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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