Lilian Jackson Braun Books In Order

Cat Who… Books In Publication Order

  1. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (1966)
  2. The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (1967)
  3. The Cat Who Turned On And Off (1968)
  4. The Cat Who Saw Red (1986)
  5. The Cat Who Played Brahms (1987)
  6. The Cat Who Played Post Office (1987)
  7. The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare (1988)
  8. The Cat Who Sniffed Glue (1988)
  9. The Cat Who Went Underground (1989)
  10. The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts (1990)
  11. The Cat Who Lived High (1990)
  12. The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal (1991)
  13. The Cat Who Moved a Mountain (1992)
  14. The Cat Who Wasn’t There (1992)
  15. The Cat Who Went into the Closet (1993)
  16. The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (1994)
  17. The Cat Who Blew the Whistle (1994)
  18. The Cat Who Said Cheese (1995)
  19. The Cat Who Tailed a Thief (1997)
  20. The Cat Who Sang for the Birds (1998)
  21. The Cat Who Saw Stars (1999)
  22. The Cat Who Robbed a Bank (1999)
  23. The Cat Who Smelled a Rat (2001)
  24. The Cat Who Went Up the Creek (2002)
  25. The Cat Who Brought Down the House (2003)
  26. The Cat Who Talked Turkey (2004)
  27. The Cat Who Went Bananas (2004)
  28. The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell (2006)
  29. The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers (2007)

Cat Who Short Story Collections In Publication Order

  1. The Cat Who Had 14 Tales (1988)
  2. Short and Tall Tales / Qwilleran’s Short and Tall Tales (2002)
  3. The Private Life of the Cat Who… (2003)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. Mystery Cats (1991)
  2. More Mystery Cats (1993)
  3. Mystery Cats 3: More Feline Felonies (1995)
  4. Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives (1998)
  5. Tar Heel Dead (2005)

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Lilian Jackson Braun Books Overview

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards

The world of modern art is a mystery to many. But for Jim Qwilleran it turns into a mystery of another sort when his assignment to cover the art beat for the Daily Fluxion leads down the path to murder. A stabbing in an art gallery, vandalised paintings, a fatal fall from a scaffolding this is not at all what Qwilleran expects when he turns his reporting talents to art. But now Qwilleran and his newly found partner, Koko the brilliant Siamese, are in their element sniffing out clues and confounding criminals intent on mayhem and murder.

The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern

Qwilleran is not happy with his new assignment to write about interior decorating in a new weekly magazine. Then someone burgles the residence featured on the front cover and kills the lady of the house. Suddenly, Quill finds himself and his feline friend in the midst of a murder investigation.

The Cat Who Turned On And Off

Book 3 of ‘The Cat Who’ series! Qwill moves his felines to ‘Junktown,’ a charming community of eccentric antique dealers. But before they’ve had a chance to settle in, Qwill finds himself embroiled in a mystery where a lot more than 19th century English bookcases are being shellacked. Retail $69. 95USD.

The Cat Who Saw Red

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. After moving into an old mansion whose previous owner committed suicide, prize winning reporter Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats are disturbed by strange occurrences and start to investigate when Qwilleran’s old girlfriend disappears.

The Cat Who Played Brahms

Qwilleran heads for a cabin in the country with his two cats, Koko and Yum Yum. But from the moment he arrives there, things turn strange. Soon Qwilleran enters into a game of cat and mouse with a killer, and Koko develops a fondness for classical music.

The Cat Who Played Post Office

An unexpected inheritance throws reporter Jim Qwilleran into the limelight of the rich and famous until a missing maid and a shocking murder show him the unsavory side of the upper crust. But it’s his Siamese Koko’s propensity for clues that leads the roving reporter to some unlikely suspects.

The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare

An accident has claimed the life of the local paper’s eccentric publisher, but to Qwilleran and his feline friends it smells like murder. They soon sniff out a shocking secret, but Koko’s snooping may prove CATastrophic. The newest addition to the spectacular ‘Cat’ mysteries series.

The Cat Who Sniffed Glue

It looks like robbery gone awry to the police. But then Koko develops an oddappetite for glue, and he and Qwilleran become entangled in a web of love anddanger in their stickiest case yet! ‘The mix of crime and cats is catnip toreaders who like both!’ Chicago Sun Times. HC: Putnam.

The Cat Who Went Underground

Jim Qwilleran packs up his old kit bag and his two Siamese cats for a sun and fun summer at his log cabin in Moose County. Their vacation starts off ominously with the disappearance of a handyman hired to patch up Qwilleran’s cabins. But the felines really start throwing catfits when they come across a couple of dead bodies! HC: Putnam.

The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts

Veteran reporter Jim Qwilleran tackles the supernatural in the latest entry in Lilian Jackson Braun’s Edgar Award nominated series. Are ghosts really haunting the Goodwinter farmhouse museum? Qwill doesn’t think so not until he finds Iris Cobb literally scared to death on the floor of the farmhouse.

The Cat Who Lived High

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Jim Qwilleran and his feline companions, Koko and Yum Yum, investigate the murder of Dianne Bessinger, the founder of an organization out to save an old apartment house, the Casablanca, from the real estate developers who plan to tear it down.

The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When the director of the Pickax Theatre Club’s Shakespeare production is found dead in Qwilleran’s apple orchard, Qwilleran and his Siamese sleuths must discover which player staged the murder

The Cat Who Moved a Mountain

On vacation in the Big Potato Mountains, Qwilleran stumbles into a mystery involving the murder of J. J. Hawkinfield, the developer who was pushed off a mountain years before after announcing his plans to develop the region. AB. PW.

The Cat Who Wasn’t There

Persuaded to join a tour of Scotland, Jim Qwilleran finds his enjoyment of the trip threatened when a jewel thief swipes a suitcase, the bus driver vanishes, a fellow tourist is found dead, and Polly is tailed by the Pickax Prowler.Lit Guild & Doubleday Alt. Mystery Guild Main.

The Cat Who Went into the Closet

Dick Van Patten narrates this Lilian Jackson Braun mystery. The beloved collection for lighthearted mystery lovers is this series of newspaper columnist Jim Qwilleran and his crime solving Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum solving crimes where they come. She has written 24 Cat Who…
books in this enormously popular and successful series.

The Cat Who Came to Breakfast

When a cabin cruiser mysteriously explodes in the marina of Breakfast Island, newspaper reporter Jim Qwilleran and his feline companions investigate shady happenings at the hot vacation spot. Read by Dick Van Patten. Book available.

The Cat Who Blew the Whistle

The beloved books for lighthearted mystery lovers, particularly those who also happen to be cat lovers. Newspaper columnist Jim Qwilleran and his crime solving Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, live in tiny Moose County and solve crimes together. Lilian Jackson Braun has written 24 Cat Who…
in this enormously popular series.

The Cat Who Said Cheese

A brand new ‘Cat Who . . ‘. mystery by the author of The Cat Who Blew the Whistle and The Cat Who Came to Breakfast. Something smells in Pickax! As the Great Food Explo is set to begin, there is a killer determined to make it an event Pickax City will never forget. Enter Qwill, Koko, and Yum Yum, with suspicions that a bomb meant to explode at the opening ceremonies is meant as something stronger than a warning.

The Cat Who Tailed a Thief

A spate of petty thefts threatens the holiday spirit in Pickax. First it’s just a pair of sunglas*ses and gloves that disappear but then the entire charity collection of the Indian Village Bridge Club is found missing. And unfortunately the worst is yet to come…
Ironically, the small items begin to disappear when banker Willard Carmichael moves to Pickax. Willard has come accompanied by his flashy young wife, Danielle, and plans to restore a few Victorian homes. But when he’s found murdered in an apparent mugging, his wife’s cousin appears a bit too eager to pick up where Willard tragically had to leave off.

The Cat Who Sang for the Birds

The 20th addition to the marvelous, bestselling ‘Cat Who…
‘ mystery series finds Lilian Jackson Braun in fine form. It’s spring in Moose County and newspaper columnist Jim Qwilleran and his remarkable felines, Koko and Yum Yum, are caught up in intrigue once again, this time investigating the death of an elderly woman in a suspicious fire and the mysterious break in at the newly opened art museum Mystery/Detective

The Cat Who Saw Stars

A new caper from ‘a master of mystery who knows exactly when to let the cat out of the bag.’ People Quill is determined to dispel rumors circulating in Moose County, ‘four hundred miles north of everywhere,’ that extraterrestrial beings may be responsible for the disappearance of a stray backpacker. Koko, on the other hand, is spending hours on the porch in the dark, watching the sky for stars or something! Throw in some highly innovative plans for this year’s 4th of July parade, a dogcart race, and the recent knitting craze in Moose County, and Quill and the cats have some serious sorting out to do.. and readers yet another purrfectly delightful Cat Who.. mystery to enjoy!

The Cat Who Robbed a Bank

In this new installment in the bestselling Cat Who…
mystery series, Qwilleran and his brilliant Siamese put their whisker twitching, crime solving talents to work to find a killer. The residents of Pickax are delighted that the old bombed out Pickax Hotel is reopening with a whole new look. With new furnishings, a new chef, and even a new name, what could be more thrilling? Everyone is thrown into a topspin when one of the hotel’s first guests, a jeweler who has come to town to buy heirloom jewelry from some of Pickax’s oldest families, winds up a victim of murder. Who could have committed such a horrible crime? Could it be the hotel clerk, a recent winner of a gold medal for the caber toss at the Highland Games? Qwilleran and his snooping Siamese are willing to go to any lengths to find the killer and set the town at ease. But first they’ll have to contend with a hijacked bookmobile, an attemped bank robbery…
and a few of the cats’ preoccupations. Koko has a newfound fondness for pennies, and Koko and Yum Yum both are obsessed with chewing on gum wrappers but for entirely different reasons, of course. Sit back, relax, and unwind with another fabulous feline mystery by Lilian Jackson Braun!

The Cat Who Smelled a Rat

October arrives in Moose County on the heels of a long drought, and the citizens of Pickax worry about wildfires. Their fears are realized in an unexpected manner, with a case of arson and the shooting of a volunteer fire watcher as he is reporting the blaze. The crime wave continues as the president of the curling club is pushed to his death down a flight of stairs, and it’s up to Qwilleran & Co. to sniff out the rat who is responsible for it all. ‘Upbeat prose and amiable characters…
the cat’s meow of cozies.’ Publishers Weekly

The Cat Who Went Up the Creek

James Qwilleran and his famous felines, Koko and Yum Yum, are back for another mystery solving stint in the beloved, bestselling Cat Who…
series. ‘The feelings produced by reading about Qwill and his pals can best be compared to that coziest of feelings having a purring cat on your lap.’ Booklist The game is afoot at the Nutcracker Inn in the village of Black Creek, famous for its black walnuts and for its squirrels, which keep Koko endlessly entertained as he fences with them. Joining the usual cast of characters are gold prospectors, wildlife photographers, pirates, and oh, yes, the game: bears! This varied m&eacutelange conspires to keep Qwilleran and the cats on their toes as they face their latest challenge in Braun’s seductively charming style.

The Cat Who Brought Down the House

Dear Reader Twenty five years ago, Jim Qwilleran walked into my life…
huffing into his large moustache, spelling his name oddly, drinking black coffee at the Press Club bar. He was tall but seemed world weary. His entire earthly possessions fit into two suitcases. He was a down and out crime reporter willing to cover any minor beat if it could get him back into newspapering. Then, almost overnight, peculiar circumstances made him the richest man in northeast central United States. All that money made Qwilleran nervous, until he remembered the old saying: ‘Money is like muck; it doesn’t do any good unless you spread it around.’ He established a foundation to spread it around. Now Qwilleran lives in a small town, 400 miles north of everywhere, and writes for a small newspaper. He stands tall and straight. He dates a librarian. His roommates are two abandoned cats that he adopted along the way, one of them quite remarkable. Despite his fame and fortune, Qwilleran’s popularity really stems from his sense of humor, individuality, and willingness to listen. He has a writer’s talent for sympathetic listening half compassion, half curiosity and it draws confidences from men and women, old and young. Qwilleran has a secret of his own that he shares with no one or hardly anyone. His male cat, Koko, has an uncanny intuition that can tell right from wrong and frequently sniffs out the evil doer. Together, he and Qwilleran have solved several cases. The Cat Who Brought Down the House is the twenty fifth installment of the Qwilleran saga. Shall we try for twenty six? Lilian

The Cat Who Talked Turkey

James Qwilleran and his famous felines, Koko and Yum Yum, are back for another mystery solving stint in the beloved bestselling Cat Who…
series. In Qwill’s opinion, ‘A town without a bookstore is like a chicken with one leg,’ and since the late Eddington Smith’s bookstore burned down, the town of Pickax has been somewhat off balance. To the rescue comes the Klingenschoen Foundation, manager of Qwill’s estate, which considers a new bookstore a worthy investment. Delighted by their good fortune, the people of Moose County prepare to celebrate the gala groundbreaking of the store on the site of the old. But no one is prepared for the discovery of the body of a man shot execution style in a wooded area on the very same day. Now Qwill and his clever cats have their work cut out for them.

The Cat Who Went Bananas

A New York Times Bestseller Lilian Jackson Braun proves yet again that Qwill, Yum Yum, and Koko are the purrfect team to solve any mystery. Autumn has arrived, and the citizens of Pickax find themselves amid a clamor of activity. In addition to the opening of its latest theatrical production, the town is celebrating the dedication of a new bookstore and park built in memory of beloved bookstore owner Edd Smith. The merry atmosphere, however, is dampened by the suspicious death of an out of town actor and the mysterious theft of a rare book. Columnist Jim Qwilleran’s research into the historic Hibbard House provides unexpected insight into these strange proceedings. And Qwill’s perceptive Siamese cat, KoKo, has been acting particularly odd in regard to its newest resident. Has KoKo gone bananas, or will his behavior help unravel the mystery? Lilian Jackson Braun lives in North Carolina In 1966, the New York Times labeled Braun, ‘the new detective of the year’ Between 1966 and 1968, Braun published three novels to critical acclaim; The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern and The Cat Who Turned On and Off The Cat Who Went Bananas is the 27th book to feature Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum and Moose County journalist Jim Qwilleran

The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell

James Qwilleran and his famous felines, Koko and Yum Yum, are back for another mystery solving stint in the beloved bestselling Cat Who…
series. While the town of Pickax is swept up in its sesquicentennial celebrations, Koko has developed a strange new hobby: He drops himself from balconies, occasionally landing in the oddest of places. When a young man comes to visit his wealthy relatives, Koko plummets straight onto his head! Meanwhile, a hurricane is brewing, and the visitor’s family members soon fall deathly ill. Qwill has his work cut out for him as Pickax as foreshadowed by Koko is about to be hit by a bombshell.

The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers

After dropping a bombshell that was a bestseller, Lilian Jackson Braun brings back James Qwilleran and his famous felines, Koko and Yum Yum, for the twenty ninth installment of the beloved, bestselling Cat Who…
series. Moose County, 400 miles north of everywhere, is in an uproar good and bad following vast inheritances from wealthy old families. Only ‘Cool Koko’ knows what’s happening…
and he’s not telling. Jim Qwilleran thinks it’s because he has more whiskers than ordinary cats, but who’s counting? Meanwhile…
Koko meets a piano tuner. Polly goes to Paris. Qwill writes a play an absurdist play titled The Cat Who Got Elected Dog Catcher. And there’s a mysterious death from a bee sting…

The Cat Who Had 14 Tales

A courageous Siamese bags a cunning cat burglar. A country kitty proves a stumbling block in a violent murder. And an intuitive feline’s premonition helps solve the case of the missing antique dealer. Here are 14 Braun ‘Cat’ tales that are riveting and amusing whodunits.

Short and Tall Tales / Qwilleran’s Short and Tall Tales

Fictional columnist James Qwilleran has finally completed his book showcasing the stories related to him by residents of Moose County that famous region four hundred miles north of everywhere. With an introduction by Lilian Jackson Braun, this delightful volume reveals the offbeat ‘history’ of Moose County in never before published stories. It’s a treat for old and new fans alike.

The Private Life of the Cat Who…

Koko is a remarkable male Siamese who happens to have sixty whiskers instead of the usual forty eight. Yum Yum is an adorable female who will steal anything including hearts. James Qwilleran is a columnist for The Moose County Something who had recorded his cats’ exploits in his personal journal since the day each arrived in his life. And Lilian Jackson Braun is the beloved creator of them all! This delightful collection of feline antics will warm the hearts of cat lovers everywhere.

More Mystery Cats

A collection of mystery tales starring cats features the writing of mystery masters Lilian Jackson Braun, Ellis Peters, Dorothy L. Sayers, P. G. Wodehouse, and ten others.

Mystery Cats 3: More Feline Felonies

A collection of feline mystery fables features Lilian Jackson Braun’s clever Siamese, Phut Phat; Edward D. Hoch’s sacred cat with cold ruby eyes; and Patricia Highsmith’s mysterious feline creature that serves as one couple’s conscience.

Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives

Midnight Louie is the savvy black tomcat who stars in his very own series by Carole Nelson Douglas. One tough hombre, he knows the score and always gets his man…
or rat. Louie’s hot on a new case a whole bunch in fact, in Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives. He’s pulled together stories of mystery, murder, and mayhem to bring us some of the wildest and furriest cases around, written by today’s most prominent authors. With an introduction from Lawrence Block and all new stories from such masters of the mystery as Dorothy Cannell, J.A. Jance, Nancy Pickard, and Ann Perry, as well as a reprint from Lilian Jackson Braun, Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives is a treat for mystery readers…
and animal lovers of all flavors.

Tar Heel Dead

From O. Henry to Lilian Jackson Braun, North Carolina has nurtured some of the world’s best known mystery writers. This unique collection of mystery short stories showcases some of North Carolina’s best writing talent from the past and the present some famous, some less well known. Some of the mysteries are by authors who have earned solid reputations in other genres, such as Orson Scott Card and William Brittain, but as their stories here demonstrate, their talent embraces the mysterious.

The stories in this collection are as diverse as the ‘detectives’ they feature: the Native American policeman who solves his first case on the reservation; a Siamese cat with an intuitive affection for his paraplegic neighbor; an attentive convenience store owner; and a thirty year old computer whiz whose body stopped growing when he was nine. They solve crimes, locate treasures, and uncover deceit in a range of tales that reflects the breadth of the genre. With stories to delight mystery devotees and fans of all good writing, this anthology highlights one of the most vibrant and popular elements of North Carolina’s literary legacy.

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