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Talking Animals Books
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Charlotte’s Web (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,028,266 ratings — published 1952
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.09 — 503,708 ratings — published 1972
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,481,556 ratings — published 1945
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,120,028 ratings — published 1950
Redwall (Redwall, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.14 — 128,364 ratings — published 1986
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.17 — 184,826 ratings — published 1971
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,609,579 ratings — published 1995
The Wind in the Willows (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.02 — 238,967 ratings — published 1908
The Tale of Despereaux (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.07 — 212,644 ratings — published 2003
Mossflower (Redwall, #2)
by (shelved 34 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.13 — 72,171 ratings — published 1988
The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)
by (shelved 33 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.05 — 599,604 ratings — published 1955
Into the Wild (Warriors, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.32 — 119,529 ratings — published 2003
Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
by (shelved 31 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 3.98 — 480,516 ratings — published 1951
Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)
by (shelved 31 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.17 — 45,044 ratings — published 1993
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.15 — 457,809 ratings — published 1997
The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only #1)
by (shelved 29 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.27 — 208,477 ratings — published 2012
The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
by (shelved 29 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 3.91 — 388,536 ratings — published 1954
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.08 — 146,656 ratings — published 1970
Mattimeo (Redwall, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.09 — 37,266 ratings — published 1989
Gregor the Overlander (Underland Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.04 — 113,518 ratings — published 2003
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
by (shelved 26 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.09 — 504,257 ratings — published 1952
The Capture (Guardians of Ga'Hoole, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 3.93 — 30,151 ratings — published 2003
Stuart Little (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 3.89 — 131,982 ratings — published 1945
James and the Giant Peach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.04 — 512,850 ratings — published 1961
Mariel of Redwall (Redwall, #4)
by (shelved 25 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.01 — 30,064 ratings — published 1992
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (Bunnicula, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 3.89 — 71,216 ratings — published 1979
The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
by (shelved 23 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 3.95 — 327,931 ratings — published 1953
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.38 — 393,374 ratings — published 1926
The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.04 — 67,060 ratings — published 1960
Salamandastron (Redwall, #5)
by (shelved 22 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.10 — 31,977 ratings — published 1992
The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Ralph S. Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 3.97 — 89,337 ratings — published 1965
Lord Brocktree (Redwall, #13)
by (shelved 21 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 3.99 — 51,820 ratings — published 2000
The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)
by (shelved 21 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.01 — 303,168 ratings — published 1956
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.11 — 381,670 ratings — published 2000
Outcast of Redwall (Redwall, #8)
by (shelved 20 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 3.94 — 21,947 ratings — published 1995
Pearls of Lutra (Redwall, #9)
by (shelved 20 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.04 — 22,572 ratings — published 1996
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (Underland Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.21 — 51,826 ratings — published 2004
The Bellmaker (Redwall, #7)
by (shelved 19 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.00 — 24,460 ratings — published 1994
The Jungle Book (Jungle Book, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 3.90 — 132,208 ratings — published 1894
Wildwood (Wildwood Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 3.70 — 36,339 ratings — published 2011
Urchin of the Riding Stars (The Mistmantle Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.12 — 6,684 ratings — published 2005
Fire Bringer (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.20 — 14,096 ratings — published 1999
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.00 — 507,475 ratings — published 1900
The Long Patrol (Redwall, #10)
by (shelved 18 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.14 — 20,739 ratings — published 1997
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
by (shelved 18 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.28 — 703,622 ratings — published 1956
Black Beauty (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.00 — 297,034 ratings — published 1877
The Trumpet of the Swan (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.11 — 81,953 ratings — published 1970
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.06 — 605,618 ratings — published 1871
Triss (Redwall, #15)
by (shelved 16 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.03 — 13,673 ratings — published 2002
Taggerung (Redwall, #14)
by (shelved 16 times as talking-animals)
avg rating 4.17 — 16,956 ratings — published 2001
“In totalitarian anthropology man is not defined by thought, reason or judgment, because, according to it, the overwhelming majority of men lack just these very faculties. Besides, can one speak in terms of man altogether? Decidedly not. For totalitarian anthropology denies the existence of any human essence, single and common to all men. Between one man and "another man" the difference is not one of degree but of kind, says that anthropology. The old Greek definition of man, distinguishing him as the zoon logicon rests on an equivocation: there is no more necessary connection between reason and the word than there is between man, the reasoning animal, and man, the talking animal. For the talking animal is above all the credulous animal, and the credulous animal is by definition one who does not think.
Thought, that is, reason, the ability to distinguish the true from the false, to make decisions and judgments—all this, according to totalitarian anthropology, is very rare. It is the concern of the elite, not of the mob. The mass of men are guided or, more accurately, acted upon, by instinct, passion, sentiments and resentment. The mass do not know how to think nor do they care to. They know only one thing: to obey and believe.”
― Réflexions sur le mensonge
Thought, that is, reason, the ability to distinguish the true from the false, to make decisions and judgments—all this, according to totalitarian anthropology, is very rare. It is the concern of the elite, not of the mob. The mass of men are guided or, more accurately, acted upon, by instinct, passion, sentiments and resentment. The mass do not know how to think nor do they care to. They know only one thing: to obey and believe.”
― Réflexions sur le mensonge
“He did not believe in coincidences, this old wise king. Nin felt that something was being plotted against him… against his kingdom… in secrecy… but he did not yet know its nature. Just an instinct he had gained over many long years. And you are right, old king… something is being schemed against you in the shadows… something dark…”
― The Scrolls of KIMARA, Last Days of Thrones: An Epic Tale of Kingdoms, Conspiracies, and Ancient Magic
― The Scrolls of KIMARA, Last Days of Thrones: An Epic Tale of Kingdoms, Conspiracies, and Ancient Magic
