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🍄 Nonhuman Protagonist

Fiction centering a character who isn't human — offering fresh angles on agency, empathy, and belonging through an unfamiliar form of life.
The New Breed
by Kate Darling • 2021
Robot panic is sci-fi fueled. The real future looks more like our ancient partnership with animals.
3.96
415
🤖 Human Robot Interaction🧠 Anthropomorphism🐾 Animal Rights
The New Breed Summary
The New Breed 89%
Robot panic is sci-fi fueled. The real future looks more like our ancient partnership with animals.
by Kate Darling 2021
3.96
415 ratings
🤖 Human Robot Interaction🧠 Anthropomorphism🐾 Animal Rights
Hollow Kingdom
by Kira Jane Buxton • 2019
After the humans turn into monsters, a crow and his dog fight to save Seattle's abandoned pets.
3.83
31k+
🐦 Animal Point Of View🐕 Loyal Dog Companion🫂 Found Family
Hollow Kingdom Summary
Hollow Kingdom 89%
After the humans turn into monsters, a crow and his dog fight to save Seattle's abandoned pets.
by Kira Jane Buxton 2019
3.83
31k+ ratings
🐦 Animal Point Of View🐕 Loyal Dog Companion🫂 Found Family
The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown • 2016
A shipwrecked robot learns to survive among wild animals and becomes mother to an orphaned gosling.
4.22
124k+
🤖 Robot Protagonist🏕️ Wilderness Survival🦊 Animal Fable
The Wild Robot Summary
The Wild Robot 89%
A shipwrecked robot learns to survive among wild animals and becomes mother to an orphaned gosling.
by Peter Brown 2016
4.22
124k+ ratings
🤖 Robot Protagonist🏕️ Wilderness Survival🦊 Animal Fable
Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too
by Jomny Sun • 2017
A gentle alien lands on Earth to study humans and finds animals who are lonely too.
4.08
36k+
📖 Illustrated Fable🛸 Outsider Protagonist💛 Found Family
Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too Summary
Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too 88%
A gentle alien lands on Earth to study humans and finds animals who are lonely too.
by Jomny Sun 2017
4.08
36k+ ratings
📖 Illustrated Fable🛸 Outsider Protagonist💛 Found Family
Run, Spot, Run
by Jessica Pierce • 2016
Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.
3.81
236
🧭 Animal Ethics🐾 Animal Welfare🤝 Human-Animal Bond
Run, Spot, Run Summary
Run, Spot, Run 88%
Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.
by Jessica Pierce 2016
3.81
236 ratings
🧭 Animal Ethics🐾 Animal Welfare🤝 Human-Animal Bond
My Ishmael
by Daniel Quinn • 1997
A telepathic gorilla teaches a girl that civilization, not human nature, is destroying the world.
4.11
11k+
🧠 Philosophical Fiction🏛️ Socratic Dialogue🤝 Unlikely Mentorship
My Ishmael Summary
My Ishmael 88%
A telepathic gorilla teaches a girl that civilization, not human nature, is destroying the world.
by Daniel Quinn 1997
4.11
11k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophical Fiction🏛️ Socratic Dialogue🤝 Unlikely Mentorship
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
61k+
🐙 Cephalopods🧠 Animal Cognition💭 Animal Consciousness
The Soul of an Octopus Summary
The Soul of an Octopus 88%
An octopus looked her in the eye and held her hand. Everything she knew unraveled.
by Sy Montgomery 2015
3.94
61k+ ratings
🐙 Cephalopods🧠 Animal Cognition💭 Animal Consciousness
Service Model
by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2024
A robot valet kills his master, then crosses a dead civilization to find out why.
4.03
23k+
🎭 Philosophical Satire🤖 Robot Self-Discovery📋 Bureaucratic Absurdity
Service Model Summary
Service Model 88%
A robot valet kills his master, then crosses a dead civilization to find out why.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2024
4.03
23k+ ratings
🎭 Philosophical Satire🤖 Robot Self-Discovery📋 Bureaucratic Absurdity
Mama's Last Hug
by Frans de Waal • 2019
Before humans felt, animals did. A primatologist on grief, empathy, and justice in the wild.
4.21
6k+
🧠 Animal Cognition📊 Comparative Psychology💕 Animal Emotions
Mama's Last Hug Summary
Mama's Last Hug 88%
Before humans felt, animals did. A primatologist on grief, empathy, and justice in the wild.
by Frans de Waal 2019
4.21
6k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition📊 Comparative Psychology💕 Animal Emotions
Animal Wise
by Virginia Morell • 2013
Ants that teach, rats that laugh: inside the labs rewriting the science of animal minds.
4.13
3k+
🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology🐾 Cognitive Ethology
Animal Wise Summary
Animal Wise 88%
Ants that teach, rats that laugh: inside the labs rewriting the science of animal minds.
by Virginia Morell 2013
4.13
3k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology🐾 Cognitive Ethology
The Soul of All Living Creatures
by Vint Virga • 2013
A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.
3.55
666
🐾 Human-Animal Bond🐵 Animal Behavior🧘 Mindfulness Practice
The Soul of All Living Creatures Summary
The Soul of All Living Creatures 88%
A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.
by Vint Virga 2013
3.55
666 ratings
🐾 Human-Animal Bond🐵 Animal Behavior🧘 Mindfulness Practice
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
by Becky Chambers • 2021
A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.
4.21
193k+
🏙️ Solarpunk Utopia🤖 Robot Companion💚 Unlikely Friendship
A Psalm for the Wild-Built Summary
A Psalm for the Wild-Built 88%
A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.
by Becky Chambers 2021
4.21
193k+ ratings
🏙️ Solarpunk Utopia🤖 Robot Companion💚 Unlikely Friendship
Beyond Words
by Carl Safina • 2015
Science called animal minds unknowable. Elephants, wolves, and whales are proving otherwise.
4.41
5k+
🧠 Animal Consciousness💔 Animal Emotion🐘 Animal Societies
Beyond Words Summary
Beyond Words 88%
Science called animal minds unknowable. Elephants, wolves, and whales are proving otherwise.
by Carl Safina 2015
4.41
5k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Consciousness💔 Animal Emotion🐘 Animal Societies
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
by Becky Chambers • 2022
A tea monk and a curious robot travel the countryside, asking one deceptively simple question.
4.37
89k+
☕ Cozy Sci-Fi🤖 Robot Companion🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy Summary
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy 88%
A tea monk and a curious robot travel the countryside, asking one deceptively simple question.
by Becky Chambers 2022
4.37
89k+ ratings
☕ Cozy Sci-Fi🤖 Robot Companion🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi
Animals in Translation
by Temple Grandin • 2004
An animal scientist argues that autism unlocks how animals think, feel, and fear.
4.15
10k+
🧠 Animal Cognition👁️ Sensory Perception♾️ Neurodiversity
Animals in Translation Summary
Animals in Translation 88%
An animal scientist argues that autism unlocks how animals think, feel, and fear.
by Temple Grandin 2004
4.15
10k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition👁️ Sensory Perception♾️ Neurodiversity
The Emotional Lives of Animals
by Marc Bekoff • 2007
Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.
4.05
2k+
🐒 Animal Behavior🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology
The Emotional Lives of Animals Summary
The Emotional Lives of Animals 88%
Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.
by Marc Bekoff 2007
4.05
2k+ ratings
🐒 Animal Behavior🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology
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
Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar Summary
Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar 88%
A cat vows to raise a seagull chick, then faces the impossible: teaching her to fly.
by Luis Sepúlveda 1996
4.23
32k+ ratings
🐦 Animal Fable🐾 Cross-Species Family🖤 Found Family
How Stella Learned to Talk
by Christina Hunger • 2021
A puppy learned to press word buttons. Her first unprompted sentence was about the beach.
4.41
4k+
🧠 Animal Minds🐕 Dog Communication🔊 Aac Devices
How Stella Learned to Talk Summary
How Stella Learned to Talk 88%
A puppy learned to press word buttons. Her first unprompted sentence was about the beach.
by Christina Hunger 2021
4.41
4k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Minds🐕 Dog Communication🔊 Aac Devices
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
A Dog's Life Summary
A Dog's Life 88%
A stray dog spends her life losing everyone, wandering the countryside, always searching for home.
by Ann M. Martin 2005
4.22
16k+ ratings
🐾 Animal Narrator🐕 Stray Dog Journey😢 Animal Tearjerker
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
17k+
🧠 Animal Cognition❌ Human Exceptionalism🧬 Evolutionary Biology
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Summary
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? 88%
We tested animal minds as defective humans. Once we redesigned the tests, they stopped failing.
by Frans de Waal 2016
3.97
17k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition❌ Human Exceptionalism🧬 Evolutionary Biology
[Timbuktu] [by
by Paul Auster • 1999
A poet is dying. His dog narrates their final days together and the lonely world after.
3.73
17k+
🐕 Animal Narrator🐾 Dog'S Journey🏠 Found Family
[Timbuktu] [by Summary
[Timbuktu] [by 88%
A poet is dying. His dog narrates their final days together and the lonely world after.
by Paul Auster 1999
3.73
17k+ ratings
🐕 Animal Narrator🐾 Dog'S Journey🏠 Found Family
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
Other Minds Summary
Other Minds 88%
Intelligence evolved twice on Earth. The other mind has eight arms and no fixed shape.
by Peter Godfrey-Smith 2016
3.88
28k+ ratings
🌊 Marine Biology🧬 Evolutionary Biology🧠 Animal Cognition
The Taken
by Inbali Iserles • 2015
Her brother disappeared, a young fox ventures into a perilous city to bring him home.
4.09
4k+
🦊 Talking Animals🔮 Animal Magic🔎 Search For Family
The Taken Summary
The Taken 88%
Her brother disappeared, a young fox ventures into a perilous city to bring him home.
by Inbali Iserles 2015
4.09
4k+ ratings
🦊 Talking Animals🔮 Animal Magic🔎 Search For Family
Rogue Protocol
by Martha Wells • 2018
A rogue android stows away to an abandoned station: the team's security is the real threat.
4.24
176k+
🤖 Rogue Ai🚀 Space Thriller😑 Reluctant Ai
Rogue Protocol Summary
Rogue Protocol 88%
A rogue android stows away to an abandoned station: the team's security is the real threat.
by Martha Wells 2018
4.24
176k+ ratings
🤖 Rogue Ai🚀 Space Thriller😑 Reluctant Ai
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal
by Justin Gregg • 2022
Human intelligence is overrated. Animal cognition reveals why our big brains are a liability.
3.89
3k+
🧠 Animal Cognition🧐 Human Exceptionalism🐬 Animal Consciousness
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal Summary
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal 88%
Human intelligence is overrated. Animal cognition reveals why our big brains are a liability.
by Justin Gregg 2022
3.89
3k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition🧐 Human Exceptionalism🐬 Animal Consciousness
How Forests Think
by Eduardo Kohn • 2013
Thought lives in forests, jaguars, and signs. Anthropology has never known how to listen.
3.86
1k+
🌴 Amazonian Ethnography🕸️ Multispecies Ethnography🧬 Biosemiotics
How Forests Think Summary
How Forests Think 88%
Thought lives in forests, jaguars, and signs. Anthropology has never known how to listen.
by Eduardo Kohn 2013
3.86
1k+ ratings
🌴 Amazonian Ethnography🕸️ Multispecies Ethnography🧬 Biosemiotics
The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson • 1995
A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.
4.16
94k+
📖 Sentient Book🤱 Surrogate Mother👑 Child Leader
The Diamond Age Summary
The Diamond Age 88%
A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.
by Neal Stephenson 1995
4.16
94k+ ratings
📖 Sentient Book🤱 Surrogate Mother👑 Child Leader
Becoming Animal
by David Abram • 2010
Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.
4.18
2k+
🌍 Environmental Philosophy🪨 Animism🌀 Phenomenology
Becoming Animal Summary
Becoming Animal 88%
Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.
by David Abram 2010
4.18
2k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Philosophy🪨 Animism🌀 Phenomenology
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
37k+
🐾 Animal Senses🔬 Sensory Biology👁️ Animal Perception
An Immense World Summary
An Immense World 88%
Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.
by Ed Yong 2022
4.46
37k+ ratings
🐾 Animal Senses🔬 Sensory Biology👁️ Animal Perception
Animal Architecture
by Karl von Frisch • 1974
Termites air-condition, beavers dam, spiders weave: animal engineering that never needed a plan.
4.31
54
🐾 Animal Behavior🏗️ Natural Architecture🔬 Ethology
Animal Architecture Summary
Animal Architecture 88%
Termites air-condition, beavers dam, spiders weave: animal engineering that never needed a plan.
by Karl von Frisch 1974
4.31
54 ratings
🐾 Animal Behavior🏗️ Natural Architecture🔬 Ethology
On Animals
by Susan Orlean • 2021
Pigeon racing, taxidermy, lion hugging: Susan Orlean on the animal obsessions that fill our lives.
3.83
6k+
🦁 Animal Essays🐾 Human-Animal Bond🌍 Wildlife Conservation
On Animals Summary
On Animals 88%
Pigeon racing, taxidermy, lion hugging: Susan Orlean on the animal obsessions that fill our lives.
by Susan Orlean 2021
3.83
6k+ ratings
🦁 Animal Essays🐾 Human-Animal Bond🌍 Wildlife Conservation
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014
Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.
3.86
162k+
🧹 Quiet Fantasy📖 Literary Fantasy🏚️ Hermit Protagonist
The Slow Regard of Silent Things Summary
The Slow Regard of Silent Things 88%
Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.
by Patrick Rothfuss 2014
3.86
162k+ ratings
🧹 Quiet Fantasy📖 Literary Fantasy🏚️ Hermit Protagonist
Little Mushroom
by Yi Shi Si Zhou • 2022
A sentient mushroom disguised as human seeks his lost spore in a fortress that executes mutants.
4.59
6k+
💕 Slow-Burn Romance🎭 Identity Concealment🫂 Found Family
Little Mushroom Summary
Little Mushroom 87%
A sentient mushroom disguised as human seeks his lost spore in a fortress that executes mutants.
by Yi Shi Si Zhou 2022
4.59
6k+ ratings
💕 Slow-Burn Romance🎭 Identity Concealment🫂 Found Family
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
105k+
🧠 Philosophical Fiction🌍 Ecological Parable🦍 Animal Teacher
Ishmael Summary
Ishmael 87%
A gorilla places a newspaper ad seeking a pupil to teach the secret of humanity's self-destruction.
by Daniel Quinn 1992
4.01
105k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophical Fiction🌍 Ecological Parable🦍 Animal Teacher
Children of Strife
by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2026
A planet tormented by five quarrelsome gods meets its unlikely savior: a monster capable of empathy.
4.26
5k+
🧠 Uploaded Consciousness🕷️ Uplifted Animals👑 Godlike Beings
Children of Strife Summary
Children of Strife 87%
A planet tormented by five quarrelsome gods meets its unlikely savior: a monster capable of empathy.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2026
4.26
5k+ ratings
🧠 Uploaded Consciousness🕷️ Uplifted Animals👑 Godlike Beings
Animal Architects
by James L. Gould • 2007
From termite towers to bowerbird galleries, animal architecture is the fossil record of cognition.
3.90
89
🧠 Animal Cognition🐾 Ethology🏗️ Animal Architecture
Animal Architects Summary
Animal Architects 87%
From termite towers to bowerbird galleries, animal architecture is the fossil record of cognition.
by James L. Gould 2007
3.90
89 ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition🐾 Ethology🏗️ Animal Architecture
The Philosopher and the Wolf
by Mark Rowlands • 2008
A philosopher's decade with a wolf revealed that humans misunderstand love, happiness, and death.
4.13
3k+
📖 Philosophical Memoir⚖️ Moral Philosophy🐺 Animal Consciousness
The Philosopher and the Wolf Summary
The Philosopher and the Wolf 87%
A philosopher's decade with a wolf revealed that humans misunderstand love, happiness, and death.
by Mark Rowlands 2008
4.13
3k+ ratings
📖 Philosophical Memoir⚖️ Moral Philosophy🐺 Animal Consciousness
Thinking in Pictures
by Temple Grandin • 1995
A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.
4.10
17k+
👁️ Visual Thinking🔊 Sensory Processing🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir
Thinking in Pictures Summary
Thinking in Pictures 87%
A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.
by Temple Grandin 1995
4.10
17k+ ratings
👁️ Visual Thinking🔊 Sensory Processing🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir
All Systems Red
by Martha Wells • 2017
Security cyborg hacks chip, just wants serials. Rival team dies; it must choose: hide, or save them.
4.11
380k+
🛸 Corporate Space Thriller🤖 AI Protagonist🛡️ Reluctant Protector
All Systems Red Summary
All Systems Red 87%
Security cyborg hacks chip, just wants serials. Rival team dies; it must choose: hide, or save them.
by Martha Wells 2017
4.11
380k+ ratings
🛸 Corporate Space Thriller🤖 AI Protagonist🛡️ Reluctant Protector
Animal Madness
by Laurel Braitman • 2014
Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.
3.85
1k+
🧠 Animal Cognition🏥 Animal Mental Illness🔗 Captive Animal Welfare
Animal Madness Summary
Animal Madness 87%
Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.
by Laurel Braitman 2014
3.85
1k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition🏥 Animal Mental Illness🔗 Captive Animal Welfare
Two Dogs and a Parrot
by Joan D. Chittister • 2015
A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.
4.15
155
🐾 Pet Memoirs🌿 Animal Spirituality🐕 Animal Companionship
Two Dogs and a Parrot Summary
Two Dogs and a Parrot 87%
A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.
by Joan D. Chittister 2015
4.15
155 ratings
🐾 Pet Memoirs🌿 Animal Spirituality🐕 Animal Companionship
Bailey's Story
by W. Bruce Cameron • 2013
A golden retriever shields a boy from a dangerous friend whose reckless choices lead to disaster.
4.31
5k+
🐕 Dog Narrator👦 Boy And His Dog🦸 Heroic Dog
Bailey's Story Summary
Bailey's Story 87%
A golden retriever shields a boy from a dangerous friend whose reckless choices lead to disaster.
by W. Bruce Cameron 2013
4.31
5k+ ratings
🐕 Dog Narrator👦 Boy And His Dog🦸 Heroic Dog
The Waste Lands
by Stephen King • 1991
A gunslinger's band must out-riddle a psychotic monorail to cross the waste lands.
4.25
250k+
🌀 Multiverse Journey💛 Found Family🤖 Sentient Machine
The Waste Lands Summary
The Waste Lands 87%
A gunslinger's band must out-riddle a psychotic monorail to cross the waste lands.
by Stephen King 1991
4.25
250k+ ratings
🌀 Multiverse Journey💛 Found Family🤖 Sentient Machine
Three Bags Full
by Leonie Swann • 2005
When their shepherd is murdered, his flock of sheep set out to solve the crime themselves.
3.55
28k+
🐑 Animal Narrator🌿 Pastoral Mystery🔍 Outsider Sleuths
Three Bags Full Summary
Three Bags Full 87%
When their shepherd is murdered, his flock of sheep set out to solve the crime themselves.
by Leonie Swann 2005
3.55
28k+ ratings
🐑 Animal Narrator🌿 Pastoral Mystery🔍 Outsider Sleuths
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - The Animated Story
by Charlie Mackesy • 2022
A lonely boy meets three animals who teach him, over cake and conversation, that he belongs.
4.59
8k+
🎨 Illustrated Fable🫂 Found Family🦊 Talking Animals
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - The Animated Story Summary
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - The Animated Story 87%
A lonely boy meets three animals who teach him, over cake and conversation, that he belongs.
by Charlie Mackesy 2022
4.59
8k+ ratings
🎨 Illustrated Fable🫂 Found Family🦊 Talking Animals
It's Hard to Be an Animal
by Robert Isaacs • 2026
A shy New Yorker hears animals speak. Their bitter honesty makes the city feel impossibly cruel.
3.98
321
🐾 Talking Animals💕 Opposites Attract🏠 Found Family
It's Hard to Be an Animal Summary
It's Hard to Be an Animal 87%
A shy New Yorker hears animals speak. Their bitter honesty makes the city feel impossibly cruel.
by Robert Isaacs 2026
3.98
321 ratings
🐾 Talking Animals💕 Opposites Attract🏠 Found Family
War Dogs
by Rebecca Frankel • 2013
The best bomb detector has a wet nose, and war leaves it as traumatized as any soldier.
4.07
841
🦮 Working Dogs🤝 Human Animal Bond🧠 Canine Psychology
War Dogs Summary
War Dogs 87%
The best bomb detector has a wet nose, and war leaves it as traumatized as any soldier.
by Rebecca Frankel 2013
4.07
841 ratings
🦮 Working Dogs🤝 Human Animal Bond🧠 Canine Psychology
A Big Little Life
by Dean Koontz • 2009
Dean Koontz adopted a retired service dog who played pranks, beat cancer, and rewired his soul.
4.26
12k+
🐕 Dog Memoirs💔 Pet Loss🦮 Service Dogs
A Big Little Life Summary
A Big Little Life 87%
Dean Koontz adopted a retired service dog who played pranks, beat cancer, and rewired his soul.
by Dean Koontz 2009
4.26
12k+ ratings
🐕 Dog Memoirs💔 Pet Loss🦮 Service Dogs
Metazoa / Other Minds
by Peter Godfrey-Smith • 2021
500 million neurons spread across eight arms: the alien mind on Earth.
4.10
20
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🌊 Marine Biology
Metazoa / Other Minds Summary
Metazoa / Other Minds 87%
500 million neurons spread across eight arms: the alien mind on Earth.
by Peter Godfrey-Smith 2021
4.10
20 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🌊 Marine Biology
Staying with the Trouble
by Donna J. Haraway • 2016
There is no escape from collapse, only forging ties with critters, compost, and the dead.
4.04
3k+
🐙 Multispecies Kinship🌿 Ecological Entanglement♀️ Feminist Theory
Staying with the Trouble Summary
Staying with the Trouble 87%
There is no escape from collapse, only forging ties with critters, compost, and the dead.
by Donna J. Haraway 2016
4.04
3k+ ratings
🐙 Multispecies Kinship🌿 Ecological Entanglement♀️ Feminist Theory
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