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Home / Authors / Miranda James Miranda James Miranda James is an American author best known for the Cat in the Stacks mystery series. Her books have sold over one million copies and earned multiple Agatha Award nominations. This page provides the Miranda James books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1994 By a Woman's Hand(As: Dean James, With: Jean Swanson) POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1998 The Village Vampire and the Oboe of Death(As: Dean James) POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 1998 The Village Vampire and the Oboe of Death POoDJSS · 1 Buy ↗ 1998 Killer Books(As: Dean James, With: Jean Swanson) POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 2000 Cruel as the Grave POoDSMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2001 Closer Than the Bones POoDSMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2002 Posted to Death POoSKB · 1 Buy ↗ 2003 Faked to Death POoSKB · 2 Buy ↗ 2003 The Dick Francis Companion(As: Dean James, With: Jean Swanson) POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 2004 Decorated to Death POoSKB · 3 Buy ↗ 2005 Flamingo Fatale POoTPMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 Baked to Death POoSKB · 4 Buy ↗ 2005 The Robert B. Parker Companion(As: Dean James, With: Elizabeth Foxwell) POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 2006 Murder Over Easy POoTPMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2007 On the Slam POoBCMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2007 Best Served Cold POoTPMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2008 The Unkindest Cut POoBCMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2008 Bring Your Own Poison POoTPMB · 4 Buy ↗ 2008 Leftover Dead POoTPMB · 5 Buy ↗ 2010 Murder Past Due POoCITSMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 Classified as Murder POoCITSMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2012 File M for Murder POoCITSMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2012 Out of Circulation POoCITSMB · 4 Buy ↗ 2013 Death by Dissertation POoDSMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2014 Bless Her Dead Little Heart POoSLMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2014 The Silence of the Library POoCITSMB · 5 Buy ↗ 2015 Dead with the Wind POoSLMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2015 Arsenic and Old Books POoCITSMB · 6 Buy ↗ 2016 Digging Up the Dirt POoSLMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2016 No Cats Allowed POoCITSMB · 7 Buy ↗ 2017 Fixing to Die POoSLMB · 4 Buy ↗ 2017 Twelve Angry Librarians POoCITSMB · 8 Buy ↗ 2018 Claws for Concern POoCITSMB · 9 Buy ↗ 2018 Six Cats a Slayin' POoCITSMB · 10 Buy ↗ 2019 The Pawful Truth POoCITSMB · 11 Buy ↗ 2020 Careless Whiskers POoCITSMB · 12 Buy ↗ 2020 Cat Me If You Can POoCITSMB · 13 Buy ↗ 2021 What the Cat Dragged In POoCITSMB · 14 Buy ↗ 2023 Hiss Me Deadly POoCITSMB · 15 Buy ↗ 2024 Requiem for a Mouse POoCITSMB · 16 Buy ↗ 2025 Something Whiskered POoCITSMB · 17 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 4 books · 1994–2005
01 By a Woman's Hand(As: Dean James, With: Jean Swanson) 1994 Buy ↗ 02 Killer Books(As: Dean James, With: Jean Swanson) 1998 Buy ↗ 03 The Dick Francis Companion(As: Dean James, With: Jean Swanson) 2003 Buy ↗ 04 The Robert B. Parker Companion(As: Dean James, With: Elizabeth Foxwell) 2005 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 1 book · 1998
01 The Village Vampire and the Oboe of Death(As: Dean James) 1998 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Trailer Park Mysteries Books 5 books · 2005–2008
01 Flamingo Fatale 2005 Buy ↗ 02 Murder Over Easy 2006 Buy ↗ 03 Best Served Cold 2007 Buy ↗ 04 Bring Your Own Poison 2008 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Cat In The Stacks Mysteries Books 17 books · 2010–2025
01 Murder Past Due 2010 Buy ↗ 02 Classified as Murder 2011 Buy ↗ 03 File M for Murder 2012 Buy ↗ 04 Out of Circulation 2012 Buy ↗ 05 The Silence of the Library 2014 Buy ↗ 06 Arsenic and Old Books 2015 Buy ↗ 07 No Cats Allowed 2016 Buy ↗ 08 Twelve Angry Librarians 2017 Buy ↗ 09 Claws for Concern 2018 Buy ↗ 10 Six Cats a Slayin' 2018 Buy ↗ 11 The Pawful Truth 2019 Buy ↗ 12 Careless Whiskers 2020 Buy ↗ 13 Cat Me If You Can 2020 Buy ↗ 14 What the Cat Dragged In 2021 Buy ↗ 15 Hiss Me Deadly 2023 Buy ↗ 16 Requiem for a Mouse 2024 Buy ↗ 17 Something Whiskered 2025 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Deep South Mysteries Books 3 books · 2000–2013
01 Cruel as the Grave 2000 Buy ↗ 02 Closer Than the Bones 2001 Buy ↗ 03 Death by Dissertation 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Simon Kirby-Jones Books 4 books · 2002–2005
01 Posted to Death 2002 Buy ↗ 02 Faked to Death 2003 Buy ↗ 03 Decorated to Death 2004 Buy ↗ 04 Baked to Death 2005 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Bridge Club Mysteries Books 2 books · 2007–2008
02 The Unkindest Cut 2008 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Dean James Short Stories/Novellas 1 book · 1998
01 The Village Vampire and the Oboe of Death 1998 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Southern Ladies Mysteries Books 4 books · 2014–2017
01 Bless Her Dead Little Heart 2014 Buy ↗ 02 Dead with the Wind 2015 Buy ↗ 03 Digging Up the Dirt 2016 Buy ↗