Friday, October 13, 2023

Five top books for dog lovers

At the Amazon Book Review Seira Wilson tagged "five books celebrating wacky, wonderful dogs and the human-canine bond that is unlike any other," including:
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Do you ever wonder what your dog is thinking? In Garth Stein's best-selling novel, a dog named Enzo tells us exactly what he's thinking and feeling as he narrates a story of love, ambition, and heartbreak. Jodi Picoult called The Art of Racing in the Rain, “The perfect book for anyone who knows that compassion isn’t only for humans, and that the relationship between two souls who are meant for each other never really comes to an end."
Read about another entry on the list.

Also see Miriam Parker indisputably best dogs in (contemporary) literature, Lorna Wallace's eleven best dogs in post-apocalyptic books and films, Clive D.L. Wynne's five best books on how dogs love people, Vanessa Armstrong's five SFF books with dogs as key characters, Claudia Dey's six favorite instances of dogs in literature, Brian Boone's six best fictional dogs, Cliff McNish's top ten dogs in children's books, Ben Frederick's eleven essential books for dog lovers, Alice-Azania Jarvis's reading list on dogs, and Jill Ciment's ten top dog stories.

--Marshal Zeringue