For some reason, when I requested this book, I thought it was written for young adults. I enjoy stories of the paranormal when they are written for YA, but I usually avoid them when they are written for adults. Adult paranormal books often slip into the realm of erotica and are more graphic in general. This book was no exception. I was interested in the stories that involved a bit of mystery, like when Cormac was trying to determine the identity of the werewolf in "God's Creatures." In fact, alt More...

This was a fun collection, some of them having to do with the origin stories of several recurring Kitty-verse characters like Rick and T.J., and the relationship of Ben and Cormac. Others are directly about Kitty and some of her adventures. One of the best was the novella about what exactly happened to Cormac while he was in jail and how he ended up with such a 'split personality' afterwards.
Highly recommend for all Kitty fans!

Here's Kitty's Hit List:

Il Est Ne (in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe) - Facing a lonely Christmas in a diner, Kitty helps another werewolf recapture his humanity. Quite gorey, you can really feel Vaughn's imagery. YIKES

A Princess of Spain (in The Secret History of Vampires) An unrelated vampires story, I really didn't feel this fit the Kitty series, nonetheless it was OK.

Conquistador de la Noche- Vampire Rick's backstory.

Book of Daniel - The story of Daniel and the lions.

Temptation of Robin Greene (in More...

We follow a series of short stories to catch up on various parts of Carrie Vaughn’s world here.

From ancient vampires in the court of Henry VII, as well as the parable of Daniel, through to Rick, the current master vampire of Denver’s long history both in the time of Coronado as well as his brushes with past attempts by the US government to study supernatural beings.

Kitty, of course, has an outing and we get to see how she dealt in all her solo time away from the pack and we fill in some much nee More...

I enjoyed this book, but not quite as much as the regular Kitty books.

I enjoyed having more background on Cormac and Rick. It would not work to have that information in one of the regular Kitty books because they are not stories they would share with other people. I would like to see more short stories of Cormac, especially his pre-jail times.

I did not get into Emma’s story or A.J.’s story as much because they are more minor characters and were not developed as much in the series. A.J. had the p More...

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This book is a must for Kitty fans. A simple statement, but it really does apply because Ms. Vaughn presents a bunch of short stories that showed the development of what we now know and love about Radio D.J, and my favorite werewolf, Kitty Norville.

I included in the page count the explanations that the author included at the end of all the short stories because they read well, are entertaining by themselves and provided greater insig More...

I really love the Kitty Norville series. Kitty is a terrific character and she gets into some interesting situations. So, when I saw that this book was coming out, I had to have a copy. I was pretty disappointed. First, being more expensive than the typical Kitty Norville novel, I expected it to be bigger. Well, it is trade paperback, so it is bigger, but only in physical size, not in content. I read it in three days using only break time and my 1/2 hour lunch. Second, it didn't really have much More...

First, the title, as some reviews have pointed out, is slightly misleading. Yet, the back of the book makes it clear that the stories take place in the Kitty universe, so it's not really false advertising.

Kitty does appear in some of the stories, yet those stories (with one exception) are the weakest ones in this collection. In fact, one of them "Winnowing the Herd", shows a Kitty who isn't a Kitty from the novels, in particular considering the story takes place before the first book in series.

T More...

Since Kitty's Greatest Hits is all Vaughn all the time, the anthology has a better flow to it even with a mix of different types of stories than typical multi-author collections do. A lot of these stories have been previously published, but even though Vaughn promised a few new ones - including a brand new Cormac story - and some hard to find ones originally appeared in magazines, I was still surprised to find there were actually a few more new-to-me-ones here than I'd expected. I was also surpr More...

An anthology of fourteen short stories with all but ttwo revolving around the Kitty Norville series.

Series (because there's such a slew of 'em, I'm putting them in chronological order as opposed to their published order in this anthology:
"Conquistador de la Noche" (Kitty Norville: Rick, 01)
"The Temptation of Robin Green" (Kitty Norville: Rick, 02)
"Looking After Family" (Kitty Norville: Cormac, 01)
"God's Creatures" (Kitty Norville: Cormac, 02)
"Wild Ride" (Kitty Norville: TJ, 01)
"Winnowing the Her More...

Carrie Vaughn's first love was the short story, having published more than 50 in various Sci Fi and Fantasy publications over the years. Today she's best known for her Kitty Norville series, but KITTY'S GREATEST HITS represents Vaughn's considerable talents with shorter fiction. This is a compilation of mostly previously published works, and a few new pieces.

The majority of the stories are Urban Fantasy, but three, "A Princess of Spain," "The Book of Daniel," and "Conquistador de la Noche" all f More...

Decent collection. Anyone who enjoys Vaughn's writing and likes her Kitty books and characters will find this enjoyable, unless they're not into short stories. Most of these tales have appeared elsewhere, but there are still a couple original to this book and having them all in one place is worthwhile.

My only complaint is that I would have liked a lead in to each story with a tidbit of the notes Vaughn has at the end. Perhaps it's my own preference from all the collections that are set up that w More...

Not so much Greatest Hits as Collected B-Sides, this volume contains mostly stories that have appeared in various anthologies over the years. Not all of them (indeed, only the minority) have Kitty Norville as their protagonist, but they are all set in the same universe as the Kitty novels and the reader of this collection will encounter many familiar names. Like with all good B-sides there is a lot of experimentation going on here, where Carrie Vaughn strays from the familiar Kitty formula and t More...

(first and foremost I received my copy of the book via a Goodreads contest win)

The book was my first foray into the world of Kitty and co. I was expecting more Kitty-centric stories to be honest but despite the fact that several stories didn't even have Kitty in them per se, the book shared some pretty interesting characters and fleshed out enough of the Kitty-verse to make me curious about the stories told in the other volumes. It appears Ms Vaughn has quite a few in her back catalog to choose More...

A while back, I shared with a friend my opinion that Carrie Vaughn was a short story writer applying herself to novels. Hence, she produced novels that are really collections of 2-5 shorts woven together into an intricate tapestry. "Well," my friend opined, "maybe the short story collection she has coming will be the best Kitty Norville book ever."

I wouldn't go that far. But still, Kitty's Greatest Hits is an excellent addition to the world Vaughn has created, steeped in the uncommon layer of re More...

This is all in the Kitty universe, of course, but not all of the stories have her in it, or are even set in current day. I enjoyed the story about how Ricardo the Conquistador became a vampire. And did you know that the Biblical Daniel (of the lion's den) had supernatural powers? Also, the end of the book is a long short story that explains how Cormac bonds with Amelia Parker. That was really interesting.

I picked it up because I mostly like the Kitty series, and wanted something short to read.

I More...

There are 14 short stories in the newest addition to the Kitty Universe, some have been previously published in other anthologies and some of brand new.

1) Il Es Ne - This is one of the stories that may be familiar to Kitty fans, it takes place early on in the Kitty time-line and looks at one of the Christmases that Kitty spent away from her family.

2) A Princess of Spain - This story goes back to 1501 in the royal court of England and looks at what may have happened had vampires been there to a More...

I don't usually enjoy short stories because I always want more (more, more!) but this collection includes some great backstory offerings for well-loved Kitty characters—like TJ, Rick the vampire and Cormac—that just can't be told from Kitty's perspective.

There are also a couple really cool historical paranormalities like a biblical Daniel (the werelion) in the Lions' Den and how a vampire might have turned the course of Tudor history (featuring Catherine of Aragon and a ten-year-old Henry VIII) More...

I don't know what to expect from this, but it was at the library and I love Kitty so I picked it up.

6-25-12: there were a couple of stories completely unrelated to Kitty Norville. They were good and well written, but I was distracted trying to figure our which character came from the books. Other than that, a great read. I especially loved getting to know more about Rick and learning more about what happened to Cormac in prison and how he and Ben got to be so close. Seeing TJ again and learning More...

This is a tough read for me. I love some of the stories, but am neutral on others. KITTY’S GREATEST HITS is a collection of Kitty Norville short stories written by Carrie Vaughn. Some of these stories are recent and occur around the same time as the Kitty Norvile Series, while other stories help shine a light on your favorite characters pasts. Did you ever wonder how Cormac and Amelia found each other in prison or how Rick became a vampire? These short stories shed a light on unknown stories fro More...

I really liked this collection, which is odd as I don't normally like short stories very much. I think I enjoyed this more than I would have because I knew Kitty's world, and I knew the characters portrayed in the stories (for the most part). These weren't stand-alone stories but missing pieces that further fleshed out a world I know, and characters I loved. Even the stories that didn't feature any of the characters from the Kitty books worked, because they were historical events that were inter More...

It seems a bit eclectic, but I liked the slightly melancholy-mixed-with-hope feel to most of the stories, and how the stories are woven into the novels.
Some standouts...
"Kitty's Zombie New Year"- The ending is... ouch.
"Book of Daniel"- Yay! Like Kitty, I really wanted to hear this story when it was mentioned in Kitty Goes to Washington.
"Long Time Waiting"- Cormac novella!
"Life Is The Teacher"- I like Emma trying to make her independance, and Alette getting that she needed it.
"Kitty And the Mosh More...

This is a collection of short stories Vaughn has written over the years set in the Kittyverse. Most, though not all, are about the supporting characters of the Kitty Norville series, usually providing backstory, a decade or two for characters like Cormac and Ben, or centuries ago for ones like Rick.

They're all quite good, and quite varied in tone.

I've no idea how the book would hold up for someone who hasn't read the other Kitty books, and they aren't strictly necessary for regular readers of t More...

Kitty's Greatest Hits, a collection of short stories by Carrie Vaughn, is very much a mixed bag. Some of the stories were great, whereas a few were near clunkers. Admittedly, the strongest in the bunch were those that involved Kitty Norville radio DJ and those that appeared to be stand-alones (esp. those involving Cormac Bennet) but then arced back into an overlap with the Kitty storyline. In my estimation, the one that fell the flattest was "Conquistador de la Noche." It was sheer cliche but ma More...

Despite these being short stories, and my enjoyment of the author's other books in this series, this book took longer to get through than I thought it would. The stories were entertaining, and the author did have some very interesting and enjoyable takes on typical horror stuffs, like zombies, and myths, like that of Daniel in the lion's den. Definitely worth the read if you're already a fan. I'm torn between saying to read it if you haven't read her works before and saying that it would be a go More...

I loved this collection of stories set in Kitty's world, perhaps even more than the novels (which are always must-reads for me).

While it's titled Kitty's Greatest Hits, the book includes plenty of stories without our radio host/werewolf named Kitty, looking at some of the supporting characters from the novels: Rick, the Master vampire of Denver, the were-hunter Cormac, Kitty's werewolf friend T.J., and more. Since the Kitty books are told in first person, we normally see the characters through More...

Short stories, I promise not to take too long on each.

“Il Est Né”

It is a Christmas, the holiday that no one should spend alone, but Kitty is not the only one spending it this way. She finds another of her kind, even more alone and unsure of himself. He can’t control himself and he is dangerous.

“A Princess of Spain”

If the supernatural were real what points in history could it be credited with? Catherine of Aragorn began as queen to Arthur but he died and she became queen to his brother Henry. His More...

I liked this book but not as much as a regular Kitty novel. Kitty's greatest hits contains 14 short stories. 5 stories include Kitty, 3 are about Cormac, 2 include Ricardo. T.J., Angeline, Alette and Daniel the lion shifter all have a story each.
My favourite 5 stories are, Il est Ne, Princess of Spain, Conquistador de la Noche, Temptation of Robin Green, and Kitty and the Mosh pit of the Damned.
I liked Il est Ne because the story includes Kitty and shes in her element. She forgets all her tr More...

Carrie Vaughn's latest publication, Kitty's Greatest Hits, is a collection of short stories that take place in her Kitty Norville series, a paranormal universe inhabited by werewolves, vampires, and radio DJs. To be honest, I was kind of nervous about picking it up, as my experience with the latest Kitty novel, Kitty's Big Trouble, was less than positive. Fortunately, Kitty's Greatest Hits is a solid collection. It's worth mentioning that most of the stories in this collection do not star Kitty More...