Recs if you like Fifteen Dogs...
Non-Humans & Empathy
Focus on non-humans (trees, robots, animals, aliens, creatures, objects…) and empathy (especially of humans towards them, or the exploration of the empathy/feelings/thoughts of non-humans towards others). Lack of or existing empathy included.
general/adult fiction, mostly & the occasional nonfic
In progress / updated over time I’ve read a good lot of these (34), and plan to read most of the rest. It’s a special interest of mine. ✨
(Suggestions welcome & appreciated!!) I also have a list in my library of titles to look into that may or may not fit the list! Feel free to look & lmk if you think they do.
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talking animals
i love when animals get the chance to yap and/or narrate their own stories :)
recommendations welcome!
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Badge Gremlins
Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.
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Well, you have options
Book titles that represent reasons you might go to the doctor, what you might say to each other, or what treatments might be offered to cure your ailments. It's up to you to decide what is what😉
(This is not a commentary on these books or authors! The focus of this list is purely on the titles---but if you find a favorite new read here, I'd love to know🤭)
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Canada, eh!
Canadian authors writing books set in Canada.
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our minds and others
“We have no clear definition of consciousness—even though it must be the most important element of our own experience on the planet.
Why do we fear so much in the other this thing we so little understand in ourselves?”
books that explore and grapple with the nature of human and non-human consciousness (animal, machine, or otherwise alien).
mostly science non-fiction, speculative fiction and literary fiction.
recs very much welcome :)
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the paw (or talon, hoof, sucker, etc) patrol
feat. animal protagonists getting shit done without the help of humans and/or with little human interaction
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reading around the world: north and central america
the us will be excluded from this list as I will make one for the 50 states!
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Xenofiction (animal POV)
A collection of novels that step outside the human perspective, inviting readers into the minds of animals. From intimate character studies to unsettling psychological tales, these stories use animal narrators to explore grief, survival, morality, and what it really means to be human.
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Animal POV
Let the animals tell the story!
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CBC Canada Reads Contenders #2 - 2012 to 2021
Fifty more books from the second ten years of Canada Reads, an annual "Battle of the Books" run by the CBC (Canada's national broadcaster). Each year five Canadian celebrities step in to champion one Canadian book in a series of televised debates/discussions to see which book will come out on top.
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Giller Prize Winners
Books that have won Canada's largest literary prize from 1994 to present
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Animal Instincts
Fiction from an animal perspective! Good for grown-up fans of Erin Hunter series.
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Canada Reads Winners
Books that have won Canada Reads, 2002 to present
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Giller Prize Winners
a list of past winners from the giller prize—one of canada's most prestigious literary prizes
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