I love cats! I’m looking for books, short stories or poems featuring cats! Be it as a main character (like “The Black Cat” by Poe), as a theme (“The Sphynx” by Oscar Wilde) or as a particularly peculiar character (like the Cheshire cat in “Alice in Wonderland”. Bonus points if they’re old. What are your favorite books featuring cats?
by SR_RSMITH
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Starter Villain by John Scalzi! One of my favorite books.
I also love cats! A couple suggestions:
– The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett–The titular Maurice is a cat and a charlatan with a band of rats, quite a funny novel set in the Discworld setting.
– The Book of Night With Moon by Diane Duane: A team of cat wizards fight evil. Distinctive wizards and distinctive cats.
In terms of poetry, Fog by Carl Sandburg comes to mind?
The Travelling Cat Chronicles! Such a sweet and heartwarming read, def recommend 🙂 It’s written from the POV of the cat which was funny because I swear my cat def has the same sarcastic inner monologue the main character had
Not exactly a favorite, but it was fun: *The* *Last House on Needless Street* by Catriona Ward
For Cat-like Beings –
The Doona Trilogy (Anne McAffrey) ^(Decision At Doona, Crisis On Doona, Treaty Planet)
The Star Kingdom Series (David Weber & Jane Llindskold) ^(A Beautiful Friendship, Fire Season, Treecat Wars, A New Clan)
For Large Cats –
Icemark Chronicles (Stuart Hill) ^(Cry Of The Icemark, Blade Of Fire, Last Battle Of The Icemark)
For Magical Cats –
Storm Trilogy (Mercedes Lackey) ^(Storm Warning, Storm Rising, Storm Breaking)
Reserved For The Cat (Mercedes Lackey) – *Part of the Elemental Masters collection*
Masquerade (Terry Pratchett)^(RIP) – *Part of the Discworld Series*
Other Cats –
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (T. S. Elliot) – *The inspiration/main source material for the musical* Cats.
The Sneaky Pie Brown series 😎
One Rainy Day in May by Mark Z Danielewski
Warrior Cats series
To Marry and To Meddle by Martha Waters has a kitten named Cecil Lucifer Beelzebub. Historical romance! It’s a series but you don’t have to read them all you can get by without. But they’re all fun.
Garth Nix – Sabriel
David Eddings – The Redemption Of Althalus
The Carbonel series! Magical cats and such a fun read, published in the 50s
*Tailchaser’s Song* by Tad Williams. 2 cats go on a quest to find their missing friend.