The Greatest Books of All Time on Cats

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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
473 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Haruki Murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
1201 Kafka On The Shore Haruki Murakami 2002 Japanese Japanese
1534 The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr E. T. A. Hoffmann 1819 German German
1760 Desperate Characters Paula Fox 1970 American English
3319 Metzger's Dog Thomas Perry 1983 American English
4879 The Cat Colette 1933 French French
5531 Povídání O Pejskovi A Kočičce Josef Čapek 1936 Czech Czech
8429 To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis 1997 American English
12480 Poets Square Courtney Gustafson 2025 Unknown English
12813 Tigers Between Empires Jonathan C. Slaght 2025 American English
13321 The Wanderer Fritz Leiber 1964 American English
13362 I Am A Cat Natsume Sōseki 1905 Japanese Japanese
14766 Millions Of Cats Wanda Gág 1928 American English
14897 Archy And Mehitabel Don Marquis 1927 American English
14985 The Lieutenant Of Inishmore Martin McDonagh 2001 Irish English
14985 Starter Villain John Scalzi 2023 American English
15770 Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats T. S. Eliot 1939 American English
15915 Gobbolino The Witch's Cat Ursula Williams 1942 British English
15915 Merry Hall Beverley Nichols 1951 British English
17161 Zoom At Sea Tim Wynne-Jones 1983 Canadian English
17161 My Beloved Monster Caleb Carr 2024 Unknown English
17161 No Cats In The Library Lauren Emmons 2024 Unknown English
17161 Bark, George Jules Feiffer 1999 American English