Books for Animal Lovers!

Our pets bring us joy, support and companionship. Fluffy, feathery, scaly, or slimy. Pets enrich human lives. Over countless years, in countless ways, our animal friends have shaped human development. The following titles explore the unique interconnection we have with our pets.

Updated April 24, 2025
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St. Francis Society for Wayward Pets : a novel
Noblin, Annie England
Paper Book
Laid off, cheated on, mugged: what else can go wrong in Maeve Stephens's life? So when she learns her birth mother has left her a house, a vintage VW Beetle, and a marauding cat, in the small town of Timber Creek, Washington, she packs up to discover the truth about her past.
Carrying Albert home
Hickam, Homer H.
Paper Book
The Great Depression had turned the American dream into a bitter tragedy. That's when Elsie and Homer's epic adventure began . . . A journey of a thousand miles. With an alligator on the back seat. And John Steinbeck as a passenger. This is a tale where everything is true,except the...
No judgments : a novel
Cabot, Meg
Paper Book
The storm of the century is about to hit Little Bridge Island, Florida--and it's sending waves crashing through Sabrina "Bree" Beckham's love life... When a massive hurricane severs all power and cell service to Little Bridge Island--as well as its connection to the mainland--twenty-five...
The inner life of animals : love, grief and compassion -- surprising observations of a hidden world
Wohlleben, Peter
Paper Book
A beguiling book about our deep connection with the natural world in all its incarnations, from the author of The Hidden Life of Trees. Mother deer that grieve? Horses that feel shame? Squirrels that adopt their grandchildren? We humans tend...
The art of racing in the rain : a novel
Stein, Garth.
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM FOX 2000 STARRING MILO VENTIMIGLIA, AMANDA SEYFRIED, AND KEVIN COSTNER MEET THE DOG WHO WILL SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO BE HUMAN The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein--a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately...
Marley & me
Collins, Anne.
Paper Book
Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading.   Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles,...
To get to the other side : a novel
Ohlert, Kelly
Paper Book
Trixie isn't sure why she scooped up a chicken struggling to cross the road, and drove off... but she knows she has to find a new home for herself and her new feathered friend. Bear likes his quiet life, but isin for a rude awakening when his sisters post an ad to rent the spare room in his simple...
A dog named beautiful : the true story of the labrador who taught a marine to love life again
Kugler, Rob
Paper Book
For fans of Nala's World and Arthur, this is an uplifting and unforgettable true story about how the love of a good dog can save your life. Rob Kugler adopted his chocolate Lab Bella as a puppy - a bundle of fun and love to keep his girlfriend company as he headed...

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