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Old 01-12-2014, 09:04 PM
 
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Traveller - The Civil War from the point of view of R.E Lees famous horse -- Very good
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Old 01-13-2014, 03:50 AM
 
Location: in the southwest
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Seabiscuit is a treasure. I reread both it and Watership Down every year.

Another choice to consider is The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.
This novel is a retelling of Hamlet, so be prepared for tragedy.
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Old 01-13-2014, 05:10 AM
 
Location: WI
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though likely listed in the YA category, i found the "Redwall" series quite entertaining when i read them some years ago (as an adult)... found them to be just good adventure/fantasy stories in which the characters happened to be of the animal kingdom.
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Old 01-13-2014, 06:02 AM
 
Location: Floyd Co, VA
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If your enjoy light mysteries there is the Chet and Bernie series by Spencer Quinn. Chet the dog tells the stories of his work with Bernie, a private detective. He had trained as a police dog but flunked his final exam (A cat was involved) and so wound up in the private sector with Bernie.

Titles include:

Dog On It, To Fetch a Thief, Thereby Hangs a Tail, A Fist Full of Collars, The Dog Who Knew Too Much

There are also a couple of stories by Merrill Markoe: Walking in Circles Before Lying Down and Nose Down, Eyes Up that you might want to check out.
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Old 01-13-2014, 10:00 AM
 
Location: Where the sun likes to shine!!
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Suspect by Robert Crais is a good book.

"LAPD cop Scott James is not doing so well. Eight months ago, a shocking nighttime assault by unidentified men killed his partner Stephanie, nearly killed him, and left him enraged, ashamed, and ready to explode. He is unfit for duty—until he meets his new partner.

Maggie is not doing so well, either. A German shepherd who survived three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan sniffing explosives before losing her handler to an IED, her PTSD is as bad as Scott’s.

They are each other’s last chance. Shunned and shunted to the side, they set out to investigate the one case that no one wants them to touch: the identity of the men who murdered Stephanie. What they begin to find is nothing like what Scott has been told, and the journey will take them both through the darkest moments of their own personal hells. Whether they will make it out again, no one can say."
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Old 01-13-2014, 10:42 AM
 
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One of the best books I learned about here on City-Data:
Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant

Super-enjoyable story of a quirky young woman and the odd events in her life, told from the point of view of her tortoise, who is very old and has gone through lots of owners.

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Old 01-13-2014, 02:00 PM
 
Location: Summit, NJ
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Well, I think Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, etc.) would qualify. Every human has an animal daemon who follows him/her around, and there are major animal characters such as the polar bear warriors.

It might be classified as young adult fiction, but this adult enjoyed them more than most adult books he's read in the past few years.
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Old 01-13-2014, 02:13 PM
 
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Oooh, just remembered: Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut.
-- about how in the future humans have evolved into these furry dolphin-like animals, no longer plagued with all the problems that big brains have caused.
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Old 01-13-2014, 02:26 PM
 
Location: Under the Redwoods
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Anne McCaffree has her Pern series. Dragons are the extension of several of the main characters. The dragons communicate with thier riders as well as eachother. Not exactly main characters, but extremely important characters.
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Old 01-14-2014, 08:16 AM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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"The Life of Pi".
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