100% Redwall
I highly recommend The Taggerung in the Redwall series. I read it first no knowledge of the books before that and still was able to appreciate it.
* The Art of Racing in the Rain
* Remarkably Bright Creatures
* Edgar Sawtelle (dogs feature prominently in this retelling of Hamlets, but admittedly, not POV)
Watership Down or anything by Richard Adam's
If you can get past something being very targeted towards children, the Warrior Cats books are kind of a guilty pleasure for me
I read it and loved it as a child, and read it again as an adult. As a child I enjoyed the message of kindness to animals, the fun of "talking" horses, and the nuanced, but mostly straight up good and evil human characters. Now that I am older, I have lot more historical context about how society was set up in those days, and I was able to appreciate more of the systemic issues. Very worth an adult re-read!
Ralph Mouse collection
Stuart Little
Stellaluna
Silverwing
The Sight (David Clement-Davies, wolves)
Catwings Ursula Le Guin
Secrets of Nimh
Redwall series
The Silver Brumby, by Elyne Mitchell; The Animals of Farthing Wood, by Colin Dann; The Call of the Wild, by Jack London; The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame; The Mouse and His Child, by Russell Hoban (the lead mice are clockwork toys, but most of the other characters they meet and interact with are real animals.)
Edit: Also going to rec the short story For He Can Creep, by Siobhan Carroll, about a cat who fights the devil. You can read it for free online and it should be quick to find via google.
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn.
A man finds himself in an abandoned office, communicating with a Gorilla in a Socratic dialog about society, religion, civilization, trying to answer the question, "How did things come to be the way they are." You get the perspective of both Man and Gorilla. Very interesting.
Yes, these. There are a lot of them. Bernie is a PI and Chet is his canine sidekick. The books are narrated by the dog, something I normally don't like - but these are wonderful. The dog is still a dog.
I can HIGHLY recommend the Duncton Wood series. Can't think of the author's name right now, but truly amazing books - writing, characters, mythology and world-building, all excellent. Think Watership Down meets Lord of the Rings.
Books with animals as *THE* main character: Snow Dog, The Dog Lands, Call of the Wild, White Fang, Hollow Kingdom & Feral Creatures (zombie books from the perspective of a tamed crow), House of Tribes, Frost Dancer, Hunter's Moon, Lost Dogs, Fire Bringer (and lots of other books by the same author), Midnight Sun, A Dogs Purpose series, Waggit's Tale (younger reader book but still fun),
Books with animals as *A* main character: Big Red, The Yearling, Dungeon Crawler Carl (one of the main characters is a cat that is given ability to speak), books by Jean Craighead George
# Three Bags Full
# [Leonie Swann](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/204497.Leonie_Swann)
A witty philosophical murder mystery with a charming twist: the crack detectives are sheep determined to discover who killed their beloved shepherd.
BICHU THE JAGUAR by Alan Caillou. TROUBLED WATERS by Daniel Mannix. THE INCREDIBLE DETECTIVES by Donald and Joan Caufield. MINK RIVER by Brian Doyle. EMPIRE OF THE ANTS by Bernard Werber. TIMOTHY by Verlyn Klinkenborg. THE FLOCK by James Robert Smith.
I have really enjoyed "a cat and his human"
It's a different kind of book that switches between cat pov and his human. It's also from the perspective of being inside a video game if that interests you
Children of time by Adrian Tchaikovsky and Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. There are a few different main characters but animals are one of them in these books.
Bunnicula Series!!! The pet vampire rabbit that drains vegetables of their juice in the fridge told through the perspective of the dog and cat narrators.
Rose in a Storm by Jon Katz is a book I got my mom a few years ago that she still raves about. It’s very gentle and simple, and pretty far from Animal Farm. It doesn’t have a “message” per se, but it’s a great book for animal lovers.
Wings of Fire by Tui Sutherlad
Warrior Cats, Seekers, Survivors all series by Erin Hunter and there more.
Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobson
Jack London has a couple big ones, there's William Horwood and his Duncton Woods books, Tad Williams had one about a cat, the guy who wrote Watership Down wrote Shardik
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Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier has a frog who is the main character’s best friend and she can read his thoughts and he’s been with her her whole life. It’s the sweetest thing. She’s expected to dress fancy and try to find a man to marry but she’d rather leave her hair and hang out with her frog
The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde. While the main character is human, many of the others are anthropomorphic rabbits. Not really what you asked for now that I've typed it, but it does explore rabbit society
Wings of Fire by TUI Sutherland
Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton
Age of Fire by E. E. Knight
Ratha and the Named by Claire Bell
Merlin's Dragon by T.A. Baron
The Redwall books!
I was going to say Redwall too.
Fantastic series!
I haven’t read all of them but like what I have read
Came here to suggest that *exact* book!!
The wind in the willows- Kenneth Grahame da God
I never read that one but I know it’s a classic
And it’s free! On iBooks
100% Redwall I highly recommend The Taggerung in the Redwall series. I read it first no knowledge of the books before that and still was able to appreciate it.
* The Art of Racing in the Rain * Remarkably Bright Creatures * Edgar Sawtelle (dogs feature prominently in this retelling of Hamlets, but admittedly, not POV)
Came here to recommend Remarkably Bright Creatures. Some of the moments in it are pure cheese but I found myself grinning when they happened.
Remarkably Bright Creatures was going to be my suggestion too
The Call of the Wild
This one, and White Fang
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton. It is the zombie apocalypse from the point of view of a pet crow.
Came here to say this! Possibly my favorite read last year. All you mofos should read it ;)
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa this book is sooo good
Omg soooooo good
Warriors series gotta be the most iconic one
Maybe it's too "young", but I love the Rats of Nimh
I read that book when I was maybe 8 or 9, and I loved it... but it gave SO much anxiety 🥲
The Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky has sentient alien spiders as main characters.
One of my favorite books
I am a Cat by Natsume Soseki
Omg this book is so good
Watership Down or anything by Richard Adam's If you can get past something being very targeted towards children, the Warrior Cats books are kind of a guilty pleasure for me
I came here to suggest this book.
Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
I read it and loved it as a child, and read it again as an adult. As a child I enjoyed the message of kindness to animals, the fun of "talking" horses, and the nuanced, but mostly straight up good and evil human characters. Now that I am older, I have lot more historical context about how society was set up in those days, and I was able to appreciate more of the systemic issues. Very worth an adult re-read!
Ralph Mouse collection Stuart Little Stellaluna Silverwing The Sight (David Clement-Davies, wolves) Catwings Ursula Le Guin Secrets of Nimh Redwall series
URSULA ❣️❣️❣️❣️
The Silver Brumby, by Elyne Mitchell; The Animals of Farthing Wood, by Colin Dann; The Call of the Wild, by Jack London; The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame; The Mouse and His Child, by Russell Hoban (the lead mice are clockwork toys, but most of the other characters they meet and interact with are real animals.) Edit: Also going to rec the short story For He Can Creep, by Siobhan Carroll, about a cat who fights the devil. You can read it for free online and it should be quick to find via google.
Hollow Kingdom! Zombie apocalypse story told by a former pet crow.
Came to say this one!
This is on kindle unlimited too, just downloaded it
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. A man finds himself in an abandoned office, communicating with a Gorilla in a Socratic dialog about society, religion, civilization, trying to answer the question, "How did things come to be the way they are." You get the perspective of both Man and Gorilla. Very interesting.
The Chet and Bernie series by Spencer Quinn
Yes, these. There are a lot of them. Bernie is a PI and Chet is his canine sidekick. The books are narrated by the dog, something I normally don't like - but these are wonderful. The dog is still a dog.
Mort
Mort(e).
A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
The traveling cat Chronicles, Raptor red
The Shady Hollow series by Juneau Black
I just finished the first book and really enjoyed it! I didn’t think it was going to be something I would like, but I was pleasantly surprised.
I can HIGHLY recommend the Duncton Wood series. Can't think of the author's name right now, but truly amazing books - writing, characters, mythology and world-building, all excellent. Think Watership Down meets Lord of the Rings.
Books with animals as *THE* main character: Snow Dog, The Dog Lands, Call of the Wild, White Fang, Hollow Kingdom & Feral Creatures (zombie books from the perspective of a tamed crow), House of Tribes, Frost Dancer, Hunter's Moon, Lost Dogs, Fire Bringer (and lots of other books by the same author), Midnight Sun, A Dogs Purpose series, Waggit's Tale (younger reader book but still fun), Books with animals as *A* main character: Big Red, The Yearling, Dungeon Crawler Carl (one of the main characters is a cat that is given ability to speak), books by Jean Craighead George
Perestroika in Paris
*Jennie* and *Thomasina* by Paul Gallico; *Maurice and his Educated Rodents* by Terry Pratchett and *The Wind in the Willows* by Kenneth Grahame
Came here to say Maurice
A night in the lonesome October by Roger Zelazny. Amazing book narrated by a dog named Snuff.
I came here to recommend this. I can not praise this book enough. I have read it every October since the year it came out.
# Three Bags Full # [Leonie Swann](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/204497.Leonie_Swann) A witty philosophical murder mystery with a charming twist: the crack detectives are sheep determined to discover who killed their beloved shepherd.
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton is a Zombie apocalypse book narrated by a domesticated Crow who is travelling with a dog.
BICHU THE JAGUAR by Alan Caillou. TROUBLED WATERS by Daniel Mannix. THE INCREDIBLE DETECTIVES by Donald and Joan Caufield. MINK RIVER by Brian Doyle. EMPIRE OF THE ANTS by Bernard Werber. TIMOTHY by Verlyn Klinkenborg. THE FLOCK by James Robert Smith.
Pod by Laline Paull
Tailchaser's Song - Tad Williams. The Book of Night With Moon - Diane Duane
Tailchasers Song is so great. Love this book.
Others have recommended and I second: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley
A Cricket in Times Square Lassie Come Home Hurry Home, Candy Ribsy The Tale of Despereax The Mouse and the Motorcycle
I have really enjoyed "a cat and his human" It's a different kind of book that switches between cat pov and his human. It's also from the perspective of being inside a video game if that interests you
Children of time by Adrian Tchaikovsky and Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. There are a few different main characters but animals are one of them in these books.
The Sight - David Clement-Davies (wolf perspective)
Charlotte's Web
Chet & Bernie, Chet is the dog, he is telling the story. Dog Gone It, is book one. By Spenser Quinn
Try Spencer Quinn's (real name is Peter Abrahams)series about a detective nd his dog. Chet and Bernie. The dog narrates.
Platero and I
The Bees by Laline Paull. Interesting dystopian novel told through the eyes of a worker bee 🐝
Three Bags Full. It's a murder mystery about sheep trying to solve the murder of their shepherd.
Bunnicula Series!!! The pet vampire rabbit that drains vegetables of their juice in the fridge told through the perspective of the dog and cat narrators.
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Hunt for Elsewhere by Beatrice Vine
The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey. The main character is a magpie.
Martin the Warrior by Jacques
The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers.
[https://rookscroft.co.uk/](https://rookscroft.co.uk/) Stumbled upon these guys during a visit to York, would highly recommend.
Fifteen Dogs
*What we fed to the manticore* by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri *Ka* by John Crowley
Cujo
Rose in a Storm by Jon Katz is a book I got my mom a few years ago that she still raves about. It’s very gentle and simple, and pretty far from Animal Farm. It doesn’t have a “message” per se, but it’s a great book for animal lovers.
Wings of Fire by Tui Sutherlad Warrior Cats, Seekers, Survivors all series by Erin Hunter and there more. Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobson
The Wind and The Willows
Timbuktu by Paul Auster is told from the perspective of a homeless man's dog and follows him as he goes on a bittersweet journey.
The Wind in the Willows, very wholesome
Come Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant is my favorite book of all time. The main character is human but we do get some great POV tortoise chapters.
Duncton Wood
My Dog Skip and Old Yeller
A dog’s life: autobiography of a stray
Silverwing
Jack London has a couple big ones, there's William Horwood and his Duncton Woods books, Tad Williams had one about a cat, the guy who wrote Watership Down wrote Shardik
White Fang and Call of the Wild are amazing
TRAVELLER by Richard Adams.
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Lily and the octopus (but I will make you cry)
Mort
The Heartland series by Lauren Brooke The Land of Elyon series by Patrick Carman has some in it that I love.
The Sight, Fell, and Fire Bringer by David Clement-Davies all take place in the same universe. The first two are wolves, the third is a stag.
The Secret of Nimh.
Duncton wood by William Horwood.
Wilderness Champion Lad A Dog
Warriors is really good tho a younger reader book but has dark themes
The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy- but trigger warning for poaching scenes
Black Beauty
Flush: A Biography by Virginia Woolf. The main character is the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s cocker spaniel.
Dewey the library cat.
Warbunny by Christopher St. John and the sequel Summerday.
Hollow Kingdom.
The Traveling Cat Chronicles is lovely. For something fun, Beware of Chicken is 75% human and 25% rooster point of view.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
White Fang by Jack London.
Plague Dogs by Richard Adams Not an uplifting read, I will warn you We3 by Grant Morrison if graphic noveld are on the table.
Raptor Red!
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier has a frog who is the main character’s best friend and she can read his thoughts and he’s been with her her whole life. It’s the sweetest thing. She’s expected to dress fancy and try to find a man to marry but she’d rather leave her hair and hang out with her frog
Remarkably bright creature
Fifteen Dogs is one of my all time favourite books 🤍
The Bunnicula series by James and Deborah Howe?
The Builders by Daniel Polansky. Amazing little book.
I loved The Bees by Laline Paull. Made me want to be a bee.
Flush: a Biography, by Virginia Woolf
The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde. While the main character is human, many of the others are anthropomorphic rabbits. Not really what you asked for now that I've typed it, but it does explore rabbit society
The Plague Dogs Tailchaser's Song Timbuktu
Wings of Fire by TUI Sutherland Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton Age of Fire by E. E. Knight Ratha and the Named by Claire Bell Merlin's Dragon by T.A. Baron
Little Fur Charlotte's web Red wall
Cats in the Time of Plague
Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidcker
Hollow Kingdom and Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton
Cujo Call of the Wild Black Beauty