Darlene Ryan Reading Order
5 series · 177 books
Darlene Ryan, a prolific Canadian author active from 1989 to 2025, has penned an impressive 177 books across five series, including the beloved Magical Cats Mystery and Second Chance Cat Mystery. Writing under the name Sofie Kelly, she is well-known for her cozy mysteries and engaging young adult novels, along with a collection of standalone works and non-fiction pieces. Her most notable contributions to the literary world continue to captivate readers of all ages.
Magical Cats Mystery Series
Ongoing17 books (2011–2024)
Start with Curiosity Thrilled the Cat, the first of 17 books in the Magical Cats Mystery series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Curiosity Thrilled the Cat 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Sleight of Paw 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Copycat Killing 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Cat Trick 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Final Catcall 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  A Midwinter's Tail 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Faux Paw 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Paws and Effect 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Cat Burglar 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  A Tale of Two Kitties 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Cats Came Back 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  A Night's Tail 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  A Case of Cat and Mouse 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Hooked on a Feline 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Whiskers and Lies 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Paws to Remember 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Furever After 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
Non-Fiction Series
Complete1 book (2001–2001)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  A Mother's Adoption Journey 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
Orca Soundings Series
Ongoing143 books (1989–2024)
Start with Bull Rider(By: Marilyn Halvorson), the first of 143 books in the Orca Soundings series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bull Rider(By: Marilyn Halvorson) 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Death Wind(By: William Bell) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Kicked Out(By: Beth Goobie) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | One More Step(By: Sheree Fitch) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Refuge Cove(By: Lesley Choyce) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Sticks and Stones(By: Beth Goobie) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | The Hemingway Tradition(By: Kristin Butcher) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Fastback Beach(By: Shirlee Smith Matheson) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Hit Squad(By: James Heneghan) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | No Problem(By: Dayle Campbell Gaetz) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | The Trouble with Liberty(By: Kristin Butcher) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Tough Trails(By: Irene Morck) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Truth(By: Tanya Lloyd Kyi) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Who Owns Kelly Paddik?(By: Beth Goobie) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Blue Moon(By: Marilyn Halvorson) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Charmed(By: Carrie Mac) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | My Time as Caz Hazard(By: Tanya Lloyd Kyi) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | No More Pranks(By: Monique Polak) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Overdrive(By: Eric Walters) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Thunderbowl(By: Lesley Choyce) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Zee's Way(By: Kristin Butcher) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | Breathless(By: Pam Withers) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Dead-End Job(By: Vicki Grant) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | Home Invasion(By: Monique Polak) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  Juice(By: Eric Walters) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Something Girl(By: Beth Goobie) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | Yellow Line(By: Sylvia Olsen) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Chill(By: Colin Frizzell) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Crush(By: Carrie Mac) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | Down(By: Norah McClintock) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | Exit Point(By: Laura Langston) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Exposure(By: Patricia Murdoch) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | Saving Grace 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  Stuffed(By: Eric Walters) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | Tell(By: Norah McClintock) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 | Bang(By: Norah McClintock) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | Bull's Eye(By: Sarah N. Harvey) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 |  House Party(By: Eric Walters) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 | I.D.(By: Vicki Grant) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 | Responsible 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 | The Darwin Expedition(By: Diane Tullson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 | Wave Warrior(By: Lesley Choyce) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 | Battle of the Bands(By: K.L. Denman) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 | Big Guy(By: Robin Stevenson) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 | First Time(By: Meg Tilly) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 | Learning to Fly(By: Paul Yee) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | Lockdown(By: Diane Tullson) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | Middle Row(By: Sylvia Olsen) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 | Pain & Wastings(By: Carrie Mac) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 | Scum(By: James C. Dekker) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 | Spiral(By: K.L. Denman) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 | Back(By: Norah McClintock) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 | Hannah's Touch(By: Laura Langston) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 | Impact(By: James C. Dekker) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 | In the Woods(By: Robin Stevenson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 | Jacked(By: Carrie Mac) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 | Riley Park(By: Diane Tullson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 | Running the Risk(By: Lesley Choyce) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 | Cellular(By: Ellen Schwartz) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 | Comeback(By: Vicki Grant) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 | Grind(By: Eric Walters) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 | Masked(By: Norah McClintock) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 63 | Plastic(By: Sarah N. Harvey) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 64 | Reaction(By: Lesley Choyce) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 65 | Rock Star(By: Adrian Chamberlain) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 66 | Sea Change(By: Diane Tullson) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 67 | B Negative(By: Vicki Grant) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 68 | Fallout(By: Nikki Tate) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 69 | Infiltration(By: Sean Rodman) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 70 | Knifepoint(By: Alex Van Tol) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 71 | Last Ride(By: Laura Langston) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 72 | Outback(By: Robin Stevenson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 73 | Picture This(By: Norah McClintock) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 74 | Redline(By: Alex Van Tol) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 75 | Shattered(By: Sarah N. Harvey) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 76 | Viral(By: Alex Van Tol) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 77 | Breaking Point(By: Lesley Choyce) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 78 | Coming Clean(By: JeffRoss) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 79 |  Cuts Like a Knife 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 80 | Dead Run(By: Sean Rodman) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 81 | One Way(By: Norah McClintock) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 82 | Rat(By: Lesley Choyce) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 83 | Riot Act(By: Diane Tullson) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 84 | Shallow Grave(By: Alex Van Tol) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 85 | Crash(By: Lesley Choyce) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 86 | Damage(By: Robin Stevenson) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 87 | Deadly(By: Sarah N. Harvey) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 88 | My Side(By: Norah McClintock) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 89 |  Tagged(By: Eric Walters) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 90 | Triggered(By: Vicki Grant) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 91 | Bike Thief(By: Rita Feutl) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 92 | Breathing Fire(By: Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 93 | Final Crossing(By: Sean Rodman) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 94 | Homecoming(By: Diane Dakers) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 95 | Skylark(By: Sara Cassidy) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 96 | Snitch(By: Norah McClintock) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 97 | The Way Back(By: Carrie Mac) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 98 | Foolproof(By: Diane Tullson) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 99 | Off the Grid(By: Lesley Choyce) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 100 |  Sleight of Hand(By: Natasha Deen) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 101 | Tap Out(By: Sean Rodman) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 102 | A Dark Truth(By: JeffRoss) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 103 | Another Miserable Love Song(By: Brooke Carter) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 104 | Enough(By: Mary Jennifer Payne) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 105 | River Traffic(By: Martha Brack Martin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 106 | Scam(By: Lesley Choyce) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 107 |  Under Threat(By: Robin Stevenson) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 108 | Caged(By: Norah McClintock) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 109 | Desert Slam(By: Steven Barwin) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 110 | Firewall(By: Sean Rodman) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 111 | Identify(By: Lesley Choyce) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 112 | In Plain Sight(By: Laura Langston) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 113 | Pinch Me(By: Gabrielle Prendergast) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 114 | Up North(By: JeffRoss) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 115 | Hide and Shriek(By: AlisonHughes) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 116 | Impossible(By: Jocelyn Shipley) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 117 | Kryptonite(By: Lesley Choyce) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 118 | Learning Seventeen(By: Brooke Carter) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 119 | Mayan Murder(By: Martha Brack Martin) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 120 | Shark(By: JeffRoss) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 121 | The Thing You're Good At(By: Lesley Choyce) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 122 | Crime Club(By: Melodie Campbell) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 123 | Cub(By: Paul Coccia) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 124 | Girls Like Me(By: Kristin Butcher) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 125 | The Bodyguard(By: Sean Rodman) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 126 | The Unbroken Hearts Club(By: Brooke Carter) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 127 | Thicker Than Water(By: Natasha Deen) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 128 | Watch Out(By: Alison Hughes) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 129 | Blood Sport(By: Tash McAdam) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 130 | Double or Nothing(By: Brooke Carter) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 131 | Dreaming in Color(By: Melanie Florence) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 132 | Easy Street(By: JeffRoss) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 133 | Hey Jude(By: Star Spider) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 134 | Stella Rising(By: Nancy Belgue) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 135 | Stranded(By: Jocelyn Shipley) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 136 | The Ledge(By: Lesley Choyce) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 137 | I Dare You(By: JeffRoss) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 138 |  Mr. Universe(By: Arthur Slade) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 139 | Pickpocket(By: Karen Spafford-Fitz) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 140 |  Sink or Swim(By: Tash McAdam) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 141 | The Rules Have Changed(By: Lesley Choyce) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 142 | Tornado(By: Sharon Jennings) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 143 |  Shock Wave(By: Sigmund Brouwer) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
Second Chance Cat Mystery Series
Ongoing13 books (2014–2025)
Start with The Whole Cat and Caboodle, the first of 13 books in the Second Chance Cat Mystery series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Whole Cat and Caboodle 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Buy a Whisker 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  A Whisker of Trouble 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | No More Pussyfooting Around 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Telling Tails 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Fast and the Furriest 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  No Escape Claws 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Claw Enforcement 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Undercover Kitty 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Totally Pawstruck 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Scaredy Cat 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Fur Love or Money 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Cat Got Your Killer 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Complete3 books (2004–2012)
Start with Rules for Life and read in order.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Darlene Ryan written?
- Darlene Ryan has written 177 books across 5 series. Their published works span from 1989 to 2025.
- What is the first book in each Darlene Ryan series?
- Here are the first books in Darlene Ryan's series: Magical Cats Mystery: Curiosity Thrilled the Cat; Orca Soundings: Bull Rider(By: Marilyn Halvorson); Second Chance Cat Mystery: The Whole Cat and Caboodle.
- What order should I read Darlene Ryan's books?
- We recommend reading Darlene Ryan's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Darlene Ryan still writing new books?
- Yes, Darlene Ryan has 3 ongoing series: Magical Cats Mystery, Orca Soundings, Second Chance Cat Mystery.