The Cat Who... reading order

A plan for the whole series

27 volumes, 6,957 pages, about 130 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 months.

Stages

8 stages, with 7 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around May 26, 2027, about 6 weeks later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 118 habout 3 weeksby November 22, 2026

   • 1. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards1966 · 256 pages · 5 h
   • 2. The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern1967 · 192 pages · 4 h
   • 3. The Cat Who Turned On and Off1968 · 272 pages · 5 h
   • 4. The Cat Who Saw Red1986 · 256 pages · 5 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 26, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 218 habout 4 weeksby December 20, 2026

   • 5. The Cat Who Played Brahms1987 · 192 pages · 4 h
   • 6. The Cat Who Played Post Office1987 · 272 pages · 5 h
   • 7. The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare1988 · 256 pages · 5 h
   • 8. The Cat Who Sniffed Glue1988 · 288 pages · 5 h
4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 24, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 320 habout 4 weeksby January 19, 2027

   • 9. The Cat Who Went Underground1989 · 204 pages · 4 h
   • 10. The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts1990 · 288 pages · 5 h
   • 11. The Cat Who Lived High1990 · 304 pages · 6 h
   • 13. The Cat Who Moved a Mountain1992 · 272 pages · 5 h
6. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by January 28, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 416 h21 daysby February 18, 2027

   • 14. The Cat Who Wasn't There1992 · 288 pages · 5 h
   • 15. The Cat Who Went Into the Closet1993 · 288 pages · 5 h
   • 16. The Cat Who Came to Breakfast1994 · 272 pages · 5 h
8. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by February 22, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 516 h21 daysby March 15, 2027

   • 17. The Cat Who Blew the Whistle1995 · 320 pages · 6 h
   • 18. The Cat Who Said Cheese1996 · 272 pages · 5 h
   • 19. The Cat Who Tailed a Thief1997 · 263 pages · 5 h
10. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by March 19, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
11. 6
    Stage 620 habout 4 weeksby April 14, 2027

    • 20. The Cat Who Sang for the Birds1998 · 272 pages · 5 h
    • 21. The Cat Who Saw Stars1999 · 287 pages · 5 h
    • 22. The Cat Who Robbed a Bank2000 · 292 pages · 5 h
    • 23. The Cat Who Smelled a Rat2001 · 229 pages · 4 h
12. BreakBorn a Crime · Trevor Noah · 304 pp. · score 8.96 h, by April 24, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
13. 7
    Stage 717 habout 3 weeksby May 17, 2027

    • 24. The Cat Who Went Up The Creek2002 · 304 pages · 6 h
    • 25. The Cat Who Brought Down the House2003 · 256 pages · 5 h
    • 26. The Cat Who Talked Turkey2003 · 181 pages · 3 h
    • 28. The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell2006 · 191 pages · 4 h
14. Short breakTo Be Taught, If Fortunate · Becky Chambers · 153 pp. · score 8.33 h, by May 21, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
15. 8
    Stage 83 h5 daysby May 26, 2027

    • 29. The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers2007 · 190 pages · 3 h
16. The end of the series

    May 26, 2027

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