Put a Bird On It

1

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

90,062 members

1,559 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: iggyjreilly, sturlington, perennialreader, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Raven [poem]

by Edgar Allan Poe

2,384 members

53 reviews

4.2

5 Members: aulsmith, iggyjreilly, sturlington, perennialreader, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Once and Future King

by T. H. White

17,324 members

225 reviews

4.1

4 Members: aulsmith, sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith: Really only the Sword in the Stone part (for my taste)

4

The Trumpet of the Swan

by E. B. White

14,180 members

88 reviews

4.1

4 Members: iggyjreilly, sturlington, perennialreader, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

by Richard Bach

13,001 members

241 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: sturlington, perennialreader, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

6

Owl Moon

by Jane Yolen

10,943 members

377 reviews

4.2

4 Members: dara85, sturlington, perennialreader, ManWithAnAgenda

7

The Hobbit

by J. R. R. Tolkien

107,517 members

1,302 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: sturlington: The eagles.

8

Mockingjay

by Suzanne Collins

55,118 members

1,854 reviews

3.9

3 Members: iggyjreilly, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Goldfinch

by Donna Tartt

18,373 members

868 reviews

3.9

3 Members: iggyjreilly, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

10

A Canticle for Leibowitz

by Walter M. Miller

13,253 members

343 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aulsmith, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: sturlington: The carrion birds as symbol of the endurance of nature.

11

The Maltese Falcon

by Dashiell Hammett

10,365 members

302 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, perennialreader, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Horton Hatches the Egg

by Dr. Seuss

5,434 members

59 reviews

4.1

3 Members: dara85, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

13

A Feast for Crows

by George R. R. Martin

29,526 members

548 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

14

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

by Ken Kesey

26,723 members

319 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, perennialreader

15

Sarah, Plain and Tall

by Patricia MacLachlan

13,889 members

307 reviews

3.8

2 Members: perennialreader, cej1027

16

The Sparrow

by Mary Doria Russell

8,529 members

437 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, perennialreader

17

Magpie Murders

by Anthony Horowitz

5,018 members

265 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, perennialreader

18

Birds without Wings

by Louis De Bernières

2,825 members

56 reviews

4.1

2 Members: thorold, perennialreader

19

A Redbird Christmas

by Fannie Flagg

1,806 members

91 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, perennialreader

20

Hollow Kingdom

by Kira Jane Buxton

1,434 members

77 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Birds and Other Stories

by Daphne Du Maurier

1,174 members

44 reviews

3.9

2 Members: perennialreader, ManWithAnAgenda

22

The Bird's Nest

by Shirley Jackson

713 members

15 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

23

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg

by Dubravka Ugrešić

480 members

24 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: thorold, Dilara86

24

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

17,554 members

259 reviews

4

Member: EMS_24
Explanations: EMS_24: as motif

25

The Nightingale

by Kristin Hannah

15,110 members

544 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: sturlington

26

H Is for Hawk

by Helen Macdonald

5,244 members

305 reviews

3.8

Member: EMS_24

27

Flaubert's Parrot

by Julian Barnes

4,304 members

81 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: thorold

28

Bird Box

by Josh Malerman

4,147 members

282 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

29

The Final Solution: A Story of Detection

by Michael Chabon

3,936 members

161 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: sturlington

30

Acceptance

by Jeff VanderMeer

3,419 members

150 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

31

Nights at the Circus

by Angela Carter

2,942 members

55 reviews

3.9

Member: thorold

32

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner [poem]

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

2,756 members

42 reviews

4.1

Member: EMS_24
Explanations: EMS_24: Albatros

33

The Fledgling

by Jane Langton

2,729 members

21 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

34

Birds of America: Stories

by Lorrie Moore

2,652 members

49 reviews

4

Member: sturlington

35

Death and the Penguin

by Andrey Kurkov

2,268 members

93 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: iggyjreilly

36

The Phoenix and the Carpet

by E. Nesbit

2,138 members

28 reviews

3.9

Member: thorold
Explanations: thorold: Classic late-Victorian children's book featuring a phoenix

37

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

by Kate Wilhelm

2,016 members

78 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

38

Migrations

by Charlotte McConaghy

1,832 members

108 reviews

4.1

Member: EMS_24

39

Grief is the Thing with Feathers

by Max Porter

1,832 members

85 reviews

3.8

Member: EMS_24

40

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

by Selma Lagerlöf

1,621 members

33 reviews

4

Member: EMS_24

41

The Conference of the Birds

by Farid Ud-Din Attar

1,617 members

16 reviews

4

Member: paradoxosalpha

42

Bellman and Black

by Diane Setterfield

1,546 members

174 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: mkbird

43

Two Caravans

by Marina Lewycka

1,478 members

64 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: thorold
Explanations: thorold: Unpleasantly graphic descriptions of working in a chicken-processing plant

44

Pigeon Post

by Arthur Ransome

1,107 members

21 reviews

4.2

Member: thorold
Explanations: thorold: Young miners use pigeons as messengers

45

Hummingbird Salamander

by Jeff VanderMeer

1,082 members

33 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: sturlington

46

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead

by Sara Gran

1,020 members

87 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

47

Litany of the Long Sun: Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun

by Gene Wolfe

995 members

10 reviews

4.2

Member: paradoxosalpha

48

Coot Club

by Arthur Ransome

992 members

17 reviews

4

Member: thorold
Explanations: thorold: Bird-protection in the Norfolk Broads in the 30s

49

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

by Cherie Priest

825 members

38 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

50

Great Northern?

by Arthur Ransome

800 members

9 reviews

4

Member: thorold
Explanations: thorold: Twitchers vs. evil egg-collectors in the Highlands

51

The Cry of the Owl

by Patricia Highsmith

773 members

22 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: thorold

52

The Birds

by Tarjei Vesaas

770 members

27 reviews

4.1

Member: EMS_24

53

The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession

by Mark Obmascik

764 members

28 reviews

4.1

Member: EMS_24

54

Epiphany of the Long Sun: Caldé of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Sun

by Gene Wolfe

732 members

8 reviews

4.2

Member: paradoxosalpha

55

Little Owl Lost

by Chris Haughton

698 members

26 reviews

4

Member: EMS_24

56

Love Among the Chickens

by P. G. Wodehouse

686 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: thorold
Explanations: thorold: Incompetents start a chicken-farm at Lyme Regis

57

Flight of Curlews

by Maarten 't Hart

649 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: EMS_24

58

A Pigeon and a Boy

by Meir Shalev

594 members

34 reviews

4.1

Member: EMS_24

59

The Pilgrim Hawk

by Glenway Wescott

526 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

60

The Silent Land

by Graham Joyce

495 members

53 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

61

Freddy Goes to Florida

by Walter R. Brooks

493 members

13 reviews

3.9

Member: aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Two chickens

62

The Swallows

by Lisa Lutz

467 members

43 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

63

Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr

by John Crowley

412 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: paradoxosalpha

64

De ortolaan

by Maarten 't Hart

256 members

5 reviews

3.2

Member: EMS_24

65

Last of the Curlews

by Fred Bodsworth

202 members

1 review

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

66

The Blackbirder

by Dorothy B. Hughes

183 members

9 reviews

3.2

Member: sturlington

67

Wiplala

by Annie M.G. Schmidt

144 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: EMS_24

68

You Have Me to Love

by Jaap Robben

138 members

9 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: EMS_24

69

Birdgirl

by Mya-Rose Craig

98 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: EMS_24

70

Arnie, the Darling Starling

by Margarete Sigl Corbo

86 members

2 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

71

L'épervier de Maheux

by Jean Carrière

64 members

½ 3.5

Member: EMS_24

72

The Hollywood Dodo: A Novel

by Geoff Nicholson

37 members

1 review

½ 2.5

Member: sturlington

73

Phineas' feest

by Sophie Tak

3 members

1 review

4

Member: EMS_24

74

Pachinko

by Min Jin Lee

9,164 members

346 reviews

4.1

75

Harry Potter - The Complete Series

by J. K. Rowling

14,613 members

185 reviews

½ 4.6

Member: cej1027,sturlington ,EMS_24 ,ManWithAnAgenda

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