The Greatest Books of All Time on Animals

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
7820 On The Track Of Unknown Animals Bernard Heuvelmans 1955 Belgian French
8032 Notes From The Century Before Edward Hoagland 1969 American English
8065 Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt 2022 American English
8107 The Land Of Little Rain Mary Austin 1903 American English
8248 Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl 1970 British English
8503 Collected Poems Jane Kenyon 2005 American English
8524 Ring Of Bright Water Gavin Maxwell 1960 British English
8595 The Adventures Of Tintin Hergé 1929 Belgian French
8646 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
8650 Raising Hare Chloe Dalton 2025 Unknown English
8766 Spill Simmer Falter Wither Sara Baume 2015 Irish English
9003 The Flame Trees Of Thika Elspeth Huxley 1959 British English
9230 Foal's Bread Gillian Mears 2011 Australian English
9341 Not Before Sundown Johanna Sinisalo 2000 Finnish Finnish
9370 A Line Made By Walking Sara Baume 2017 Irish English
9377 The Terror Arthur Machen 1917 British English
9659 Brehm's Life Of Animals Alfred Edmund Brehm 2015 German German
9682 Not Wanted On The Voyage Timothy Findley 1984 Canadian English
9681 Tropical Nature Adrian Forsyth, Ken Miyata 1984 Unknown English
9728 The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski 2008 American English
10161 The Darling Russell Banks 2004 American English
10308 Chinook Texts Franz Boas 1894 American English
10308 The Dancing Bees Karl von Frisch 1953 German German
10378 The Mouse And The Motorcycle Beverly Cleary 1965 American English
10453 Mr. Palomar Italo Calvino 1983 Italian Italian
10633 Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense Edward Lear 1846 British English
10686 What An Owl Knows Jennifer Ackerman 2023 Unknown English
10719 The Beast In The Clouds Nathalia Holt 2025 American English
10747 A Dog's Purpose W. Bruce Cameron 2010 American English
10927 Whale Nation Heathcote Williams 1988 British English
11021 The Story Of San Michele Axel Munthe 1929 Swedish English
11222 La Dernière Harde Maurice Genevoix 1938 French French
11532 Poems of Matsuo Bashō Matsuo Bashō 1601 Japanese Japanese
11623 Where The Wild Things Were William Stolzenburg 2008 Unknown English
11644 Gentle And Fierce Vanessa Berry 2021 Australian English
11644 On Animals Susan Orlean 2021 American English
11813 The Riverhouse Stories Andrea Carlisle 1987 American English
11934 Animals Strike Curious Poses Elena Passarello 2017 American English
12183 The Place Of Tides James Rebanks 2024 Unknown English
12326 The Ant And The Peacock Helena Cronin 1991 British English
12480 Poets Square Courtney Gustafson 2025 Unknown English
12479 The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz 2024 Unknown English
12625 The Island Of Last Things Emma Sloley 2025 Unknown English
12628 Don't Trust Fish Dan Santat, Neil Sharpson 2025 American English
12715 The Feather Detective Chris Sweeney British English
12793 Turning To Birds Lili Taylor 2025 American English
12813 Tigers Between Empires Jonathan C. Slaght 2025 American English
12873 The Arrogant Ape Christine E. Webb 2025 Unknown English
12874 The Call Of The Honeyguide Rob Dunn 2025 American English
12890 Forest Euphoria Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian 2025 Unknown English
12898 We Should All Be Birds Brian Buckbee, Carol Ann Fitzgerald 2025 Unknown English
13022 Lone Wolf Adam Weymouth 2025 Unknown English
13105 A Year With The Seals Alix Morris 2025 Unknown English
13110 Ubac And Me Cédric Sapin-Defour, Adriana Hunter 2025 French French
13164 Oh Dear, Look What I Got! Michael Rosen 2025 British English
13167 The Night Creatures Robert Macfarlane 2025 British English
13340 Rats Robert Sullivan 2004 American English
13550 How To Be A Good Creature Sy Montgomery 2018 American English
13600 De Goupil à Margot Louis Pergaud 1910 French French
13600 Les Bêtes Pierre Gascar 1953 French French
13716 The God Of Animals Aryn Kyle 2007 American English
13790 Make Way For Ducklings Robert McCloskey 1941 American English
13886 Elmer Gerry Alanguilan 2009 Unknown English
13941 Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! Mo Willems 2003 American English
14025 Jamrach’s Menagerie Carol Birch 2011 British English
14158 My Side Of The Mountain Jean Craighead George 1959 American English
14228 Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of Nimh Robert C. O'Brien 1971 American English
14232 Memoirs Of A Polar Bear Yoko Tawada 2011 German German
14727 Little Bear Else Holmelund Minarik 1957 American English
14756 Letters To His Children Theodore Roosevelt 1919 American English
14731 The Territorial Imperative Robert Ardrey 1966 American English
14764 Curious George H. A. Rey 1941 American English
14815 Old Yeller Fred Gipson 1956 American English
14788 Mr. Popper's Penguins Florence and Richard Atwater 1938 American English
14832 The Complete Adventures Of Curious George H. A. Rey 1969 American English
14899 Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man Siegfried Sassoon 1928 British English
14896 The Cricket In Times Square George Selden 1960 American English
14876 The Real Mother Goose Blanche Fisher Wright 1916 American English
14960 On The Banks Of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder 1937 American English
14985 Frogkisser Garth Nix 2017 Australian English
14985 In The Hand Of The Goddess Tamora Pierce 1984 American English
14985 A Snake Falls To Earth Darcie Little Badger 2021 American English
14973 The Incredible Journey Sheila Burnford 1961 Canadian English
14985 The Mammoth Hunters Jean M. Auel 1985 American English
14985 The Blue Fox Sjón 2003 Icelandic Icelandic
14985 Olivia Ian Falconer 2000 American English
15567 Beyond Words Carl Safina 2015 American English
15737 Chicken Soup With Rice Maurice Sendak 1962 American English
15796 Writings And Drawings James Thurber 1973 American English
15840 Horton Hatches The Egg Dr. Seuss 1940 American English
15916 The Animals' Conference Erich Kästner 1949 German German
15905 Български народни приказки Angel Karaliichev 1961 Bulgarian Bulgarian
15916 Born Free Joy Adamson 1960 British English
15916 The Expression Of The Emotions In Man And Animals Charles Darwin 1872 British English
15916 My Dog Tulip J. R. Ackerley 1956 British English
15916 Little Fur Family Margaret Wise Brown 1946 American English
15916 Are You My Mother? P. D. Eastman 1960 American English
15916 The Story Of Doctor Dolittle Hugh Lofting 1920 British English
15916 My India Jim Corbett 1952 British English
15916 My Crowded Solitude Jack McLaren 1926 Australian English
15916 Dot And The Kangaroo Ethel Pedley 1899 Australian English
15916 Pat The Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt 1940 American English
15916 Bestiario Juan José Arreola 1938 Mexican Spanish
15916 Pierre Maurice Sendak 1962 American English
15916 Swimmy Leo Lionni 1963 American English
15916 How The Whale Became Ted Hughes 1963 British English
15916 Tschiffely's Ride A. F. Tschiffely 1933 British English
16532 Children's Stories And Pictures Vladimir Suteev 1950 Russian Russian
16543 The Black Stallion Walter Farley 1941 American English
16591 Rikki Tikki Tavi Rudyard Kipling 1893 British English
16549 Lord Grizzly Frederick Manfred 1954 American English
16639 Sounder William H. Armstrong 1969 American English
16627 Bunnicula Deborah Howe 1979 American English
17162 Wolf Brother Michelle Paver 2004 British English
17162 The Edward Hoagland Reader Edward Hoagland 1979 American English
17162 Native American Folktales Thomas A. Green 2008 American English
17162 Tamsin Peter S. Beagle 1999 American English
17162 Passager Jane Yolen 1996 American English
17162 The Sparrow Enid Blyton 1991 British Unknown
17162 Coming Rain Stephen Daisley 2015 Australian English