Best Animals Books | Summaries & Audio

Animals Book Summaries

An Immense World

by Ed Yong • 2022

Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.

4.46

36k+

🐾 Animal Senses 🔬 Sensory Biology 👁️ Animal Perception 🧪 Popular Science 🦊 Animal Behavior

An Immense World

Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.

by Ed Yong 2022 464 pages

4.46

36k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Senses 🔬 Sensory Biology 👁️ Animal Perception 🧪 Popular Science 🦊 Animal Behavior

Other Minds

by Peter Godfrey-Smith • 2016

Intelligence evolved twice on Earth. The other mind has eight arms and no fixed shape.

3.88

28k+

🌊 Marine Biology 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🧠 Animal Cognition 🐙 Cephalopods 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Other Minds

Intelligence evolved twice on Earth. The other mind has eight arms and no fixed shape.

by Peter Godfrey-Smith 2016 257 pages

3.88

28k+ ratings

🌊 Marine Biology 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🧠 Animal Cognition 🐙 Cephalopods 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

by Luis Sepúlveda • 1995

An elderly widower in the Amazon must hunt a killer ocelot. His only comfort: romance novels.

3.94

31k+

🌴 Amazon Rainforest 🌿 Literary Eco-Fiction 🧘 Meditative Fiction 📚 Books As Solace 🌍 Cultural Outsider

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

An elderly widower in the Amazon must hunt a killer ocelot. His only comfort: romance novels.

by Luis Sepúlveda 1995 144 pages

3.94

31k+ ratings

🌴 Amazon Rainforest 🌿 Literary Eco-Fiction 🧘 Meditative Fiction 📚 Books As Solace 🌍 Cultural Outsider

A Dog's Purpose

by W. Bruce Cameron • 2010

Reincarnated over and over, a loyal dog seeks his purpose in service, rescue, and love.

4.36

100k+

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🦮 Search And Rescue Dog ✨ Multiple Lives 😭 Tearjerker 🏘️ Small Town America

A Dog's Purpose

Reincarnated over and over, a loyal dog seeks his purpose in service, rescue, and love.

by W. Bruce Cameron 2010 334 pages

4.36

100k+ ratings

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🦮 Search And Rescue Dog ✨ Multiple Lives 😭 Tearjerker 🏘️ Small Town America

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren • 1945

Alone at nine with impossible strength, a monkey, and a horse, Pippi Longstocking answers to nobody.

4.15

200k+

🏠 Eccentric Orphan 💪 Superhuman Strength 😄 Whimsical Humor 🌻 Gentle Rebellion 🐒 Animal Companion

Pippi Longstocking

Alone at nine with impossible strength, a monkey, and a horse, Pippi Longstocking answers to nobody.

by Astrid Lindgren 1945 160 pages

4.15

200k+ ratings

🏠 Eccentric Orphan 💪 Superhuman Strength 😄 Whimsical Humor 🌻 Gentle Rebellion 🐒 Animal Companion

Ishmael

by Daniel Quinn • 1992

A gorilla places a newspaper ad seeking a pupil to teach the secret of humanity's self-destruction.

4.01

100k+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🌍 Ecological Parable 🦍 Animal Teacher 📖 Creation Myth Revisited 🏙️ Civilization's Discontents

Ishmael

A gorilla places a newspaper ad seeking a pupil to teach the secret of humanity's self-destruction.

by Daniel Quinn 1992 338 pages

4.01

100k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🌍 Ecological Parable 🦍 Animal Teacher 📖 Creation Myth Revisited 🏙️ Civilization's Discontents

Lessons from a Sheep Dog

by W. Phillip Keller • 1982

A rescued sheepdog refuses every kindness until she approaches the man who set her free.

4.39

1k+

🕊️ Christian Devotional 🐕 Animal Memoir 🐾 Rescued Dog 📖 Spiritual Allegory 🐑 Shepherd And Sheepdog

Lessons from a Sheep Dog

A rescued sheepdog refuses every kindness until she approaches the man who set her free.

by W. Phillip Keller 1982 96 pages

4.39

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Devotional 🐕 Animal Memoir 🐾 Rescued Dog 📖 Spiritual Allegory 🐑 Shepherd And Sheepdog

Big Panda & Tiny Dragon

by James Norbury • 2021

A panda and a tiny dragon walk the seasons, learning stillness in the face of uncertainty.

4.38

22k+

🧘 Mindfulness Journey 📖 Illustrated Fable 🤝 Unlikely Friends 👨‍🏫 Mentor Student Bond 🫖 Cozy Philosophy

Big Panda & Tiny Dragon

A panda and a tiny dragon walk the seasons, learning stillness in the face of uncertainty.

by James Norbury 2021 94 pages

4.38

22k+ ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Journey 📖 Illustrated Fable 🤝 Unlikely Friends 👨‍🏫 Mentor Student Bond 🫖 Cozy Philosophy

How to Age Disgracefully

by Clare Pooley • 2024

A lonely seventy-year-old makes her first friends as their community center faces the wrecking ball.

4.11

67k+

🖤 Found Family 🖤 Older Protagonists 🖤 Quirky Ensemble 🖤 Heartwarming Humor 🖤 Secret Criminal Past

How to Age Disgracefully

A lonely seventy-year-old makes her first friends as their community center faces the wrecking ball.

by Clare Pooley 2024 337 pages

4.11

67k+ ratings

🖤 Found Family 🖤 Older Protagonists 🖤 Quirky Ensemble 🖤 Heartwarming Humor 🖤 Secret Criminal Past

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

by Frans de Waal • 2016

We tested animal minds as defective humans. Once we redesigned the tests, they stopped failing.

3.97

16k+

🧠 Animal Cognition ❌ Human Exceptionalism 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🤝 Social Intelligence 🌿 Behavioral Ecology

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

We tested animal minds as defective humans. Once we redesigned the tests, they stopped failing.

by Frans de Waal 2016 340 pages

3.97

16k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Cognition ❌ Human Exceptionalism 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🤝 Social Intelligence 🌿 Behavioral Ecology

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

by C.A. Fletcher • 2019

When their dog is stolen, a young islander chases the stranger into an emptied Britain.

4.15

21k+

🍃 Quiet Apocalypse 🐕 Dog As Family 🎭 Hidden Gender 👥 Sisters Reunited 🌅 Melancholy Hope

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

When their dog is stolen, a young islander chases the stranger into an emptied Britain.

by C.A. Fletcher 2019 365 pages

4.15

21k+ ratings

🍃 Quiet Apocalypse 🐕 Dog As Family 🎭 Hidden Gender 👥 Sisters Reunited 🌅 Melancholy Hope

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language

by David W. Anthony • 2007

English and Sanskrit share an ancestor spoken by Bronze Age herders. Horse and wheel spread it.

3.99

4k+

🗣️ Historical Linguistics ⛏️ Prehistoric Archaeology 🏺 Bronze Age 📜 Ancient Languages 🌱 Language Origins

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language

English and Sanskrit share an ancestor spoken by Bronze Age herders. Horse and wheel spread it.

by David W. Anthony 2007 568 pages

3.99

4k+ ratings

🗣️ Historical Linguistics ⛏️ Prehistoric Archaeology 🏺 Bronze Age 📜 Ancient Languages 🌱 Language Origins

The Latte Factor

by David Bach • 2019

He ran the Iditarod to prove himself. His dogs ran it to save his soul.

3.83

8k+

🌲 Wilderness Memoir 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🧠 Animal Intelligence 🏔️ Alaskan Frontier ❄️ Near-Death Survival

The Latte Factor

He ran the Iditarod to prove himself. His dogs ran it to save his soul.

by David Bach 2019 144 pages

3.83

8k+ ratings

🌲 Wilderness Memoir 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🧠 Animal Intelligence 🏔️ Alaskan Frontier ❄️ Near-Death Survival

Watership Down

by Richard Adams • 1972

His brother foresees doom, so one rabbit leads their band across country to a new home.

4.09

500k+

🐇 Animal Fantasy 🦊 Xenofiction 💛 Found Family 🏠 Building A New Home 🔮 Prophetic Visions

Watership Down

His brother foresees doom, so one rabbit leads their band across country to a new home.

by Richard Adams 1972 478 pages

4.09

500k+ ratings

🐇 Animal Fantasy 🦊 Xenofiction 💛 Found Family 🏠 Building A New Home 🔮 Prophetic Visions

Animal Liberation Now

by Peter Singer • 2023

Suffering is suffering regardless of species. Everything else is bias we have learned not to see.

4.53

1k+

🐾 Animal Ethics 📚 Moral Philosophy ✊ Animal Rights 🏭 Factory Farming ⚖️ Utilitarianism

Animal Liberation Now

Suffering is suffering regardless of species. Everything else is bias we have learned not to see.

by Peter Singer 2023 370 pages

4.53

1k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Ethics 📚 Moral Philosophy ✊ Animal Rights 🏭 Factory Farming ⚖️ Utilitarianism

Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking

by Tom Brown Jr. • 1999

Read an animal's hunger and fear from soil, then discover how tracking becomes a spiritual practice.

4.10

335

🐾 Animal Tracking 🏕️ Wilderness Skills 👣 Track Interpretation 👁️ Nature Awareness 🪶 Indigenous Wisdom

Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking

Read an animal's hunger and fear from soil, then discover how tracking becomes a spiritual practice.

by Tom Brown Jr. 1999 240 pages

4.10

335 ratings

🐾 Animal Tracking 🏕️ Wilderness Skills 👣 Track Interpretation 👁️ Nature Awareness 🪶 Indigenous Wisdom

The Soul of an Octopus

by Sy Montgomery • 2015

An octopus looked her in the eye and held her hand. Everything she knew unraveled.

3.94

60k+

🐙 Cephalopods 🧠 Animal Cognition 💭 Animal Consciousness 🌊 Marine Biology 🌿 Nature Writing

The Soul of an Octopus

An octopus looked her in the eye and held her hand. Everything she knew unraveled.

by Sy Montgomery 2015 261 pages

3.94

60k+ ratings

🐙 Cephalopods 🧠 Animal Cognition 💭 Animal Consciousness 🌊 Marine Biology 🌿 Nature Writing

Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye

by Geronimo Stilton • 2004

A timid mouse editor is thrust into a high-seas treasure hunt by his sister's mysterious map.

4.09

16k+

🗺️ Treasure Hunt Adventure 🐭 Anthropomorphic Animals 😰 Reluctant Adventurer 👫 Sibling Adventure ✨ Whimsical

Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye

A timid mouse editor is thrust into a high-seas treasure hunt by his sister's mysterious map.

by Geronimo Stilton 2004 128 pages

4.09

16k+ ratings

🗺️ Treasure Hunt Adventure 🐭 Anthropomorphic Animals 😰 Reluctant Adventurer 👫 Sibling Adventure ✨ Whimsical

Climbing Mount Improbable

by Richard Dawkins • 1996

Eyes evolved from scratch forty times. Each time the path was a staircase, not a leap.

4.11

10k+

👁️ Convergent Evolution 🪜 Gradual Adaptation 🐝 Coevolution 🔬 Embryonic Development 🧬 Gene-Centered Evolution

Climbing Mount Improbable

Eyes evolved from scratch forty times. Each time the path was a staircase, not a leap.

by Richard Dawkins 1996 308 pages

4.11

10k+ ratings

👁️ Convergent Evolution 🪜 Gradual Adaptation 🐝 Coevolution 🔬 Embryonic Development 🧬 Gene-Centered Evolution

I Came Upon a Lighthouse

by Shantanu Naidu • 2021

A young man wrote Ratan Tata about saving stray dogs. The reply began an unlikely friendship.

4.44

2k+

🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👴 Mentorship 🇮🇳 Indian Business 🏢 Corporate Leadership

I Came Upon a Lighthouse

A young man wrote Ratan Tata about saving stray dogs. The reply began an unlikely friendship.

by Shantanu Naidu 2021 232 pages

4.44

2k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👴 Mentorship 🇮🇳 Indian Business 🏢 Corporate Leadership

The Lost World

by Michael Crichton • 1995

Behind Jurassic Park lies an island of wild dinosaurs that have been breeding unchecked for years.

3.88

100k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 💾 Techno Thriller 🗺️ Lost World Adventure ⚠️ Science Gone Wrong 🦖 Prehistoric Predators

The Lost World

Behind Jurassic Park lies an island of wild dinosaurs that have been breeding unchecked for years.

by Michael Crichton 1995 448 pages

3.88

100k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 💾 Techno Thriller 🗺️ Lost World Adventure ⚠️ Science Gone Wrong 🦖 Prehistoric Predators

Watchers

by Dean Koontz • 1987

A haunted veteran saves a golden retriever with unnatural intelligence as a monster hunts them both.

4.19

100k+

👹 Creature Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🏠 Found Family 😢 Sympathetic Monster

Watchers

A haunted veteran saves a golden retriever with unnatural intelligence as a monster hunts them both.

by Dean Koontz 1987 624 pages

4.19

100k+ ratings

👹 Creature Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🏠 Found Family 😢 Sympathetic Monster

Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar

by Luis Sepúlveda • 1996

A cat vows to raise a seagull chick, then faces the impossible: teaching her to fly.

4.23

32k+

🐦 Animal Fable 🐾 Cross-Species Family 🖤 Found Family 😺 Reluctant Guardian 🗣️ Talking Animals

Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar

A cat vows to raise a seagull chick, then faces the impossible: teaching her to fly.

by Luis Sepúlveda 1996 144 pages

4.23

32k+ ratings

🐦 Animal Fable 🐾 Cross-Species Family 🖤 Found Family 😺 Reluctant Guardian 🗣️ Talking Animals

The Joyful Vegan

by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau • 2019

Stay vegan without the burnout: a guide to guilt, anger, and keeping your friends at dinner.

4.29

500+

📢 Vegan Advocacy 🌿 Plant-Based Transition 🐮 Animal Rights 💬 Vegan Communication 🛡️ Activist Self-Care

The Joyful Vegan

Stay vegan without the burnout: a guide to guilt, anger, and keeping your friends at dinner.

by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau 2019 304 pages

4.29

500+ ratings

📢 Vegan Advocacy 🌿 Plant-Based Transition 🐮 Animal Rights 💬 Vegan Communication 🛡️ Activist Self-Care

Age of Empathy

by Frans de Waal • 2009

Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.

4.00

2k+

🐒 Primatology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐘 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🤝 Cooperation Evolution

Age of Empathy

Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.

by Frans de Waal 2009 304 pages

4.00

2k+ ratings

🐒 Primatology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐘 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🤝 Cooperation Evolution

Caps for Sale

by Esphyr Slobodkina • 1940

While a peddler naps, monkeys steal every cap off his head.

4.17

94k+

📚 Cumulative Tale 🐒 Mischievous Monkeys 🐵 Monkey See Monkey Do 💡 Resourceful Hero 🔄 Trickster Reversal

Caps for Sale

While a peddler naps, monkeys steal every cap off his head.

by Esphyr Slobodkina 1940 48 pages

4.17

94k+ ratings

📚 Cumulative Tale 🐒 Mischievous Monkeys 🐵 Monkey See Monkey Do 💡 Resourceful Hero 🔄 Trickster Reversal

Why Vegan?

by Peter Singer • 2020

Loving dogs while eating pigs is a prejudice, not a preference, with billions of victims.

4.02

500+

🐄 Animal Ethics 🏭 Factory Farming 🧠 Animal Sentience ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🍽️ Food Politics

Why Vegan?

Loving dogs while eating pigs is a prejudice, not a preference, with billions of victims.

by Peter Singer 2020 80 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

🐄 Animal Ethics 🏭 Factory Farming 🧠 Animal Sentience ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🍽️ Food Politics

What the Animals Taught Me

by Stephanie Marohn • 2012

She built a sanctuary for broken animals and discovered they were mending her.

3.75

155

🐾 Animal Sanctuaries 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🦉 Animal Wisdom 🙏 Animal Therapy 🌿 Spiritual Ecology

What the Animals Taught Me

She built a sanctuary for broken animals and discovered they were mending her.

by Stephanie Marohn 2012 192 pages

3.75

155 ratings

🐾 Animal Sanctuaries 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🦉 Animal Wisdom 🙏 Animal Therapy 🌿 Spiritual Ecology

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame • 1908

Mole and Rat's riverbank life is upended by Toad's motorcars and a hall full of weasels.

4.02

200k+

🌿 Pastoral Animal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🦋 Character Redemption 🍂 Seasonal Storytelling ☕ Cozy Pastoral

The Wind in the Willows

Mole and Rat's riverbank life is upended by Toad's motorcars and a hall full of weasels.

by Kenneth Grahame 1908 197 pages

4.02

200k+ ratings

🌿 Pastoral Animal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🦋 Character Redemption 🍂 Seasonal Storytelling ☕ Cozy Pastoral

Jock of the Bushveld

by J. Percy FitzPatrick • 1907

A boy and his runt terrier brave the dangers of the South African bushveld.

4.08

1k+

🐕 Boy And Dog Bond 🌱 Coming Of Age 🌲 Wilderness Survival 🏛️ Colonial South Africa 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Jock of the Bushveld

A boy and his runt terrier brave the dangers of the South African bushveld.

by J. Percy FitzPatrick 1907 280 pages

4.08

1k+ ratings

🐕 Boy And Dog Bond 🌱 Coming Of Age 🌲 Wilderness Survival 🏛️ Colonial South Africa 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Control Unleashed

by Leslie McDevitt • 2019

A playbook of pattern games that calm reactive dogs through counterconditioning, not control.

4.55

130

🐕 Dog Training 🚨 Reactive Dogs 🎾 Positive Reinforcement 🔄 Counterconditioning 😰 Canine Anxiety

Control Unleashed

A playbook of pattern games that calm reactive dogs through counterconditioning, not control.

by Leslie McDevitt 2019 168 pages

4.55

130 ratings

🐕 Dog Training 🚨 Reactive Dogs 🎾 Positive Reinforcement 🔄 Counterconditioning 😰 Canine Anxiety

Animals in Translation

by Temple Grandin • 2004

An animal scientist argues that autism unlocks how animals think, feel, and fear.

4.15

9k+

🧠 Animal Cognition 👁️ Sensory Perception ♾️ Neurodiversity 💙 Animal Emotions 🐾 Ethology

Animals in Translation

An animal scientist argues that autism unlocks how animals think, feel, and fear.

by Temple Grandin 2004 368 pages

4.15

9k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Cognition 👁️ Sensory Perception ♾️ Neurodiversity 💙 Animal Emotions 🐾 Ethology

The Call of the Wild

by Jack London • 1903

Stolen to the Yukon, a house dog endures the sled whip and a wilderness that claims him.

3.92

400k+

🐾 Animal Perspective 🛷 Sled Dogs ⛏️ Klondike Gold Rush 🐺 Pack Hierarchy ❤️ Human Animal Bond

The Call of the Wild

Stolen to the Yukon, a house dog endures the sled whip and a wilderness that claims him.

by Jack London 1903 172 pages

3.92

400k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Perspective 🛷 Sled Dogs ⛏️ Klondike Gold Rush 🐺 Pack Hierarchy ❤️ Human Animal Bond

Echo Mountain

by Lauren Wolk • 2020

On a mountain in the Depression, Ellie believes the wild can wake her comatose father.

4.25

10k+

🏚️ Depression Era Fiction 🌿 Young Healer 💙 Father-Daughter Bond 🌲 Nature As Healer ⛰️ Mountain Wilderness

Echo Mountain

On a mountain in the Depression, Ellie believes the wild can wake her comatose father.

by Lauren Wolk 2020 356 pages

4.25

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Depression Era Fiction 🌿 Young Healer 💙 Father-Daughter Bond 🌲 Nature As Healer ⛰️ Mountain Wilderness

Think Like a Cat

by Pam Johnson-Bennett • 2000

Why your cat pees outside the box and scratches the sofa, and the fix that's not punishment.

4.08

1k+

🐱 Cat Behavior 🐾 Cat Care 🌟 Positive Reinforcement 🏠 Indoor Cats 💊 Cat Health

Think Like a Cat

Why your cat pees outside the box and scratches the sofa, and the fix that's not punishment.

by Pam Johnson-Bennett 2000 432 pages

4.08

1k+ ratings

🐱 Cat Behavior 🐾 Cat Care 🌟 Positive Reinforcement 🏠 Indoor Cats 💊 Cat Health

The Horse Whisperer

by Nicholas Evans • 1995

A mother drags her silent daughter and a ruined horse to Montana, betting on a healer's hands.

3.86

62k+

🐎 Equestrian Fiction 🐴 Animal Healing 🏔️ Ranch Life 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔇 Survivor Guilt

The Horse Whisperer

A mother drags her silent daughter and a ruined horse to Montana, betting on a healer's hands.

by Nicholas Evans 1995 451 pages

3.86

62k+ ratings

🐎 Equestrian Fiction 🐴 Animal Healing 🏔️ Ranch Life 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔇 Survivor Guilt

The Bonobo and the Atheist

by Frans de Waal • 2013

Chimps console, capuchins reject unfair pay; morality was ancient before religion claimed it.

4.15

5k+

🐒 Primatology ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🫂 Animal Empathy 🤝 Evolution Of Cooperation 📊 Social Hierarchy

The Bonobo and the Atheist

Chimps console, capuchins reject unfair pay; morality was ancient before religion claimed it.

by Frans de Waal 2013 289 pages

4.15

5k+ ratings

🐒 Primatology ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🫂 Animal Empathy 🤝 Evolution Of Cooperation 📊 Social Hierarchy

The Dark Secret

by Tui T. Sutherland • 2013

A NightWing dragonet expected power. Instead he finds starvation, cruel prisons, and a dying queen.

4.37

40k+

🐉 Dragon Pov 💛 Found Family 🎭 Fabricated Prophecy 🏔️ Dragon Tribes 👑 Unlikely Queen

The Dark Secret

A NightWing dragonet expected power. Instead he finds starvation, cruel prisons, and a dying queen.

by Tui T. Sutherland 2013 336 pages

4.37

40k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Pov 💛 Found Family 🎭 Fabricated Prophecy 🏔️ Dragon Tribes 👑 Unlikely Queen

Monkeyluv

by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2005

A parasite can make a rat crave the smell of a cat, and that's only the beginning.

4.24

2k+

🐒 Primate Behavior 🧬 Gene-Environment Interaction 🧠 Stress Physiology 🦠 Parasite Manipulation ⏳ Impulse Control

Monkeyluv

A parasite can make a rat crave the smell of a cat, and that's only the beginning.

by Robert M. Sapolsky 2005 209 pages

4.24

2k+ ratings

🐒 Primate Behavior 🧬 Gene-Environment Interaction 🧠 Stress Physiology 🦠 Parasite Manipulation ⏳ Impulse Control

The Horse and His Boy

by C.S. Lewis • 1954

A foundling and a talking horse escape slavery, racing an invading army across the desert.

3.91

300k+

🐴 Talking Horses 👑 Lost Prince 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Noble 🏜️ Desert Adventure

The Horse and His Boy

A foundling and a talking horse escape slavery, racing an invading army across the desert.

by C.S. Lewis 1954 224 pages

3.91

300k+ ratings

🐴 Talking Horses 👑 Lost Prince 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Noble 🏜️ Desert Adventure

A Dog's Life

by Ann M. Martin • 2005

A stray dog spends her life losing everyone, wandering the countryside, always searching for home.

4.22

16k+

🐾 Animal Narrator 🐕 Stray Dog Journey 😢 Animal Tearjerker 🏠 Found Family 👵 Unlikely Friendship

A Dog's Life

A stray dog spends her life losing everyone, wandering the countryside, always searching for home.

by Ann M. Martin 2005 208 pages

4.22

16k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Narrator 🐕 Stray Dog Journey 😢 Animal Tearjerker 🏠 Found Family 👵 Unlikely Friendship

Animal Wise

by Virginia Morell • 2013

Ants that teach, rats that laugh: inside the labs rewriting the science of animal minds.

4.13

2k+

🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Comparative Psychology 🐾 Cognitive Ethology ❤️ Animal Emotions 📡 Animal Communication

Animal Wise

Ants that teach, rats that laugh: inside the labs rewriting the science of animal minds.

by Virginia Morell 2013 304 pages

4.13

2k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Comparative Psychology 🐾 Cognitive Ethology ❤️ Animal Emotions 📡 Animal Communication

Tiddler

by Julia Donaldson • 2008

The smallest fish tells the tallest tales, until a real current sweeps him out to sea.

4.19

3k+

🎣 Tall Tales 🌊 Ocean Adventure 🐠 Undersea World 🐙 Sea Creature Friends ✨ Whimsical

Tiddler

The smallest fish tells the tallest tales, until a real current sweeps him out to sea.

by Julia Donaldson 2008 30 pages

4.19

3k+ ratings

🎣 Tall Tales 🌊 Ocean Adventure 🐠 Undersea World 🐙 Sea Creature Friends ✨ Whimsical

Cat Kid Comic Club

by Dav Pilkey • 2020

Cat Kid starts a comic club for frogs who have big imaginations and zero comic-making skills.

3.96

58k+

🎨 Making Comics 📖 Stories Within A Story 🤝 Creative Collaboration 🌀 Playful Chaos 😜 Irreverent Humor

Cat Kid Comic Club

Cat Kid starts a comic club for frogs who have big imaginations and zero comic-making skills.

by Dav Pilkey 2020 176 pages

3.96

58k+ ratings

🎨 Making Comics 📖 Stories Within A Story 🤝 Creative Collaboration 🌀 Playful Chaos 😜 Irreverent Humor

You Can Farm

by Joel Salatin • 1998

No land? No problem. Three livestock enterprises turn a small farm profitable, stacked right.

4.31

1k+

🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🚜 Small-Scale Farming 💼 Farm Entrepreneurship 🏪 Direct-Marketing Farms 🐔 Pastured Livestock

You Can Farm

No land? No problem. Three livestock enterprises turn a small farm profitable, stacked right.

by Joel Salatin 1998 480 pages

4.31

1k+ ratings

🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🚜 Small-Scale Farming 💼 Farm Entrepreneurship 🏪 Direct-Marketing Farms 🐔 Pastured Livestock

How to Stay Invisible

by Maggie C. Rudd • 2023

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

4.43

1k+

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🎣 Grumpy Old Mentor 🏎️ Persistent Best Friend

How to Stay Invisible

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

by Maggie C. Rudd 2023 240 pages

4.43

1k+ ratings

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🎣 Grumpy Old Mentor 🏎️ Persistent Best Friend

Skinny Bitch

by Kim Barnouin • 2005

Your food is poison. The fix is vegan. The delivery is boot camp with no apologies.

3.34

32k+

🥬 Plant-Based Diets 🏛️ Food Politics 🥗 Vegan Nutrition 🏭 Food Industry Critique 🧘 Mindful Eating

Skinny Bitch

Your food is poison. The fix is vegan. The delivery is boot camp with no apologies.

by Kim Barnouin 2005 224 pages

3.34

32k+ ratings

🥬 Plant-Based Diets 🏛️ Food Politics 🥗 Vegan Nutrition 🏭 Food Industry Critique 🧘 Mindful Eating

Culture Clash

by Jean Donaldson • 1997

Dogs don't do guilt. They do consequences. Train accordingly and everything changes.

4.31

2k+

🐕 Dog Training 🧠 Canine Behavior 🎾 Positive Reinforcement 👆 Clicker Training 🔬 Operant Conditioning

Culture Clash

Dogs don't do guilt. They do consequences. Train accordingly and everything changes.

by Jean Donaldson 1997 251 pages

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🐕 Dog Training 🧠 Canine Behavior 🎾 Positive Reinforcement 👆 Clicker Training 🔬 Operant Conditioning

Your Inner Fish

by Neil Shubin • 2008

Your wrist is a fish fin, your hiccup a gill. The body's 3.5-billion-year fossil record, decoded.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Comparative Anatomy ⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Human Origins 💊 Evolutionary Medicine

Your Inner Fish

Your wrist is a fish fin, your hiccup a gill. The body's 3.5-billion-year fossil record, decoded.

by Neil Shubin 2008 229 pages

4.04

29k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Comparative Anatomy ⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Human Origins 💊 Evolutionary Medicine

The Forever Dog

by Rodney Habib • 2021

Swap 10 percent of your dog's kibble for fresh food. Longevity begins in the bowl.

4.21

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🥩 Canine Nutrition 🌿 Natural Pet Care 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧬 Epigenetics 🥘 Fresh Feeding

The Forever Dog

Swap 10 percent of your dog's kibble for fresh food. Longevity begins in the bowl.

by Rodney Habib 2021 464 pages

4.21

2k+ ratings

🥩 Canine Nutrition 🌿 Natural Pet Care 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧬 Epigenetics 🥘 Fresh Feeding

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