Carole Nelson Douglas Reading Order

20 books (1994–2020)

Start with A Dreamspun Christmas, the first of 20 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	A Dreamspun Christmas 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	Angel Christmas 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	Malice Domestic 4 1995Buy 🇺🇸
4	Marilyn 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	More Malice Domestic 1997Buy 🇺🇸
6	Tails of Wonder and Imagination 2001Buy 🇺🇸
7	Much Ado About Murder 2002Buy 🇺🇸
8	Death By Dickens 2004Buy 🇺🇸
9	Thou Shalt Not Kill 2005Buy 🇺🇸
10	Deadly Housewives 2006Buy 🇺🇸
11	Unusual Suspects 2008Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2 2009Buy 🇺🇸
13	Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary 2009Buy 🇺🇸
14	Chicks Kick Butt 2011Buy 🇺🇸
15	Cast of Characters 2012Buy 🇺🇸
16	Hex Appeal 2012Buy 🇺🇸
17	Christmas Ghosts 2013Buy 🇺🇸
18	Ghouls, Ghosts, and Ninja Rats 2013Buy 🇺🇸
19	Not Everyone's Cup of Tea 2013Buy 🇺🇸
20	Private Investigations: Mystery Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives 2020Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1999–2000)

Start with The Cat and the King of Clubs, the first of 4 books in the Cat and a Playing Card series.

#	Title
1	The Cat and the King of Clubs 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Cat and the Queen of Hearts 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Cat and the Jack of Spades 2000Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Cat and the Jill of Diamonds 2000Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1990–1990)

Start with Crystal Days and read in order.

#	Title
1	Crystal Days 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	Crystal Nights 1990Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2007–2013)

Start with Dancing With Werewolves, the first of 6 books in the Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator series.

#	Title
1	Dancing With Werewolves 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	Brimstone Kiss 2008Buy 🇺🇸
3	Vampire Sunrise 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	Silver Zombie 2010Buy 🇺🇸
5	Virtual Virgin 2011Buy 🇺🇸
6	Monster Mash 2013Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (1990–2012)

Start with Good Night, Mr. Holmes, the first of 9 books in the Irene Adler series.

#	Title
1	Good Night, Mr. Holmes 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	Good Morning, Irene 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Irene At Large 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	Irene's Last Waltz 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	Chapel Noir 2001Buy 🇺🇸
6	Castle Rouge 2002Buy 🇺🇸
7	Femme Fatale 2003Buy 🇺🇸
8	Spider Dance 2004Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Private Wife of Sherlock Holmes 2012Buy 🇺🇸

31 books (1992–2016)

Start with Catnap / Cat in an Alphabet Soup, the first of 31 books in the Midnight Louie series.

#	Title
1	Catnap / Cat in an Alphabet Soup 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	Pussyfoot / Cat in an Aqua Storm 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	Cat On A Blue Monday 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	Cat in a Crimson Haze 1995Buy 🇺🇸
5	Cat in a Diamond Dazzle 1996Buy 🇺🇸
6	Cat in a Flamingo Fedora 1997Buy 🇺🇸
7	Cat in a Golden Garland 1997Buy 🇺🇸
8	Cat with an Emerald Eye 1997Buy 🇺🇸
9	Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt 1998Buy 🇺🇸
10	Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives(With: J.A. Jance,Nancy Pickard,Toni L.P. Kelner,Lilian Jackson Braun,Walter J. Stutzman) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
11	Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit 1999Buy 🇺🇸
12	Cat in an Indigo Mood 1999Buy 🇺🇸
13	Cat in a Kiwi Con 2000Buy 🇺🇸
14	Cat in a Leopard Spot 2001Buy 🇺🇸
15	Cat in a Midnight Choir 2002Buy 🇺🇸
16	Cat in a Neon Nightmare 2003Buy 🇺🇸
17	Midnight Louie In Something Fishy 2003Buy 🇺🇸
18	Cat in an Orange Twist 2004Buy 🇺🇸
19	Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit 2005Buy 🇺🇸
20	Cat in a Quicksilver Caper 2006Buy 🇺🇸
21	Cat in a Red Hot Rage 2007Buy 🇺🇸
22	Cat in a Sapphire Slipper 2008Buy 🇺🇸
23	Cat in a Topaz Tango 2009Buy 🇺🇸
24	Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme 2010Buy 🇺🇸
25	Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta 2011Buy 🇺🇸
26	Cat in a White Tie and Tails 2012Buy 🇺🇸
27	Fruit of the Tomb 2012Buy 🇺🇸
28	Cat in an Alien X-Ray 2013Buy 🇺🇸
29	Cat in a Yellow Spotlight 2014Buy 🇺🇸
30	Cat in a Zebra Zoot Suit 2015Buy 🇺🇸
31	Cat in an Alphabet Endgame 2016Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2018–2018)

1 book (2002–2002)

2 books (1985–1988)

Start with Probe and read in order.

#	Title
1	Probe 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Counterprobe 1988Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1993–2013)

Start with Sax And The Single Cat, the first of 4 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

1 book (2012–2012)

#	Title
1	Once Upon a Midnight Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (1982–2011)

Start with Her Own Person, the first of 9 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Her Own Person 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	In Her Prime 1982Buy 🇺🇸
3	Best Man To Die 1983Buy 🇺🇸
4	Lady Rogue 1983Buy 🇺🇸
5	Azure Days, Quicksilver Nights 1985Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Exclusive 1986Buy 🇺🇸
7	Amberleigh 1988Buy 🇺🇸
8	Fair Wind, Fiery Star 1994Buy 🇺🇸
9	A Wall Street Christmas Carol 2011Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1982–1989)

Start with Six of Swords, the first of 5 books in the Sword and Circlet series.

#	Title
1	Six of Swords 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	Exiles of the Rynth 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	Keepers of Edanvant 1987Buy 🇺🇸
4	Heir of Rengarth 1988Buy 🇺🇸
5	Seven of Swords 1989Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1991–1992)

Start with Cup of Clay and read in order.

#	Title
1	Cup of Clay 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Seed Upon the Wind 1992Buy 🇺🇸

12 books (2020–2021)

Start with A Cat of Cozy Situations(With: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Ed Gorman,Dean Wesley Smith,W.W. Jacobs,Mary A. Turzillo,Dory Crowe), the first of 12 books in the The Year of the Cat series.

#	Title
1	A Cat of Cozy Situations(With: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Ed Gorman,Dean Wesley Smith,W.W. Jacobs,Mary A. Turzillo,Dory Crowe) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Cat of Disdainful Looks(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Rudyard Kipling,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Mark Twain,Ray Vukcevich,John Adams,Jodi Lyn Nye) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Cat of Heroic Heart(With: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,E. Nesbit,Jamie Ferguson,Lisa Silverthorne,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Liz Pierce) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
4	A Cat of Perfect Taste(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Saki,Charles Dudley Warner,Philip Gilbert Hamerton,Kari Kilgore) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
5	A Cat of Roving Nature(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Emile Zola,Annie Reed,Stefon Mears,Dory Crowe,C.J. Erick,Sylvia Warner) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
6	A Cat of Space and Time(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Andre Norton,Annie Reed,Lisa Silverthorne,Dean Wesley Smith,Cordwainer Smith,Geoffrey A. Landis,Mary Turzillo,Daemon Crowe) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
7	A Cat of Strange Lands(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,E. Nesbit,Annie Reed,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Kent Patterson,Meyari McFarland,Leigh Saunders) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
8	A Cat of a Different Color(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Annie Reed,Louisa Swann,Lisa Silverthorne,Dean Wesley Smith,Ray Vukcevich,Dory Crowe) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
9	A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Henry Slesar,Joan Aiken,Annie Reed,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Mary Turzillo) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
10	A Cat of Fantastic Whims(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,E. Nesbit,Jamie Ferguson,Annie Reed,Lisa Silverthorne,Dean Wesley Smith,Geoffrey A. Landis,Liz Pierce) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
11	A Cat of Feral Instincts(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Arthur Conan Doyle,Edgar Allan Poe,Brigid Collins,Dean Wesley Smith,Pamela Sargent,Jamie McNabb,Mary Turzillo,N. Margaret Campbell) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
12	A Cat of Romantic Soul(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Anthea Sharp,Annie Reed,Lisa Silverthorne,Bonnie Elizabeth,Dean Wesley Smith,Kari Kilgore) 2021Buy 🇺🇸