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2lilithcat
May 1, 2011, 10:51 pm

The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Boss Dog, by M.F.K. Fisher
A Little Yellow Dog,by Walter Mosley
A Dog's Ransom, by Patricia Highsmith
Dog and Duck, by Arthur Machen

3thorold
May 2, 2011, 3:50 am

The good shepherd by C.S. Forester
The dog collar murders by Barbara Wilson
A walk in the woods by Bill Bryson
The Bark of the Dogwood: A Tour of Southern Homes and Gardens by Jackson Tippett McCrae (two for the price of one!)
Dogmatics in outline by Karl Barth (groan!)

4mirrordrum
May 2, 2011, 10:06 am

thorold, those last two are great!

6AHS-Wolfy
May 3, 2011, 8:23 am

The Terracotta Dog by Andrea Camilleri
Wolves Eat Dogs by Martin Cruz Smith
Shoedog by George Pelecanos
The Day of the Jack Russell by Colin Bateman
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters

Probably pushing it a little bit with a couple of these but had to include them to make it up to five.

7thorold
Edited: May 3, 2011, 11:33 am

>6 AHS-Wolfy:
Given your user name and the second title in your list, we're not going to argue :-)

8mirrordrum
May 3, 2011, 2:36 pm

//6 the last one's my favorite. the rules, after all, say that we'll use titles 'suggested by' or something to that effect. i think it's an opportunity to be creative. go for it, i say.

9aviddiva
May 15, 2011, 1:22 am

The Good Dog by Avi
Poor Puppy by Nick Bruel
Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
Wolf Brother by Michelle Pave
One Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith

10clif_hiker
Jun 10, 2011, 9:32 am

classics

Old Yeller Fred Gipson
White Fang Jack London
Cujo Stephen King
Cracker Cynthia Kadohata
City Clifford Simak (an obscure reference...)

11extrajoker
Edited: Jun 11, 2011, 12:37 am

I just couldn't narrow it down, so I made two lists...

Serious:

A Dog's Purpose -- W. Bruce Cameron
Lives of the Monster Dogs -- Kirsten Bakis
The Plague Dogs -- Richard Adams
Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Emily Brontë -- Maureen Adams
A Three Dog Life -- Abigail Thomas

Silly:

Dog-ku: Very Clever Haikus Written by Very Clever Dogs -- Steve D. Marsh
Reigning Cats And Dogs: A Rhymes With Orange Tribute to Those Who Shed -- Hilary B. Price
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog!) -- Jerome K. Jerome
Unleashed: Poems by Writers' Dogs -- Amy Hempel, et al.
Weiner Dog Art -- Gary Larsen

14Bjace
Apr 25, 2013, 10:13 am

Sister Wolf by Ann Arensberg
The dogs of war by Frederick Forsyth
Bob, son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant
Storm, Dog of Newfoundland by Anthony Fon Eisen
Die like a dog by Rex Stout

15jbbarret
Apr 25, 2013, 10:22 am

The Dog it Was That Died by Tom Stoppard
Fishing Dogs by Raymond Coppinger
Five Hundred Mile Walkies by Mark Wallington
Dudley: The worst dog in the world by Colin D. Willock
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck

21casvelyn
Apr 29, 2013, 5:43 pm

I knew there was a reason I cataloged the picture books I read as a small child... the first three came from my childhood reading list.

The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra and Sal Barraca
Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner by Eileen Christelow
The Case of the Howling Dog by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Hounds of Avalon by Mark Chadbourn

24rolandperkins
Edited: Oct 13, 2014, 3:45 pm

Steel Drumming at the Apollo: the Road to Super Top Dog
by Trish Marx

Home is on Top of a Dog House (Peanuts)
by Charles Schulz

"Fanga Kuliʻ oe Tauʻa* / The Dogs of War (screenplay)
by John Irvin, director (and screenwriter (?) - - Wikipedia doesnʻt say.)

Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts by Lucy Dillon

A Dog of Flanders
by Maria Louise Rameʻ

*not that there is a Tongan version, but itʻs the only
movie I ever saw advertised with a Tongan title, in Tonga in the ʻ80s,

27IreneF
Oct 13, 2014, 11:07 pm

Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman
Cave Canem by Akif Pirincci (Means "beware of dog" in Latin. This is in the Felidae series. You go figure.)
The Borzoi Book of Ballets by Grace Robert
The Tasha Tudor Cookbook: Recipes and Reminiscences from Corgi Cottage by Tasha Tudor
Sophisticates in Cassino and Saluki, Handicrafter No 273 by Claire Matson

29patchygirl
Edited: Jan 9, 2015, 11:35 am

Women who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
They Both Liked Dogs by Elinor Brent-Dyer
Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson
Marley and Me by John Grogan
Jack Russell, Dog Detective by Sally Odgers

30EMS_24
Edited: Jan 10, 2015, 5:21 am

To begin simple; three favourite writers, one book of my readinglist for school ( wherein I 'd tried to use the theme 'animals' :) ) , and one other welknown Dutch writer with an intriging title

Ode aan mijn hond by Tessa de Loo means: Ode to my dog
Pappa is een hond by Guus Kuijer means: Daddy is a dog
Mijn leven als hond : dierenverhalen by Martin Bril means: My life as a dog : animalstories
De hond in het lege huis by Anton Koolhaas means: The dog in the empty house
De hond met de blauwe tong by Jan Wolkers means: The dog with the blue tongue

32rolandperkins
Edited: Feb 28, 2015, 2:16 am

The Hounds of Skaith
by Leigh Brackett

Huggable Hounds
by Quercus

The Complete Idiotʻs Guide to Beagles
by Kim Campbell Thornton

Picasso and Lump: a Dachshundʻs Odyssey
by David Douglas Duncan

Four Paws, five Directions: a Guide to
Chinese Medicine for Cats and Dogs
by Cheryl Schwartz

34rolandperkins
Edited: Jul 7, 2015, 12:06 am

"Picasso & Lump: a Dachshundʻs
Odyssey" by David Dawson

Great Dane Rides: a Guide for
Bicycling in Madison and South
Central Wisconsin
by Michael Bieberitz

Neapolitan Mastiff
by Carol Paulsen

Scruffy: the Adventures of a
Mongrel in Movieland
by C. Burbridge

The Dog who Cried Wolf
by Keiko Kasza

36rolandperkins
Edited: Jul 21, 2015, 5:49 pm

Dixie: a Dedicated Doberman; a
True Story
by Beth Hill

The Return of Bulldog Drummond
by Sapper

The Spitz Master: a Parisian
Book of Hours by Gregory Clark

War of the Running Dogs:
Malaya, 1948--1960
by Noel Barber

Flyball Racing: the Dog Sport
for Everyone by Lonnie Olson

42theretiredlibrarian
Apr 24, 2016, 12:32 pm

Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Down Girl and Sit: Smarter Than Squirrels by Lucy Nolan
Whistle For Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight

43rolandperkins
Edited: Apr 25, 2016, 1:01 am

Buff: a Collie by Albert Payson Terhune

The Doberman Wore Black by Barbara Moore

A Widow, a Chihuahua, and Harry Truman: a
Story of Love, Loss, and Love Again
by Mary Beth Crain

Where Dogs Dream by Kit Whitfield

Dogs in the Sun by Hans Silvester