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 23, 2024
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PETS OF PARK AVENUE (ORIGINAL)
London, Stefanie
"One of the year's most delightful rom-coms."--New York Times bestselling author Julia London on The Dachshund Wears Prada The perfect romcom for dog lovers! Pets of Park Avenue is the story of a self-confessed hot mess who learns that life is more fun...
St. Francis Society for Wayward Pets a novel
Noblin, Annie England
If you love Susan Mallery and Jill Shalvis, you won't want to miss this new novel of second chances, dogs, and knitting, from the author of Pupcakes and Sit! Stay! Speak! Laid off, cheated on, mugged: what else can go wrong in Maeve Stephens' life? So when she learns her birth...
Pets on the couch neurotic dogs, compulsive cats, anxious birds, and the new science of animal psychiatry
Dodman, Nicholas H
The Oliver Sacks of animal brains, Dr. Nicholas Dodman is an internationally renowned veterinarian and research scientist who wrote one of the first popular books to recognize the complex emotional lives of dogs and to reveal innovative ways to help them, including with Puppy Prozac. Now, Dr. Dodman...
Carrying Albert home the somewhat true story of a man, his wife, and her alligator
Hickman, Homer H., 1943-
Big Fish meets The Notebook in this emotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and an alligator that is a moving tribute to love, from the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning memoir Rocket Boys--the basis of the movie October Sky. Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam...
No judgments a novel
Cabot, Meg
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 OTHER FAMILY DOCTOR a veterinarian explores what animals can teach us about love, life, and mortality /
Fine, Karen R.,
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . Calling all animal lovers! A heartwarming memoir about one woman's career as a vet and the unique role pets play in our lives."Filled with compassion and wisdom, Karen Fine is a healer whose own wounds have deepened her gifts for bringing animals and their...
Drawing animals
Swinburne, Lucy
A new, updated guide to drawing a wide variety of wild and domestic animals by master artist Lucy Swinburne. Brand-new, updated edition of the bestselling book by popular artist, Lucy Swinburne. Whether you want to capture a beloved pet cat or a magnificent wolf on...
On animals
Orlean, Susan
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Magnificent." --The New York Times * "Beguiling, observant, and howlingly funny." --San Francisco Chronicle * "Spectacular." --Star Tribune (Minneapolis) * "Full of astonishments." --The Boston Globe
The inner life of animals love, grief, and compassion : surprising observations of a hidden world
Wohlleben, Peter, 1964- author.
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees. "The Inner Life of Animals will rock your world. This book shows us that animals think, feel and know in much the same way as we do."--Sy Montgomery, bestselling author of The Soul of an Octopus Through vivid...
Second chances a Marine, his dog, and finding redemption
Grossi, Craig
The author of the heartwarming Craig and Fred tells the deeply emotional and inspiring story of the next phase of their lives together: working closely with prison inmates in Maine who raise and train puppies to become service dogs. Former US Marine Craig Grossi...

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