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Retriever dogs -- Children's/YA/adult fiction+auto/biography

Description: (Labrador retriever, golden retriever, Chesapeake Bay retriever, Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever, etc. + crossbreeds).

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Rank Title Author Added

1

The Incredible Journey

by Sheila Burnford

6,771 members

84 reviews

3.9

3 Members: bookel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog

12,393 members

389 reviews

4

2 Members: bookel, ahef1963

3

The Art of Racing in the Rain

11,418 members

625 reviews

4

2 Members: bookel, ahef1963

4

Tuck Triumphant

by Theodore Taylor

184 members

1 review

½ 3.3

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Far from Home: Adventures of Yellow Dog [novelization]

68 members

1 review

4

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

6

41 members

4

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

7

2,254 members

16 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

8

1,935 members

7 reviews

4

Member: bookel

9

Rescue on the Oregon Trail

by Kate Messner

1,622 members

14 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

10

Marley: A Dog Like No Other

1,527 members

30 reviews

4

Member: bookel

11

Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog

by Ted Kerasote

1,381 members

55 reviews

4.2

Member: bookel

12

The Summer of Riley

1,237 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

13

1,073 members

3 reviews

4.2

Member: bookel

14

Long Road to Freedom

by Kate Messner

975 members

1 review

½ 4.4

Member: bookel

15

Dog at the Door

by Ben M. Baglio

902 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

16

Escape from the Great Earthquake

by Kate Messner

883 members

4 reviews

½ 4.6

Member: bookel

17

The Leanin' Dog

816 members

20 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

18

The Trouble with Tuck

by Theodore Taylor

791 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

19

A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog

766 members

44 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

20

Survivors #1: The Empty City

765 members

9 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: bookel

21

Danger in Ancient Rome

by Kate Messner

702 members

1 review

4.8

Member: bookel

22

Dog Years: A Memoir

691 members

19 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

23

Everything for a Dog

by Ann M. Martin

688 members

11 reviews

4

Member: bookel

24

by Jim Kjelgaard

649 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

25

Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero

by Michael Hingson

620 members

32 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

26

A Handful of Stars

by Cynthia Lord

617 members

17 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

27

Brave Norman : A True Story

by Andrew Clements

577 members

10 reviews

4.2

Member: bookel

28

566 members

1 review

½ 4.4

Member: bookel

29

The Ghost of Fossil Glen

by Cynthia DeFelice

546 members

8 reviews

4

Member: bookel

30

by Jennifer Li Shotz

528 members

9 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: bookel

31

Surprise Puppy! (DK Readers: Level 1)

by Judith Hodge

523 members

5 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: bookel

32

Help! I'm Trapped in Obedience School

by Todd Strasser

522 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

33

D-Day: Battle on the Beach

by Kate Messner

521 members

2 reviews

½ 4.7

Member: bookel

34

Pup at the Palace

by Ben M. Baglio

513 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: bookel

35

Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him

by Luis Carlos Montalvan

503 members

33 reviews

4

Member: bookel

36

Labrador on the Lawn

by Ben M. Baglio

502 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: bookel

37

Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship

by Jessica Kensky

496 members

48 reviews

½ 4.6

Member: bookel

38

by Moira Butterfield

488 members

4 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: bookel

39

Good Dog. Stay.

by Anna Quindlen

488 members

19 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: bookel

40

Hurricane Katrina Rescue

by Kate Messner

485 members

2 reviews

4.8

Member: bookel

41

by Jackie French Koller

484 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: bookel

42

460 members

½ 3.5

Member: bookel

43

by Bill Wallace

457 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

44

The Rescue (Dog Whisperer)

by Nicholas Edwards

392 members

3 reviews

4.2

Member: bookel

45

388 members

½ 4.3

Member: bookel

46

Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog

by Susannah Charleson

383 members

29 reviews

4

Member: bookel

47

by Audrey Osofsky

363 members

25 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

48

by C. Alexander London

355 members

5 reviews

½ 4.6

Member: bookel

49

It Only Looks Easy

by Pamela Curtis Swallow

340 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

50

320 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

51

A Friend Like Henry: The Remarkable True Story of an Autistic Boy and the Dog That Unlocked His World

by Nuala Gardner

319 members

17 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

52

The Midnight Mystery

by Beverly Lewis

303 members

2 reviews

5

Member: bookel

53

Help! I'm Trapped in Obedience School Again

by Todd Strasser

300 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: bookel

54

277 members

3 reviews

4

Member: bookel

55

Looking Out for Sarah

274 members

21 reviews

4.2

Member: bookel

56

Escape From The Twin Towers

by Kate Messner

269 members

½ 4.3

Member: bookel

57

The Chocolate Lab (The Chocolate Lab #1) (1)

267 members

1 review

5

Member: bookel

58

by Frances Ward Weller

260 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

59

Disaster on the Titanic

by Kate Messner

254 members

2 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

60

253 members

1 review

½ 2.5

Member: bookel

61

Buttermilk Hill

241 members

4 reviews

4

Member: bookel

62

Pet Hotel #1: Calling All Pets!

225 members

Member: bookel

63

Night of Soldiers and Spies

by Kate Messner

221 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: bookel

64

Dog Whisperer: Storm Warning[ DOG WHISPERER: STORM WARNING ] By Edwards, Nicholas ( Author )Dec-06-2011 Paperback

by Nicholas Edwards

213 members

1 review

3.8

Member: bookel

65

Captain's Command

212 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: bookel

66

Bonesy and Isabel

by Michael J. Rosen

210 members

1 review

4.2

Member: bookel

67

208 members

5

Member: bookel

68

The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs

205 members

16 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: bookel

69

The Last Dogs: The Vanishing

by Christopher Holt

195 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

70

Runaway Retriever (Pet Trouble)

by Tui T. Sutherland

192 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

71

Olive, Mabel & Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs

by Andrew Cotter

183 members

9 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

72

Best of Friends

180 members

2.8

Member: bookel

73

Different Dragons (Young Puffin)

178 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

74

Hero: Hurricane Rescue (Hero, 2)

by Jennifer Li Shotz

169 members

2 reviews

4

Member: bookel

75

The Ghost of Cutler Creek

by Cynthia DeFelice

160 members

1 review

3.8

Member: bookel

76

The Puppy Diaries: Raising a Dog Named Scout

by Jill Abramson

159 members

45 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: bookel

77

by Nicholas Edwards

156 members

3

Member: bookel

78

Dog Medicine: How My Dog Saved Me from Myself

by Julie Barton

152 members

11 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

79

by Sheila Hocken

149 members

5 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

80

Labrador in the Leaves (Animal Ark)

by Ben M. Baglio

144 members

5

Member: bookel

81

143 members

1 review

5

Member: bookel

82

Painting the Wind

by Patricia MacLachlan

141 members

2 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

83

Courage at Indian Deep

by Jane Resh Thomas

139 members

1 review

3

Member: bookel

84

Attack on Pearl Harbor

by Kate Messner

133 members

2 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: bookel

85

by Carlie Sorosiak

124 members

16 reviews

4

Member: bookel

86

The Puppy Problem

by Carolyn Keene

123 members

3

Member: bookel

87

The Puppy That Came for Christmas: How a Dog Brought One Family the Gift of Joy

116 members

23 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

88

116 members

1 review

½ 2.7

Member: bookel

89

Dede Takes Charge!

by Johanna Hurwitz

113 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

90

Trick or Treat? (Puppy Patrol #41)

113 members

Member: bookel

91

by Elizabeth Spurr

112 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: bookel

92

by Theodore Taylor

107 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: bookel

93

by Marian Rumsey

104 members

3

Member: bookel

94

Nigel: my family and other dogs

101 members

2 reviews

4

Member: bookel

95

Charlie's Choice

100 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: bookel

96

100 members

2

Member: bookel

97

Endal: How one extraordinary dog brought a family back from the brink

by Allen Parton

99 members

6 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: bookel

98

A Home for Jessie

by Christine Pullein-Thompson

96 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: bookel

99

Hero: Rescue Mission (Hero, 3)

by Jennifer Li Shotz

90 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: bookel

100

by Patricia Finney

89 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: bookel

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