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Geronimo Stilton: Cavemice
The Geronimo Stilton: Cavemice series by Elisabetta Dami has 15 known books (15 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with The Stone of Fire (2013).
- Books
- 15 known books (15 novels)
- Published
- 15
- First published
- 2013
- Status
- completed
- Shelved under
- Children's & Middle Grade, Adventure
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Start here: The Stone of Fire (2013) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
The Stone of Fire
The Stone of Fire (2013) opens Geronimo Stilton: Cavemice, introducing Geronimo Stiltonoot -- a Stone Age ancestor of the modern mouse journalist, navigating erupting volcanoes and cave-mouse politics in the prehistoric settlement of Old Mouse City instead of skyscrapers and deadlines.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Stone of Fire - Book 2:
Watch Your Tail!
Watch Your Tail! followed in 2013 as the second entry, continuing the disaster-prone quest formula -- comic peril, a lesson about courage or friendship -- that defines each Cavemice book, delivered in the brand's signature illustrated, mixed-typography style.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Watch Your Tail! - Book 3:
Help, I'm in Hot Lava!
Help, I'm in Hot Lava! is book 3 of the series, also from 2013, sending Geronimo Stiltonoot and his prehistoric family into the volcano-powered dangers of Old Mouse City. It runs 115 pages.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Help, I'm in Hot Lava! - Book 4:
The Fast and the Frozen
The Fast and the Frozen was published in 2014, book 4 of the series, keeping to the reliable formula of the main Geronimo Stilton line -- disaster-prone quest, comic peril, a lesson in courage -- transplanted fifty thousand years into the past.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Fast and the Frozen - Book 5:
The Great Mouse Race
The Great Mouse Race followed later in 2014, book 5, with Geronimo Stiltonoot's extended family of cavemice -- prehistoric analogues of Thea, Trap and Benjamin -- once again along for the trouble.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Great Mouse Race - Book 6:
Don't Wake the Dinosaur!
Don't Wake the Dinosaur! holds the sixth spot in the series, published in 2014, drawing on the dinosaur-neighbor jokes that give the prehistoric spin-off its own flavor of comedy.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Don't Wake the Dinosaur! - Book 7:
I'm a Scaredy-Mouse!
I'm a Scaredy-Mouse! is book 7 of the series, also from 2014, continuing Geronimo Stiltonoot's same anxious, food-loving, disaster-prone personality familiar from the main Geronimo Stilton line.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of I'm a Scaredy-Mouse! - Book 8:
Surfing for Secrets
Surfing for Secrets came out in 2015, the eighth entry, keeping Geronimo Stiltonoot and his cavemice relatives navigating the volcano-powered world of Old Mouse City.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Surfing for Secrets - Book 9:
Get the Scoop, Geronimo!
Get the Scoop, Geronimo! appeared in 2015, holding the ninth spot in the series, with Geronimo Stiltonoot chasing another prehistoric story in his signature nervous, easily-flustered style.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Get the Scoop, Geronimo! - Book 10:
My Autosaurus Will Win!
My Autosaurus Will Win! appeared in 2016, book 10 of the series, drawing on one of the Cavemice line's own running jokes -- primitive Stone Age inventions standing in for the main series' modern technology.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of My Autosaurus Will Win! - Book 11:
Sea Monster Surprise
Sea Monster Surprise came out in 2016, holding the eleventh spot, part of the same easy-reader chapter-book formula that made the main Geronimo Stilton series a global hit, now set fifty thousand years earlier.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Sea Monster Surprise - Book 12:
Paws Off the Pearl!
Paws Off the Pearl! is book 12 of the series, released in 2016, sending Geronimo Stiltonoot and his cave-mice family into another disaster-prone quest against the backdrop of Old Mouse City.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Paws Off the Pearl! - Book 13:
The Smelly Search
The Smelly Search was released in 2017, book 13 of the series, keeping to the illustrated, mixed-typography format -- key words rendered in bold, colorful fonts -- that runs through every Geronimo Stilton spin-off.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Smelly Search - Book 14:
Shoo, Caveflies!
Shoo, Caveflies! holds the fourteenth spot in the series, released in 2017 and running 115 pages, with Geronimo Stiltonoot facing down one more prehistoric peril before the series' final entry.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Shoo, Caveflies! - Book 15:
A Mammoth Mystery
A Mammoth Mystery was published in 2017, the fifteenth and final entry in Geronimo Stilton: Cavemice, closing out Geronimo Stiltonoot's run of Stone Age adventures that began with The Stone of Fire in 2013.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of A Mammoth Mystery
About the Geronimo Stilton: Cavemice series
Geronimo Stilton: Cavemice takes the mouse-journalist premise back fifty thousand years, swapping New Mouse City for the prehistoric settlement of Old Mouse City. The narrator here is Geronimo Stiltonoot, a Stone Age ancestor of the modern Geronimo -- same anxious, food-loving, disaster-prone personality, but now navigating erupting volcanoes, dinosaur stampedes, and cave-mouse politics instead of skyscrapers and deadlines. His extended family of cavemice (analogues of Thea, Trap, and Benjamin) rounds out a cast readers of the main series will recognize instantly in prehistoric costume.
Each book follows the same reliable formula as the flagship series -- a disaster-prone quest, comic peril, a lesson about courage or friendship, delivered in the brand's signature illustrated, mixed-typography style with key words rendered in bold, colorful fonts throughout the text. The prehistoric setting gives the spin-off its own flavor of jokes (primitive inventions, dinosaur neighbors, volcano-powered technology) while staying instantly familiar to any Geronimo Stilton reader.
Running 15 books from 2013 to 2017, Cavemice was one of the earliest and most successful of Geronimo Stilton's many spin-off lines, following the same easy-reader chapter-book format that made the main series a global hit with young readers.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in Geronimo Stilton: Cavemice?
15 books, published from The Stone of Fire (2013) through A Mammoth Mystery (2017).
What order should I read Cavemice in?
Publication order, used here, though each book is a standalone adventure, so you can start anywhere.
Do I need to read the main Geronimo Stilton series first?
No -- Cavemice is a self-contained spin-off set in prehistoric times, following ancestor Geronimo Stiltonoot rather than the modern-day Geronimo, and needs no prior reading.
Is Geronimo Stilton: Cavemice finished?
Yes, the series concluded in 2017 with A Mammoth Mystery.
Who writes Geronimo Stilton: Cavemice?
Like all Geronimo Stilton books, it's published under the in-universe byline "Geronimo Stilton"; the series was created by Elisabetta Dami.
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