Okay that title is pretty bad sry, but. What i meant was, do you know any books that are from the POV of a non-human creature observing a human?
Like Project Hail Mary, but if it were from the POV of Rocky (the alien in the story)
Or a cowboy and his horse going through their day from the POV of the horse.
Doesn't even have to be a creature, can be a machine.
I hope y'all get what I mean, cuz i find this trope (?) very interesting and would like to read some!
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Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. The first book is “All Systems Red”
Oh I forgot! “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt is told from the perspective of an octopus in an aquarium. Fun, easy read with a surprisingly warm story.
I will give you some robot/android ideas because that’s my interest. C. Robert Cargill writes about the world from the perspective of androids/robots interacting with humans. *Sea of Rust* and *Day Zero* are what you’re looking for. I really enjoyed *Day Zero*. And *Klara and the Sun* by Kazuo Ishiguro is another. And many people think Asimov’s robot books started it all off, so you could start there. *I, Robot* is probably the most famous of the 5-book Robot Series.
There are loads of fantasy books written from the POV of animals. *Watership Down*, the *Warriors* cat books, and more.
[Here is a list](https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/non-human-pov) from Goodreads of books from a non-human POV. There are 1619 books on it.
City by Simak is a very fun classic sci-fi. The historians of the intelligent race of dogs that inherited the earth after we killed ourselves write interpret fables and texts about a mythical creature : humans.
The Children of Time series by Tchaikovsky
I Am a Cat by Soseki
Edit: Hollow Kingdom by Buxton. Crow during a zombie apocalypse.
The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Kotzwinkle
Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick
Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novella by Mike Resnick about alien archaeologists studying extinct humanity’s origins at Olduvai Gorge
The Traveling Cat Chronicles
Cuckoo’s Egg by CJ Cherry is an excellent example of this as is her Chanur series!