weakest: Kitty and the Midnight Hour (7.6). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (7.8) scores close to the series average or above it.
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
Kitty Norville books ranked, best to worst
- 1.Kitty Goes to WashingtonBook 2 · 20067.9
- 2.Kitty Takes a HolidayBook 3 · 20077.8
- 3.Kitty and the Midnight HourBook 1 · 20057.6
Frequently asked questions
Which Kitty Norville book is the best?
By reader score, Kitty Goes to Washington (7.9/10). The lowest-rated is Kitty and the Midnight Hour (7.6/10).
Which Kitty Norville book is the longest?
“Kitty and the Silver Bullet” is the longest at 352 pages; the shortest is “Kitty and the Midnight Hour” with 280 pages.