how to be a cat

books featuring the perspective of cats 🐱

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created by maomi

last updated February, 2026

16 books

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My Roommate is a Cat 01

Tsunami Minatsuki

Ramen Akaneko - Tome 1

Angyaman Angyaman

The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today, Vol. 1

Hitsuji Yamada

Open Throat

Henry Hoke

My Kitten is a Picky Eater Vol. 1 (My Kitten is a Picky Eater, #1)

Migiri Miki

Ex-Yakuza and Stray Kitten Vol. 1

Riddle Kamimura

Cat + Gamer, Vol. 1

Wataru Nadatani

Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

Matt Dinniman

Tailchaser's Song

Tad Williams

She and Her Cat

Makoto Shinkai

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, #28)

Terry Pratchett

Martin's Mice

Dick King-Smith

Catwings (Catwings, #1)

Ursula K. Le Guin

I Am a Cat

Natsume Sōseki

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Hiro Arikawa

Into the Wild (Warriors, #1)

Erin Hunter

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maomiOP

recs are welcome!

lindsay99

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett. Cute list, love the idea!

maomiOP

ooh this sounds like it’s super fun!

alette

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So cute! I don't know if you want to include manga, but these include a cat's or cats' perspective(s) Ex-Yakuza and Stray Kitten Cat + Gamer My Kitten is a Picky Eater

maomiOP

omg these all look so cute 🤩🤩

alette

The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again, Today is another he's a supersized cat who takes care of their owner 😅

alette

Ah! I remember another one My Roommate is a Cat- that has an anime too :3

erintripsey

would you be open to a big cat POV? Open Throat by Henry Hoke is from the POV of a queer mountain lion in Los Angeles

maomiOP

all cats are welcome🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

maomiOP

recs are welcome!

lindsay99

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett. Cute list, love the idea!

maomiOP

ooh this sounds like it’s super fun!

alette

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So cute! I don't know if you want to include manga, but these include a cat's or cats' perspective(s) Ex-Yakuza and Stray Kitten Cat + Gamer My Kitten is a Picky Eater

maomiOP

omg these all look so cute 🤩🤩

alette

The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again, Today is another he's a supersized cat who takes care of their owner 😅

alette

Ah! I remember another one My Roommate is a Cat- that has an anime too :3

erintripsey

would you be open to a big cat POV? Open Throat by Henry Hoke is from the POV of a queer mountain lion in Los Angeles

maomiOP

all cats are welcome🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

nezuu

cat gamer mentioned 🤩🤩

maomiOP

i looks so cute 🥰🥰

nezuu

it’s super cute!!! if you haven’t read it already, def give it a read when you’re feeling down, it’s a great pick me up 🙂‍↕️

alette

🙂‍↕️agreed

ruiconteur

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cute list!!! very on-brand for you

edit: also i don't have any book recs but!! i do have song recs hehe. both jane zhang and ouyang nana (she's taiwanese btw) performed 有时候想变成一只猫 / sometimes i want to be a cat. i've linked the videos in their names!