the dog was the hero

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novels with animal protagonists - not just cameo roles, please
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Gustav: A Son of Franz
by S. P. Meek
4 members
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2
Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
21,317 members
231 reviews
3.9
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nessreader
3
Flush: A Biography
by Virginia Woolf
1,666 members
43 reviews
3.8
Member
JuliaMaria
4
Freddy Goes to Florida
by Walter R. Brooks
493 members
13 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
5
K-9 Corps: Book 1 (K-9 Corps)
by Kenneth Von Gunden
38 members
1 review
½ 4.3
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trollsdotter
6
Weed, Volume 1
by Yoshihiro Takahashi
12 members
5
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trollsdotter
7
Fup
by Jim Dodge
695 members
22 reviews
3.8
Member
nessreader
8
Creatures Great and Small
by Colette
152 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
JuliaMaria
9
Franz : a dog of the police
by S. P. Meek
5 members
1 review
½ 3.5
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aulsmith
10
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
47,394 members
1,049 reviews
3.9
Member
nessreader
11
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
69,761 members
1,002 reviews
4
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nessreader
13
The Last Family in England
by Matt Haig
447 members
21 reviews
½ 3.4
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nessreader
14
Great Apes
by Will Self
1,235 members
17 reviews
½ 3.4
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nessreader
15
The Woman and the Ape
by Peter Høeg
1,085 members
17 reviews
½ 3.4
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nessreader
16
I Am a Cat
by Natsume Soseki
2,794 members
54 reviews
½ 3.5
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nessreader
17
Tarka the Otter
by Henry Williamson
1,003 members
17 reviews
3.8
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nessreader
18
Wolf: Taurus
by Joseph Smith Joseph Smith
6 members
4
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nessreader
19
The Life of Insects
by Viktor Pelevin
536 members
13 reviews
½ 3.6
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nessreader
20
The Sacred Book of the Werewolf
by Viktor Pelevin
629 members
23 reviews
½ 3.5
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nessreader
21
Three Bags Full
by Leonie Swann
2,931 members
152 reviews
½ 3.6
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nessreader
22
You're an Animal, Viskovitz
by Alessandro Boffa
262 members
10 reviews
3.8
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nessreader
23
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
by Sun-mi Hwang
614 members
39 reviews
3.9
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nessreader
24
The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
11,363 members
625 reviews
4
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nessreader
25
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
27,853 members
512 reviews
4.2
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nessreader
26
Stuart Little
by E. B. White
18,323 members
157 reviews
3.8
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nessreader
27
The life and opinions of Maf the dog, and of his friend Marilyn Monroe
by Andrew O'Hagan
223 members
14 reviews
2.9
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nessreader
28
His Monkey Wife (Or, Married to a Chimp)
by John Collier
226 members
8 reviews
3.8
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nessreader
29
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
by Karen Joy Fowler
4,119 members
259 reviews
3.8
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nessreader
30
Me Cheeta: The Autobiography
by James Lever
312 members
22 reviews
½ 3.4
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nessreader
31
I, Cosmo
by Carlie Sorosiak
120 members
16 reviews
4
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nessreader