Books about Animals

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Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
by John Grogan
12,352 members
389 reviews
4
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Watership Down
by Richard Adams
27,894 members
513 reviews
4.2
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From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava
by Jay Kopelman
806 members
30 reviews
3.8
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The Bedside Book of Beasts: A Wildlife Miscellany
by Graeme Gibson
199 members
5 reviews
3.9
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Explanations
bluepiano: Surprisingly good, beautifully illustrated anthology of passages about animals.
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So Tiberius...
by Ethel Mannin
6 members
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Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
21,358 members
231 reviews
3.9
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The Autobiography of Foudini M. Cat
by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
206 members
8 reviews
3.8
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Cow: A Bovine Biography
by Florian Werner
41 members
3
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Explanations
bluepiano: Knowledgeable & interesting. Pleasingly discursive--hence mention of the Swiss farmer who can identify his cattle when blindfolded by listening to them chomping apples.
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I Am a Cat
by Natsume Soseki
2,801 members
50 reviews
½ 3.5
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The Christmas Dog
by Melody Carlson
293 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
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Bears: A Brief History
by Bernd Brunner
96 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
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Explanations
bluepiano: Consistently interesting, pleasant reading. Mostly to do with human speculations about, attitudes to, relations with bears.
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach
12,953 members
241 reviews
½ 3.6
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The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
11,376 members
624 reviews
4
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All Creatures Great and Small
by James Herriot
9,014 members
161 reviews
½ 4.3
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15
My Family and Other Animals
by Gerald Durrell
5,925 members
178 reviews
4.2
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All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
5,515 members
58 reviews
½ 4.3
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All Things Wise and Wonderful
by James Herriot
4,917 members
44 reviews
4.2
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Never Cry Wolf
by Farley Mowat
3,037 members
66 reviews
4.1
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Owls in the Family
by Farley Mowat
2,372 members
30 reviews
4.1
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In the Shadow of Man
by Jane Goodall
1,541 members
13 reviews
4.2
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Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds
by Joy Adamson
1,383 members
24 reviews
4
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Gorillas in the Mist
by Dian Fossey
1,185 members
16 reviews
3.9
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A Zoo in My Luggage
by Gerald Durrell
1,003 members
16 reviews
3.9
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The Bafut Beagles
by Gerald Durrell
754 members
14 reviews
3.9
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The Whispering Land
by Gerald Durrell
725 members
11 reviews
3.9
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Fillets of Plaice
by Gerald Durrell
671 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
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Menagerie Manor
by Gerald Durrell
637 members
7 reviews
3.8
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Cry of the Kalahari: Seven Years in Africa's Last Great Wilderness
by Mark Owens
651 members
15 reviews
4.1
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Living Free: The Story of Elsa and Her Cubs
by Joy Adamson
545 members
7 reviews
3.8
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Two in the Bush
by Gerald Durrell
556 members
4 reviews
3.8
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Catch Me a Colobus
by Gerald Durrell
505 members
6 reviews
3.8
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Three Singles to Adventure
by Gerald Durrell
500 members
8 reviews
3.9
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Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons: A Journey to the Flora and Fauna of a Unique Island
by Gerald Durrell
423 members
7 reviews
3.9
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The Stationary Ark
by Gerald Durrell
328 members
5 reviews
3.8
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Forever Free
by Joy Adamson
285 members
4 reviews
3.9
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Reflections of Eden: My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo
by Birute M. F. Galdikas
226 members
7 reviews
½ 4.4
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The Spotted Sphinx
by Joy Adamson
147 members
1 review
3.9
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The Ark's Anniversary
by Gerald Durrell
165 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
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Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird
by Katie Fallon
31 members
5
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H Is for Hawk
by Helen Macdonald
5,234 members
303 reviews
3.8
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A Dog's Purpose
by W. Bruce Cameron
4,585 members
191 reviews
4.2
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
by Karen Joy Fowler
4,121 members
259 reviews
3.8
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Eating Animals
by Jonathan Safran Foer
4,045 members
151 reviews
4
44
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
by Sy Montgomery
3,080 members
131 reviews
3.8
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The Snow Leopard
by Peter Matthiessen
3,068 members
55 reviews
4
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Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
by Temple Grandin
2,518 members
70 reviews
4.1
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The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
by Jonathan Weiner
1,937 members
41 reviews
4.2
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A Street Cat Named Bob and How He Saved My Life
by James Bowen
1,791 members
93 reviews
3.9
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The Genius of Birds
by Jennifer Ackerman
1,691 members
57 reviews
4
50
When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals
by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
1,541 members
20 reviews
½ 3.7
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
by Frans de Waal
1,350 members
55 reviews
3.9
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Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
by Stacey O'Brien
1,192 members
71 reviews
4
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A Three Dog Life
by Abigail Thomas
1,112 members
70 reviews
3.8
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The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood
by Sy Montgomery
1,021 members
44 reviews
4
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Of Wolves and Men
by Barry Lopez
984 members
12 reviews
4.2
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Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival
by Bernd Heinrich
969 members
19 reviews
4.1
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The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild
by Lawrence Anthony
966 members
47 reviews
½ 4.3
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Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom
by Jennifer S. Holland
854 members
32 reviews
3.8
60
Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food
by Paul Greenberg
844 members
34 reviews
3.9
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The Fur Person
by May Sarton
720 members
25 reviews
4.2
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My Life with the Chimpanzees
by Jane Goodall
716 members
10 reviews
4
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The Life of Birds
by David Attenborough
713 members
4 reviews
4.2
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Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
by Carl Safina
648 members
26 reviews
½ 4.4
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A Lion Called Christian
by Anthony Bourke
646 members
20 reviews
3.8
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Enslaved by Ducks
by Bob Tarte
632 members
37 reviews
½ 3.4
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American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
by Nate Blakeslee
605 members
40 reviews
4.2
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Unsaid
by Neil Abramson
504 members
35 reviews
3.8
70
The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
by Craig Childs
389 members
12 reviews
4.2
71
Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures
by Virginia Morell
375 members
44 reviews
4
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The Pig Who Sang to the Moon
by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
345 members
13 reviews
3.9
75
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
by Lawrence Anthony
291 members
17 reviews
4.1
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The Dog Who Loved Too Much: Tales, Treatments and the Psychology of Dogs
by Nicholas Dodman
263 members
5 reviews
4.1
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Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
by Vanessa Woods
235 members
19 reviews
3.8
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The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
by Delia Owens
230 members
7 reviews
4
80
The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures
by Lawrence Anthony
187 members
9 reviews
½ 4.3
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A Beautiful Truth
by Colin McAdam
114 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
84
The Elephant's Secret Sense: The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa
by Caitlin O'Connell
103 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
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Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird
by Katie Fallon
80 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7