List of 100 Books With Animal Characters
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Title | Author | Published | Genre |
A Dog's Purpose | W. Bruce Cameron | 2010 | Fiction, Novel, Humour |
A Dog's Way Home | W. Bruce Cameron | 2017 | Domestic Fiction |
Animal Farm | George Orwell | 1945 | Allegory, Novel, Satire, Political satire, Roman à clef, Dystopian Fiction |
Are You My Mother? | P.D. Eastman | 1960 | Fiction, Children's literature |
Bambi | Felix Salten | 1923 | Fiction |
Black Beauty | Anna Sewell | 1877 | Novel, Fiction, Children's literature |
Brighty of the Grand Canyon | Marguerite Henry | 1953 | Fiction |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? | Bill Martin Jr. | 1967 | Picture book, Fiction, Children's literature |
Bunnicula | James Howe, Deborah Howe | 1979 | Children's literature |
Charlotte’s Web | EB White | 1952 | Novel, Fiction, Children's literature |
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type | Doreen Cronin | 2000 | Fiction, Picture book, Children's literature |
Cujo | Stephen King | 1981 | Novel, Horror fiction |
Dark Horses | Cecily Von Ziegesar | 2016 | Fiction |
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! | Mo Willems | 2003 | Children's books, picture books |
Fantastic Mr. Fox | Roald Dahl | 1970 | Novel, Fiction, Children's literature |
Fifteen Dogs | André Alexis | 2015 | Novel, Allegory, Literary fiction |
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures | Kate DiCamillo | 2013 | Novel, Children's literature, Fantasy Fiction |
Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes | 1959 | Short story, Novel, Science Fiction, Epistolary novel, Psychological Fiction |
Giraffes Can't Dance | Giles Andreae | 1999 | Fiction, Picture book, Children's literature |
Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die | Jon Katz | 2011 | Self-help book |
Gorillas in the Mist | Dian Fossey | 1983 | Biography, Travel literature |
Hachi-Ko: The Samurai Dog | Shizuko O. Koster | 2007 | Nonfiction, Cultural |
Hank the Cowdog | John R.Erickson | 1982 | Children's literature |
Horse Heaven | Jane Smiley | 2000 | Novel, Humour, Fiction |
I Want My Hat Back | Jon Klassen | 2011 | Fiction |
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | Laura Joffe Numeroff | 1985 | Fiction, Children's literature |
Into the Wild | Erin Hunter | 2003 | Children's literature, Fantasy Fiction |
It's a Book | Lane Smith | 2010 | Humour, Fiction |
Jennie | Paul Gallico | 1963 | Fiction |
Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Richard Bach | 1970 | Fiction, Parable, Novella, Self-help book |
King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian | Marguerite Henry | 1948 | Novel, Fiction, Children's literature |
Lassie Come-Home | Eric Knight | 1940 | Novel, Fiction |
Life of Pi | Yann Martel | 2001 | Novel, Psychological Fiction, Adventure fiction, Philosophical fiction |
Make Way for Ducklings | Robert McCloskey | 1941 | Fiction, Picture book, Children's literature |
Marley and Me | John Grogan | 2005 | Biography, Autobiography, Autobiographical novel |
Mattimeo | Brian Jacques | 1989 | Children's literature, Fantasy Fiction |
Maus | Art Spiegelman | 1980 | Comics, Novel, Comic book, Biography, Graphic novel |
Mort[e] | Robert Repino | 2015 | Science Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, War story |
Mossflower | Brian Jacques | 1988 | Novel, Children's literature, Fantasy Fiction |
Mother Bruce | Ryan T. Higgins | 2015 | Fiction |
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH | Robert C. O'Brien | 1970 | Science Fiction, Children's literature, Fantasy Fiction |
My Friend Rabbit | Eric Rohmann | 2002 | Fiction, Picture book |
Old Yeller | Fred Gipson | 1942 | Novel, Children's literature, Bildungsroman, Western fiction |
Pride of Baghdad | Brian K Vaughan | 2006 | Comics, Novel, Graphic novel |
Queen of the World! | Jennifer L. Holm | 2005 | Graphic novel |
Red Dog | Louis de Bernières | 2001 | Adventure fiction |
Redwall | Brian Jacques | 1986 | Fantasy |
Saving Simon | Jon Katz | 2014 | Biography, Autobiography |
Scaredy Squirrel | Mélanie Watt | 2006 | Childrens Picture Books, Humor, Animals, Fiction, Fantasy |
Seabiscuit | Laura Hillenbrand | 1999 | Biography |
Secrets at Sea | Richard Peck | 2011 | Adventure fiction |
Silverwing | Kenneth Oppel | 1997 | Novel, Children's literature, Young adult fiction, Fantasy Fiction |
Sophie | Emma Pearse | 2011 | Autobiography |
Stellaluna | Janell Cannon | 1993 | Fiction, Children's literature, Picture book |
Storm Boy | Colin Thiele | 1964 | Fiction, Children's literature |
Stuart Little | E.B. White | 1945 | Novel, Children's literature |
That Quail, Robert | Margaret A. Stanger | 1966 | Biography |
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents | Terry Pratchett | 2001 | Humour, Children's literature, Fantasy Fiction |
The Art of Racing in the Rain | Garth Stein | 2008 | Novel, Fiction, Experimental literature |
The Bees | Laline Paull | 2014 | Novel, Suspense, Fantasy Fiction, Dystopian Fiction |
The Book of the Dun Cow | Walter Wangerin Jr. | 1978 | Fantasy Fiction |
The Call of the Wild | Jack London | 2020 | Novel, Adventure fiction |
The Capture | Kathryn Lasky | 2003 | Fantasy Fiction |
The Cat Who Went to Paris | Peter Gethers | 1991 | Biography, Guidebook, Travel literature, Non-fiction novel |
The Cookie Fiasco | Dan Santat | 2016 | Humour, Fiction, Children's literature |
The Cricket in Times Square | George Selden | 1960 | Fiction, Children's literature |
The Dog Who Dared to Dream | Sun-mi Hwang | 2016 | Fiction |
The Fox and the Hound | Daniel P. Mannix | 1967 | Novel, Young adult fiction |
The Golden Compass | Philip Pullman | 1995 | Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Childrens, Adventure, Science Fiction |
The Green Ember | S.D. Smith | 2014 | Fantasy Fiction |
The Incredible Journey | Sheila Burnford | 1960 | Drama, Adventure fiction |
The Jungle Book | Rudyard Kipling | 1894 | Fiction, Children's literature, War story |
The Kissing Hand | Audrey Penn | 1993 | Children's literature |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis | 1950 | Novel, Children's literature, Fantasy Fiction, High fantasy, Christian literature |
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | Kate DiCamillo | 2006 | Novel, Young adult fiction |
The Mouse and the Motorcycle | Beverly Cleary | 1965 | Novel, Fiction, Children's literature |
The One and Only Ivan | Katherine Applegate | 2012 | Novel, Fiction, Children's literature |
The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog | John R. Erickson | 1983 | Humour, Mystery, Western fiction |
The Sight | David Clement Davies | 2001 | Fantasy Fiction |
The Snow Goose | Paul Gallico | 1940 | Fiction |
The Snow Leopard | Peter Matthiessen | 1978 | Biography, Travel literature |
The Tale of Despereaux | Kate DiCamillo | 2003 | Fairy tale, Fantasy Fiction |
The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter | 1901 | Picture book, Children's literature, Fantasy Fiction |
The Three Kitties That Saved My Life | Mike Meyer | 2013 | Nonfiction, Biography, Animal |
The Travelling Cat Chronicles | Hiro Arikawa | 2012 | Domestic Fiction, Road Fiction |
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs | Jon Scieszka | 1989 | Fiction, Picture book, Children's literature |
The Trumpet of the Swan | E.B. White | 1970 | Novel, Fiction, Children's literature |
The Underneath | Kathi Appelt | 2008 | Children's literature, Fantasy Fiction |
The Wild Robot | Peter Brown | 2016 | Novel, Fiction |
The Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame | 1908 | Novel, Children's literature |
The Yearling | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | 1938 | Fiction, Young Adult, Animals |
This Dog's Afterlife | David Shockley | 2014 | Animals |
This Is Not My Hat | Jon Klassen | 2012 | Fiction, Picture book |
Water for Elephants | Sara Gruen | 2006 | Novel, Romance novel, historical novel, Historical Fiction |
Watership Down | Richard Adams | 1972 | Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult, Animals, Childrens, Adventure |
Wemberly Worried | Kevin Henkes | 2000 | Fiction |
White Fang | Jack London | 1906 | Novel, Adventure fiction |
Winnie-the-Pooh | A.A. Milne | 1926 | Fiction, Children's literature |
Wishtree | Katherine Applegate | 2017 | Novel, Fiction |
Z Is for Moose | Kelly Bingham | 2012 | Humour, Fiction, Children's literature |
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