Please recommend me some great books with non-human protagonists.
By non-human, I don't mean like elves or those that look like humans with small alterations.
Murderbot is one of my favourites, it might not be an exception but it is a robot so it might not count.
Also pls no dragons or dragon shifters. Unless u think it's really interesting. No aliens too
It doesn't have to be action-packed. If it's about a pack of pet hamsters living their best star valley lives in a human post apocalyptic world, I would read it.
But without human problems (or animal ones where they constantly think I have to mate. Or sth)
I've read hollow kingdom
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Open Throat by Henry Hoke! i thought it was very interesting
also i suppose Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt belongs here although personally i got bored and DNFed it heh
Watership Down.
Something of a Tall Tale by Christopher C Tyler is close but not exactly what you want. It does have a human MC but pretty much every other character in the book that he interacts with are American folklore creatures. Best I’ve got for your request though.
*Children of Time* by Adrian Tchaikovsky
*Ka* by John Crowley
Ancillary Justice (for more robot/warship/AI protagonist)
Redwall series by Brian Jacques and Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Maybe Klara and the sun
Project Hail Mary
Tailchaser’s Song by Tad Williams
The Chanur series by CJ Cherryh is all aliens with one minor human character.
A bit of a stretch, but maybe A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers?
One of the MC’s is human and the other is not. I picked them up after Murderbot and loved them.
Humans by Matt Haig
It’s the perspective of an alien coming to earth and trying to blend in as human.
Edit
Wait I misread your post and not sure this qualifies. But it’s still a great book.
If you like Murderbot, you should try Martha Wells’s other series, Books of the Raksura. It takes place in a fantasy world with no humans. The main character is Moon, who shares some attributes with Murderbot. Moon is a shifter, but not a dragon.
A Horse and His Boy, CS Lewis
Ransom Riggs’ peculiar children series has a talking dog, among other animals.
Mal Goes to War
Hollow Kingdom