With an animal as a key character

[Ann]

Aside from children's books, all I'm coming up with is Watership Down.
Has anyone read H is for Hawk? Does that qualify?
Other suggestions?

[Adore]

i *really* want to read h is for hawk! the only thing i can think of is:

The Art of Racing in the Rain

[Amy]

Um ... Animal Farm? ;)

[Suellen]

The tusk that did the damage? In my TBR pile.

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The Stand. Good old Kojak.

Cujo

Watchers by Dean Koontz

Those cat mysteries by Lilian Jackson Braun

Travels with Charley

Marley and Me

Black Beauty

Water for Elephants

The Jungle Book

Life of Pi

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The Oz books have Toto, the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger, Eureka the Glass Cat, the Woggle Bug, Billina the Hen, etc.

The Narnia books

The Wind in the Willows (Rider Strong says it's worth reading as an adult).

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Charlotte's Web

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The Tiger's Wife

Call of the Wild

White Fang

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Never Cry Wolf

Ishmael

The Tarzan books by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Jaws

Jurassic Park

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Congo

The Redwall series

Last Chance to See

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The Secret Life of Bees

Maus

The Master and Margarita

[Ann]

Master and Margarita, really? Hmmmm
Most of the others I have read (or dismissed).

[Joanne-in-Canada]

H is for Hawk would definitely qualify!

Come, Thou Tortoise (heard at Booktopia Vermont as "Come, Thou, T'wards Us")

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

anything by Kevin Henkes (just because they're great!)

Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill: A Love Story . . . with Wings

Elephant Winter

[Joanne-in-Canada]

Eric, you post like my 18-year-old daughter texts! 8^D

[Linda]

Redwall any of the 20+ books in this series.

Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog

A Beautiful Truth

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

Life of Pi

Water for Elephants

The Cat Who Went Into the Closet any of this series?

Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Ape House

[Nan]

A Dog's Purpose

[Joanne-in-Canada]

Nan, it looks like your avatar is having an existential crisis! 8^D

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The Master and Margarita has a man-sized talking cat named Leviathan.

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Don't you hate it when you answer a thread and people don't read your answers and repeat what you've already said?

[Linda]

Eric wrote: "Don't you hate it when you answer a thread and people don't read your answers and repeat what you've already said?"

Yeah, Eric. I do. ;)

[Nan]

Joanne-in-Canada wrote: "Nan, it looks like your avatar is having an existential crisis! 8^D"

[Janet]

The Chet and Bernie books starting with Dog on It by Spencer Quinn. Chet (the dog) is the narrator and you will fall in love with him.

[Jen]

Albert of Adelaide is full of animals, and quite fun.It's similar to Watership Down in that it's a quest journey filled with different groups of animals.

[Pam]

Racing in the Rain. Don't remember the author m

[Pam]

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[Deb]

Hi Ann ... Consider these titles!
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl

Jonathan Maslow - Bird of Life, Bird of Death: A Naturalist's Journey Through a Land of Political Turmoil

Sy montgomery - Walking with the Great Apes: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Birute Galdikas

Peter Heller- The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals

Patterson - The Man-Eaters of Tsavo

[Gerald]

Considering that many books have animals in them I hope I don't make anyone angry by posting this . I tried to check every post here to try not to repeat. Basically this is a story of RLS tour of France in the late nineteenth century.

[Louise]

The Blue Fox - icelandic, quite cool :-)

[Daniel]

The Bees by Laline Paul - animals in title and animal as main character!

[Maggie]

Black Beauty - one of my favourite books EVER!

[Carol]

"Hexed" series
"Dog on it" series

[Ulrica Lejbro (vastmanbok)]

Glennkill by Leonie Swann = sheep

[Karin]

Unlikely Friendships, 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom. By Jennifer Holland. Also could be used for "Pic of Animal on the Cover"

[Maria]

"Duncton Wood" by William Harwood

[Dawn]

[Andreas_55]

Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II


I am a cat ( by Natsume Soseki, japanese author)

[Maudaevee]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...

The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy, the characters are elephants but their story is done beautifully and I really enjoyed it!

[Michael]

Eric wrote: "Don't you hate it when you answer a thread and people don't read your answers and repeat what you've already said?"

I think of it as people seconding your recommendation!

[Jenn]

Robert Repino's Mort(e)

[Linda]

Michael wrote: "Eric wrote: "Don't you hate it when you answer a thread and people don't read your answers and repeat what you've already said?"

I think of it as people seconding your recommendation!"

Thank you for that, Michael.

[Gnoe]

I second Maudaevee on The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy!

It's one of my all-time favourites and even skeptics were blown away by this book. Makes you think like an elephant yourself... A must-read!

[Jill]

The Bear by Claire Cameron.
Short but compelling

[Rachel]

Would The Bees count? Technically it's an insect though..

I'm actually going with Jennie by Paul Gallico. Some class it as a children's book, but I don't feel like it is. It's about a boy who turns into a cat and is amazing.

I also highly recommend both the Redwall series by Brian Jacques, and Robin Jarvis's Deptford Mice books. The are kids books, but incredibly well written, and certainly readable by adults.

[Mindy]

Nop's Trials. It doesn't get the attention it deserves. Wonderful!

[Suellen]

I decided on Mort[e] by Robert Repino for this one. So far, I'm loving it.

[Aj]

The Art of Racing in the Rain. Enzo is amazing!!!

[Pat]

Gun, With Occasional Music is the debut novel byJonathan Lethem. This one would satisfy an "animal as a key character" but wouldn't help with "non-human as a main character" (I ended up with both of those on my board). This would also check an author's debut, and perhaps obscure work by a well known author.

[Nicole]

Cosmic Banditos by A.C. Weisbecker

[Dawn]

Emily and Einstein, by Linda Francis Lee. I liked this book more than I expected to.

[Sheila]

Janet wrote: "The Chet and Bernie books starting with Dog on It by Spencer Quinn. Chet (the dog) is the narrator and you will fall in love with him."

I'll second this recommendation. I love Chet and Bernie. Plus the audiobooks are fantastic. The narrator really captures Chet.