Animal Fiction

Fiction involving animals. Such works may take the viewpoint of animals, in which case they may be classified as xenofiction. Some books portray animals as having human traits (anthropomorphic fiction). Animals are very common characters in children's literature. ...more

The Eyes & the Impossible
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The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)
The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)
Orris and Timble: The Beginning
Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)
River (Warriors: A Starless Clan, #1)
Sky (Warriors: A Starless Clan, #2)
Darkness Within (Warriors: The Broken Code, #4)
Veil of Shadows (Warriors: The Broken Code, #3)
A Light in the Mist (Warriors: The Broken Code #6)
Thunder (Warriors: A Starless Clan, #4)
The Place of No Stars (Warriors: The Broken Code, #5)
Shadow (Warriors: A Starless Clan, #3)
A Shadow in RiverClan (Warriors: Graphic Novels, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Into the Wild (Warriors, #1)
Charlotte’s Web
The Tale of Despereaux
The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only #1)
Fire and Ice (Warriors, #2)
Black Beauty
The Darkest Hour (Warriors, #6)
A Dangerous Path (Warriors, #5)
Forest of Secrets (Warriors, #3)
Rising Storm (Warriors, #4)
The Call of the Wild
White Fang
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Redwall (Redwall, #1)
Watership Down by Richard  AdamsCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteInto the Wild by Erin HunterThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Animal Xenofiction (Nonhuman POV)
447 books — 154 voters
Watership Down by Richard  AdamsAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Bees by Laline PaullSetting the Family Free by Eric D. GoodmanRaptor Red by Robert T. Bakker
Animal Xenofiction for Adults
240 books — 106 voters

The Snow Leopard by Peter MatthiessenThe African Leopard by Theodore N. BaileyWild Animal School by Jenny LynneWarrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies OkungbowaMan-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag by Jim Corbett
Books for Leopard Lovers
35 books — 14 voters
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileyCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlWonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldLife in the Undergrowth by David Attenborough
Books about Invertebrates
392 books — 44 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonNo Word for Wilderness by Roger  ThompsonSave the Arctic by Bethany StahlThe Quest Begins by Erin HunterLittle Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Books about Bears
162 books — 31 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisRatha's Creature by Clare BellThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Big Cats and Small Wild Cats in Fiction
119 books — 40 voters


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Exactly. Don't you see, they'd altered what rabbits do naturally because they taught they could do better? And if they altered their ways, so can we if we like. You say buck rabbits don't dig. Nor they do. But they could, if they wanted to. Suppose we had deep, comfortable burrows to sleep in? To be out of bad weather and underground at night? Then we would be safe. And there is nothing to stop us having them, except that buck rabbits won't dig. Not can't -- won't.' - Blackberry ...more
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Christopher  Gerard
A lot of the names in Talon reference other people or events. For example Amelia, the giant Eagle, was a “tip of my hat” to the extraordinary aviator Amelia Earhart. Both love(d) to fly!
Christopher Gerard, Talon: A Jack Rawson Saga

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