Here are our animal stories reading suggestions for you (and your pet's!) reading pleasure. You can also download the Animal Stories List as a PDF file.
Recipes for pets, Pet Care and Pet Loss
Animal Rights, Philosophy and Conservation
| Watership Down | Richard Adams |
| Traveller | Richard Adams |
| Alice Nestleton series | Lydia Adamson |
| Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Richard Bach |
| Planet of the Apes | Pierre Boulle |
| Cat series | Lilian Jackson Braun |
| Rest in pieces | Rita Mae Brown |
| Mrs Murphy series | Rita Mae Brown |
| Jane Arnold series | Rita Mae Brown |
| Breeders | Anita Burgh |
| Red dog | Louis De Bernieres |
| Midnight Louie series | Carole Nelson Douglas |
| The loop | Nicholas Evans |
| The horse whisperer | Nicholas Evans |
| The snow goose | Paul Gallico |
| The white bone | Barbara Gowdy |
| Water for elephants | Sara Gruen |
| Duncton Wood | William Horwood |
| Pet sematary | Stephen King |
| Life of Pi | Yann Martel |
| Nop’s trials | Donald McCaig |
| Nop’s hope | Donald McCaig |
| Elephant’s graveyard | Karin McQuillan |
| Moby Dick | Herman Melville |
| Animal Farm | George Orwell |
| Boudica series | Manda Scott |
| Three bags full | Leonie Swann |
| One for sorrow, two for joy | Clive Woodall |
| Seven for a secret | Clive Woodall |
| Trackers : the untold story of the Australian dogs of war | Peter Haran |
| Zamba : the true story of the greatest lion that ever lived | Ralph Helfer |
| Horse doctor : an American vet’s life down under | Elizabeth Herbert |
| The cat who came in from the cold | Deric Longden |
| Paws in the proceedings | Deric Longden |
| The cowboy and his elephant | Malcolm MacPherson |
| The good, good pig : the extraordinary life of Christopher Hogwood |
Sy Montgomery |
| The eye of the elephant | Delia Owens |
| Secrets of the Savanna | Mark Owens |
| Cheetah | Jonathan Scott |
| Leopard | Jonathan Scott |
| Lion | Jonathan Scott |
| Minack Chronicles series | Derek Tangye |
| Dog heroes | Jen Bidner |
| Tracks | Robyn Davidson |
| Coming of age with elephants | Joyce Poole |
| Marley and me : life and love with the world’s worst dog | John Grogan |
| Acts of dog | Debra Adelaide |
| Born Free | Joy Adamson |
| Horrie the wog dog | Ion L. Idriess |
| From Bagdad with love | Jay Kopelman |
| James Herriot’s animal stories | James Herriot |
| All things bright and beautiful | James Herriot |
| A cat called Birmingham | Chris Pascoe |
| A primate’s memoir | Robert M. Sapolsky |
| The dogs of Bedlam Farm | Jon Katz |
| My family and other animals | Gerald Durrell |
| Seabiscuit | Laura Hillenbrand |
| Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson |
| Moon Cottage series | Marilyn Edwards |
| Walking Ella | Robert Drewe |
| Surviving with wolves | Misha Defonseca |
| Always faithful : a memoir of the Marine dogs of WWII | William Putney |
| Dogs at war : true stories of canine courage under fire | Blythe Hamer |
| Trackers | Peter Haran |
| A soldier’s best friend | John C. Burnam |
| Tarka the otter | Henry Williamson |
| It’s every monkey for themselves : a true story of sex, love and lies in the jungle |
Vanessa Woods |
Our collection holds many complete pet owner’s manuals for all sorts of animals! Search our catalogue.
| The small dogs doggy bone cookbook | Michele Bledsoe |
| The healthy dog book | Alexandra Bastedo |
| Cat treats | Janice Anderson |
| The ultimate treat cat cookbook | Liz Palika |
| Dog treats | Caroline Davis |
| Coping with pet loss | Robin Grey |
| Goodbye dear friend | Virginia Ironside |
| When your pet dies | Alan Wolfelt |
| Animal nation | Adrian Franklin |
| The ten trusts : what we must do to care for the animals we love |
Jane Goodall |
| Silent footsteps | Sally Henderson |
| The Africa diaries | Dereck Joubert |
| When elephants paint | Vitaly Komar |
| Christine’s ark | John Little |
| When elephants weep : the emotional life of animals | J . Moussaieff Masson |
| Dry water : diving headfirst into Africa | Tammie Matson |
| The lions of Tsavo | Bruce Patterson |
| Silent thunder | Katharine Payne |
| Speaking out for animals | Kim Stallwood |
| The hidden life of dogs | Elizabeth Thomas |
| Animal Liberation | Peter Singer |
