Caroline Alexander

Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition. HarCol, 1997.
A memoir of Sir Ernest Shackleton's perilous 1914 expedition to Antarctica aboard the Endurance, by the ship's cat.

Richard Bach

Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Macmillan, 1970.
Because he spends so much time perfecting his flying form instead of concentrating on obtaining food, a seagull is ostracized by the rest of the flock.

Doug Briggs

Old Black. Beverly, 1997.
After his master becomes ill, Old Black-the reigning world champion calf-roping horse-finds a new life as competitor in youth horse shows with 10-year-old Jim Bradley. But it is not in the arena that Old Black faces his greatest challenge...

Renaldo Fischer

The Shaman Bulldog: A Love Story. Warner, 1996.
The author's' "fictionalized" account of his love affair with Faccio Bello, an English bulldog with a tough mug, a sturdy body, and a penchant for keenly observing human nature.

Paul Gallico

The Snow Goose. Knopf, 1940.
During WWII, a friendship develops between a lonely crippled painter and a village girl when they administer to an injured snow goose.

Gerald Green

Girl. Doubleday, 1977.
Ever since the death of his wife, E. J. Riddle, an aging down-at-the-heels drifter, has preferred talking to animals than people. His best friend is a shaggy mongrel named Girl, who has learned to completely understand him. They eventually become a national sensation on TV, but someone who feels threatened by their success, sets out to destroy them.

Martin H. Greenberg & Alexander Potter (eds.)

Sirius the Dog Star. DAW, 2004.
16 tales featuring humankind's most loyal companion on our world...and beyond.

Winston Groom

Only. Pocket, 1988, 1984
In the summer of 1968 newlyweds George and Alice Martin welcome an addition to the family: an orphan sheepdog named Only. As he watched the family grow and stray in unforseen directions, Only discovers the joys of pot roast, girlfriends, and digging, as well as the less satisfying experiences of trips to the vet and cats. But when his yard becomes too small, he knows that he was put into the world to be useful, and strikes out on his own.

Harriey Hahn

James the Connoisseur Cat. St. M., 1991.
James dines only on the finest Russian caviar, drinks only the most expensive Scotch whiskey, and he never licks his paws in public. James strikes up a friendship with an American living in London and the adventures begin.Followed by: James, Fabulous Feline (1993).

L. F. Hoffman

The Bachelor's Cat. HarperCollins, 1997.
Once upon a time there was a bachelor, a romantic and difficult man. This is the story of how the bachelor found a stray cat and how that cat helped the bachelor find love.

Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

The Cat Who Came in From the Cold. Ballantine, 2004.
In ancient India, Billi, an Asian leopard cat who enjoys his independence and considers humans very curious indeed, finds himself drawn into the lives of a happy and contented family. But is this sour puss ready to settle down?

Donald McCaig

Nop's Trials. Crown, 1984.
While searching relentlessly for his stolen young Border Collie, Virginia farmer Lewis Burkholder, comes to terms with the things that have distanced him from his wife and daughter. Meanwhile, Nop embarks on an ordeal of peril and hardship. Followed by: Nop's Hope (1997).

James A. Michener

Creatures of the Kingdom. RH, 1993..
16 stories about the secret lives of animals and the hidden world of nature excerpted from the author's epic works such as Hawaii and Chesapeake.

Jill Morgan (ed.)

Creature Cozies. BPC, 2005.
A collection of mysteries featuring crime-solving canines and felines.

Leigh W. Rutledge

The Lighthouse, The Cat, and the Sea. Dutton, 1999.
Mrs. Moore, now a ripe old 31, reflects upon her days as a stowaway kitten aboard the schooner Estella Gomez as she cruised the straits of Florida in search of priceless Spanish limes in the year 1899, until she and her siblings were washed overboard in a storm and rescued by a boy whose mother is the keeper of the lighthouse in a place called Key West.

Susan Fromberg Schaeffer

The Autobiography of Foudini M. Cat. Knopf, 1997.
A wise old housecat narrates the story of his life, from being orphaned as a kitten, through his being adopted by a human family, his friendship with Sam the Dog, and how he gained a feline family of his very own.

Val Schaffner

Algonquin Cat. Delacorte, 1980.
Hamlet can usually be found lounging under a chair in the lounge of the Hotel Algonquian, the famous haunt of literary and theatrical personages. One day, when things go very wrong for some of the hotel guests, Hamlet manages to put things right without anyone noticing.

Antonia Holding Schwed

Noah and Me. M. Evans, 1991.
Nat Danzon is a psychotherapist whose practice is made up of emotionally disturbed animals living near his house in New England, helping them deal with the problems caused by the ever-encroaching Homo sapiens. There are the 500 obsessive-compulsive female worker ants who have a bone to pick with a grasshopper...or the fox with the Aesop hangup...or the pacifist Doberman who keeps running away from his master so he will not be trained to kill...or the mouse so obsessed with Hickory Dickory Dock that he thinks the clock is always striking one. At the same time Nat is sorting out his feelings for two very different women who are hoping to gain his love.

Veronica Anne Starbuck

August Magic. Windigo, 1998.
A lonely woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she adopts an abandoned old Basenji from an animal shelter. Together, they embark on a journey of discovery and healing that leads them to the wild and beautiful Outer Banks of North Carolina. Along the way they learn about the history of each other, about the magic that's as much a part of life as living and breathing, and about how believing in yourself can be the greatest magic of all!

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