Dog Days of Summer

The "dog days of summer" refer to the hottest, most humid, and uncomfortable part of summer, usually lasting from early July to mid-August. Historically, this period (roughly July 3 to August 11) was linked to the heliacal rising of the "Dog Star" (Sirius), which ancient Greeks/Romans believed added to the sun's heat, causing drought and sluggishness. This list is a fiction books about dogs.

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Dog Days of Summer

The "dog days of summer" refer to the hottest, most humid, and uncomfortable part of summer, usually lasting from early July to mid-August. Historically, this period (roughly July 3 to August 11) was linked to the heliacal rising of the "Dog Star" (Sirius), which ancient Greeks/Romans believed added to the sun's heat, causing drought and sluggishness. This list is a fiction books about dogs.

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Antiques foe
Allan, Barbara
Paper Book
Eccentric antiques dealer and amateur sleuth Vivian Borne finds herself in jail - again! - when a podcast star is found dead in her hotel room in this new Trash 'n' Treasures cozy mystery - "one of the funniest cozy series going" (Ellery Queen Magazine)When popular podcaster Nicole Chatterton wants...
Hounding a killer
Benjamin, Kallie E.
Paper Book
It's chaos in Crosbyville when someone tries to swindle a large inheritance, but as Pris and Bailey start digging for the missing money, they uncover the wrong kind of bones.... Finally finished with the renovations on her new house, bestselling children's book author Pris and...
Sealed with a hiss
Brown, Rita Mae
Paper Book
" When a decades-forgotten car bobs to the surface of a local creek, with a body still in the driver's seat, it's up to Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her beloved cats and dogs to save the day, in this latest mystery from Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author, Sneaky Pie Brown.
A cup of flour, a pinch of death
Burns, V. M.
Paper Book
Love, Clancy : diary of a good dog
Cameron, W. Bruce
Paper Book
From the internationally bestselling author of A Dog's Purpose and A Dog's Way Home comes Love, Clancy: Diary of a Good Dog, a deeply moving story with a brand new cast of characters, including one very good dog.You've probably never met someone like Clancy. He's keeping a diary, he's falling in...
Deadly Trade
Driscoll, Sara
Paper Book
FBI K-9 handler Meg Jennings can never walk away from her job, even amid her Hawaiian Islands honeymoon, where she and her search-and-rescue black Lab encounter a double threat from wildlife poachers and Mother Nature. After a difficult assignment and the excitement of her...
Summit's edge
Driscoll, Sara
Paper Book
FBI handler Meg Jennings and her K-9 partner, Hawk, vie to rescue plane crash survivors from a Colorado mountain-and contend with a hijacker determined to stop them. For fans of harder-edged crime fiction by authors like Melinda Leigh, Kendra Elliot, Iris Johansen, and Robert Crais.
The first death
Elliot, Kendra
Paper Book
A Wall Street Journal bestselling series. For a search and rescue expert, the buried remains of her past are a dangerous obsession in a twisting novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author. Rowan Wolff was five years...
A dog in Georgia : a novel
Grodstein, Lauren
Paper Book
In this beautiful story of connection and self-reflection, a missing dog in Georgia sets Amy Webb on an adventure away from her tumultuous marriage and towards a journey of self-discovery and joy.  Amy Webb is a chef. Or rather, she was a chef.  Somewhere...
Toto
Hackwith, A. J.
Paper Book
The true hero of The Wizard of Oz takes center stage in this brilliant, delightfully snarky reimagining from the author of The Library of the Unwritten. "Heartfelt and often hilarious. . . . Toto takes his place among the pantheon of Very Good literary canines."-...
Dogs and monsters : stories
Haddon, Mark
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of The Porpoise come eight mesmerising stories exploring what, ultimately, makes us human. Mark Haddon weaves ancient fables into fresh and unexpected forms, and forges new legends to sit alongside them. The myth of the Minotaur in his labyrinth...
No one would do what the Lamberts have done
Hannah, Sophie
Paper Book
'No one writes twisted, suspenseful novels quite like Sophie Hannah'. Liane Moriarty 'The twist is perfection. I think it's just about the cleverest thing I've ever read' Gillian McAllister 'If you think there's nothing new in crime, this is the book to read. Truly...
The Orchard
Heller, Peter
Paper Book
Peter Heller's masterful coming-of-age tale, the story of a mother and daughter living on a Vermont apple orchard, escaping ghosts of the past. Hayley and her seven-year-old daughter, Frith, live in a rustic cabin with no electricity in the foothills of Vermont's Green Mountains....
On the hunt
Johansen, Iris
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen introduces a bold new heroine--and her search-and-rescue dog--as Kira Drake begins an international search for an elusive killer.  Kira Drake has come to Paris with her highly trained Golden Retriever,...
The Hitch: ; Roxane Gay Book Club Pick
Levine, Sara.
Paper Book
A riotously sharp novel about self-righteousness, control, and the unexpected afterlife of a dog
Dying cry
Mizushima, Margaret
Paper Book
Newlyweds Mattie and Cole Walker are teaching Cole's daughters how to snowshoe in a remote canyon when a shattering scream pierces the air. They know that somewhere ahead, someone has been injured or worse. Cole takes the girls while Mattie and Robo go deeper into the canyon to search for the source...
Gathering mist
Mizushima, Margaret
Paper Book
Secrets hide within the fog deep in the mossy forests of the Pacific Northwest in this ninth thrilling installment in award-winning author Margaret Mizushima's Timber Creek K-9 mystery series. Deputy Mattie Wray, formerly Mattie Cobb, is summoned to Washington's Olympic peninsula...
The snow lies deep
Munier, Paula
Paper Book
The latest thrilling installment in the bestselling Mercy Carr mystery series Mercy and Troy are looking forward to baby Felicity's first holiday season, and they're determined to make it a Christmas to remember. At Northshire's annual Solstice Soirée, hosted by Northshire's...
Pupposites Attract 1
Natsuna, Hono
Paper Book
A fluffy, feel-good romance manga for dog lovers! Chiharu enjoys every day with her...
Pupposites attract. 2
Natsuna, Hono
Paper Book
A fluffy, feel-good romance manga for dog lovers! Chiharu enjoys every day with her sweetie of a Rottweiler, who probably weighs as much as she does. Meanwhile, Kiyotaka can't get enough of his fluffy Pomeranian, who barely comes up to his knees. When these two mismatched pairs chance upon...
How to age disgracefully
Pooley, Clare
Paper Book
A farewell to arfs
Quinn, Spencer
Paper Book
Chet the dog, "the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction" (Boston Globe) and his human partner PI Bernie Little are on to a new case, and this time they're entangled in a web of crime unlike anything they've ever seen before. Their elderly next door neighbor, Mr....
When the cranes fly south : a novel
Ridzén, Lisa
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE SWEDISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD * A profoundly moving debut novel that follows an elderly man's attempts to mend his relationship with his son before it's too late: an emotional story of love, friendship, fatherhood, dogs, and atonement that is already an...
Dog day afternoon
Rosenfelt, David
Paper Book
Paterson, New Jersey's favorite reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter returns in Dog Day Afternoon, the next mystery in this fan favorite series from National Bestselling Author David Rosenfelt. Retired lawyer Andy Carpenter has run the Tara Foundation--the dog rescue...
Dogged pursuit
Rosenfelt, David
Paper Book
In Dogged Pursuit, David Rosenfelt takes readers back to the start of this beloved series as Andy Carpenter begins his career as a defense attorney in Paterson, New Jersey. Andy Carpenter has spent the three years since graduating law school working as a prosecutor in...
Familiaris
Wroblewski, David
Paper Book
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