Jon Katz Books in Order

A once-proud television news division is thrown into chaos by a hostile takeover. Katz uses newsroom rivalry and corporate fear to tell a tense story about work, loyalty, and fighting back.

Kit Deleeuw, a family man and suburban private investigator, is hired by local teenagers to question an apparent murder-suicide. The case exposes how much violence and secrecy can hide behind neat lawns and good schools.

A woman fears someone is targeting her family, then disappears as the case turns deadly. Kit Deleeuw follows the trail across suburban New Jersey and into a history of abuse, obsession, and hidden rage.

Murder reaches straight into Kit Deleeuw's school-centered suburban world when trouble erupts around his son's middle school. What starts close to home turns into a case about status, family pressure, and the stories respectable people tell themselves.

Hired to find a missing father who has stopped calling his children and paying support, Kit Deleeuw instead finds a corpse. The trail leads through a fathers' group, shaky loyalties, and suburban deals dirtier than they first look.

A collection of Katz's sharp takes on journalism, politics, and the early online world. It captures the moment when digital culture started challenging the habits and authority of old media.

Written during the early internet years, this book tracks the collision of media, politics, morality, and digital culture. Katz argues that public life was changing fast, and not always in the ways gatekeepers expected.

When a friend dies after leaving a nursing home under a cloud of suspicion, Kit Deleeuw starts digging. His search leads into medical negligence, bad institutions, and another dark pocket of suburban power.

At fifty, Katz buys a rundown cabin in upstate New York and heads there with his dogs to rethink his life. The memoir blends midlife unrest, faith, solitude, and the daily reality of starting over.

Katz follows two smart, isolated young men in Idaho as the internet opens a path beyond the limits of their hometown. It is part social reporting, part coming-of-age story, and very much about outsiders finding room to breathe.

A high-strung border collie named Devon upends the balance of Katz's home with two older Labs. Funny, frustrated, and moving, the memoir tracks one chaotic year of adjustment, trust, and change.

Katz looks at how dogs have shifted from workers and guards to emotional anchors in modern life. Mixing reporting with personal experience, he asks why people now lean so heavily on dogs for comfort.

Katz moves to an old upstate New York farm with dogs, sheep, and donkeys, and quickly learns how little he really knows. The result is a rugged memoir about work, weather, animals, and starting over.

A no-nonsense guide to choosing, living with, and training dogs without romanticizing them. Katz draws on his own hard lessons to help owners think more clearly about behavior, responsibility, and everyday life.

Katz tells the story of Orson, the brilliant, difficult border collie he calls his lifetime dog. Their bond brings joy, strain, and finally a painful moral decision about what love asks of an owner.

Life at Bedlam Farm grows louder and more complicated as Katz writes about sheep, chickens, winter storms, neighbors, and the rescue of border collie Izzy. It is both a farm memoir and a book about learning patience.

Izzy, a once-abandoned border collie, and Lenore, a buoyant black Lab puppy, lead Katz into hospice work and some difficult self-examination. Their very different temperaments make this a tender book about healing, service, and companionship.

Do animals have souls, or at least inner lives that deserve more respect than we usually give them? Katz explores the question through stories of Rose, Izzy, Mother the barn cat, and the rest of Bedlam Farm.

As Katz and his sensitive border collie Izzy begin hospice visits, a joyful black Lab puppy named Lenore crashes into their lives. The book mixes comfort, sadness, and humor as both dogs pull him toward healing.

Jon leaves suburban life for a rougher, colder, more demanding farm, with Rose quickly becoming the dog who understands the place best. Together they face sheep, snow, setbacks, and the hard reality behind the rural dream.

When Jon brings home Izzy, a border collie rescued from life alone in a field, Rose and the rest of Bedlam Farm have to adjust. This young readers book turns farm life and dog drama into an accessible adventure.

Told through the perspective of Rose, a working sheepdog, this novel follows a brutal winter night and the blizzard that threatens her farm. Rose must use every bit of focus and courage to protect the animals and the man she watches over.

Jon's peaceful household changes overnight when Devon, an abandoned young border collie, arrives full of energy and bad ideas. A child-friendly true story about chaos, patience, and one very naughty dog.

Katz writes honestly about the grief that comes with losing a beloved animal. Part comfort book and part reflection, it helps pet owners face guilt, mourning, and the difficult work of saying goodbye.

Rose, Izzy, Frieda, and Lenore each have a different job at Bedlam Farm, from herding to guarding to comforting. Katz pairs simple text with photographs in a friendly introduction for young animal lovers.

This collection of stories uses dogs, farms, and strained human relationships to explore love, loss, and second chances. Some pieces are funny, some sad, but all stay close to the messy feelings animals pull out of people.

Ignored by the busier animals at Bedlam Farm, Lenore keeps trying until she charms a grumpy ram named Brutus. A simple, warm picture book about persistence and unexpected friendship.

Lenore is an endlessly hungry Labrador puppy who barrels into Bedlam Farm and tries to eat almost everything in sight. This funny true story follows her messy start and her determined efforts to belong.

This short memoir looks back at Rose, the border collie who helped Katz build life on Bedlam Farm. Through work, weather, and daily routines, Rose becomes both partner and steadying force.

A practical, opinionated guide to understanding what dogs are really telling us. Katz pushes back against one-size-fits-all training and urges owners to watch closely, listen well, and think for themselves.

Katz falls for artist Maria Wulf, but her deeply protective rescue dog Frieda wants nothing to do with him. Their uneasy standoff becomes a tender story about patience, trust, and love arriving later than expected.

Katz falls for artist Maria Wulf, but first he has to win over Frieda, her fierce, half-wild rescue dog. It's a love story about late starts, patience, and the way damaged animals can change human lives.

When a starving, badly neglected donkey arrives at Bedlam Farm, Katz and Maria take on the long work of helping him recover. The book follows Simon's rescue while asking hard questions about compassion, mercy, and care.

Katz steps into the fight over New York City's carriage horses and looks closely at the people, politics, and animals at the center of it. He argues for a less slogan-driven conversation about welfare, work, and public perception.

Katz uses stories from life with dogs, donkeys, chickens, and other farm animals to argue that real communication starts with attention. Part memoir and part guide, it asks readers to trust instinct, body language, and patience.

Across a year at Bedlam Farm, Katz reflects on mercy, aging, community, and the everyday work of caring for animals. A lively Boston terrier puppy named Gus brings comic chaos and a fresh set of lessons.