The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
#6463.84 adjusted 3.85 for sample size in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 1 book Status Complete 2024 Reading commitment Low P. Djèlí Clark Last reviewed 2026-09-21
Overview
A standalone 2024 book following Eveen, an undead assassin with no memory of her former life, whose latest contract unravels into a chase across timelines involving a time-displaced version of her own target and a client seeking revenge. Fast-paced and blackly comic, it is a self-contained adventure published on its own, not part of any ongoing series.
Sword & sorcery, Comic fantasy · For Adult
Core Canon: Reading Order (1 work) counts toward ranking
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins P. Djèlí Clark
| Work | Year | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Dead Cat Tail Assassins | 2024 | core | 3.84 (9,938 ratings) |
A single standalone book; registered as its own sequence record for structural consistency with other single-book universes in this canon.
Quick answers
- How many books are in The Dead Cat Tail Assassins? The Dead Cat Tail Assassins's Core Canon is 1 book.
- Is The Dead Cat Tail Assassins finished? Complete (2024).
- How much reading does The Dead Cat Tail Assassins take? Low reading commitment (estimated from 1 Core Canon book).
- How is The Dead Cat Tail Assassins ranked? #646 in this site's official ranking, based on 9,938 reader ratings across 1 Core Canon book. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #646?
Ranked #646 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 3.84 across 1 core book.
- A smaller readership (9,938 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Less than 0.01 behind #645, The Magpie and the Wolf (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.45.
- A single standalone novel: ranked on that one book alone.
Why explore this universe?
Rated · 1 book · Complete · 10k ratings · Ranks #646 overall
Good choice if you want a quick, low-commitment sword-and-sorcery universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
A single Core Canon work: no sequencing question to resolve.
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2025: finalist: The Dead Cat Tail Assassins; Per the no-cutoff Locus-poll convention (canon-extension conventions): registered as finalist.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 3.84 across 9,938 ratings on 1 Core Canon book. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: The Dead Cat Tail Assassins admitted accepted 2026-09-21
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Wikipedia: The Dead Cat Tail Assassins Tier 2
- Macmillan: The Dead Cat Tail Assassins Tier 1
- Book Riot: 2025 Locus Awards Finalists Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-09-21
Rule: Standalone book; Core Canon is the book itself.