Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder Past Due | 2010 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 2 | Succès Mortel | 2010 | Miranda James | N/A |
| 3 | Classified as Murder | 2011 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 4 | Inventaire fatal | 2011 | Miranda James | N/A |
| 5 | File M for Murder | 2012 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 6 | Out of Circulation | 2012 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 7 | The Silence of the Library | 2014 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 8 | Arsenic and Old Books | 2015 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 9 | No Cats Allowed | 2016 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 10 | Twelve Angry Librarians | 2017 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 11 | Claws for Concern | 2018 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 12 | Six Cats a Slayin' | 2018 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 13 | The Pawful Truth | 2019 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 14 | Careless Whiskers | 2020 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 15 | Cat Me If You Can | 2020 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 16 | What the Cat Dragged In | 2021 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 17 | Hiss Me Deadly | 2023 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 18 | Requiem for a Mouse | 2024 | Miranda James | Buy |
| 19 | Something Whiskered | 2025 | Miranda James | Buy |
The Cat in the Stacks Mysteries are Miranda James’s most successful series, with the first book, Murder Past Due (2010), spending four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. The series follows Charlie Harris, a widowed father who works as an archivist at Athena College in the fictional town of Athena, Mississippi. His constant companion is Diesel, a large Maine Coon cat who goes everywhere with him on a harness and leash.
Each book is a cozy mystery where Charlie gets pulled into a local crime, usually a murder with connections to the college or town. The series has grown to 19 books, with the most recent, Something Whiskered, published in 2025. Fans of cozy mysteries with Southern settings, likable characters, and a memorable cat will find plenty to enjoy here.