10 Best Books Featuring Animals As Characters

10 Best Books Featuring Animals As Characters

Here is a list of 10 best books featuring animals as characters – either as narrators, aides to the protagonist or even just as allegories.

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Satoru, and his cat Nana, travel through Japan, through its changing seasons and shifting landscapes, in this heartbreaking yet heartwarming novel.

Flush by Virginia Woolf

Flush by Virginia Woolf

Flush is the heartwarming biography of the brilliant poetess Elizabeth Barrett Browning from the eyes of her cocker spaniel, Flush.

The Year of the Hare

The Year of the Hare

This eccentric but beautiful ode to nature and its overflowing abundance, follows a journalist on an assignment.

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm by George Orwell

This parable which is actually an allegory for the Russian Revolution, centres around the animals on a farm who overthrow their cruel human master.

Stuart Little by E B White

Stuart Little by E B White

This is a children’s classic, but is definitely worth visiting and revisiting time and again. Following the adventures and escapades of a house mouse.

The Master and Margharita

The Master and Margharita

This wild ride of a book has several eccentricities to it, but not the least of them is its sentient demonic beast, Behemoth.

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

This landmark animal fantasy novel tells the story of a Tamilian boy from Pondhicherry ‘Pi’ Patel and a Bengal tiger.

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

This haunting tale of motherhood, love, heartbreak and art tells the story of a new mother who starts believing that she is a dog.

The Art of Racing in the Rain

The Art of Racing in the Rain

This heartwarming story of feline love explores the wonderful relationship between a dog and his master.

The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak

The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak

In this historical fiction that unfolds during the reign of the Ottoman empire, we follow the animal tamer protagonist.