Your Favourite Pet Books

Just because you might not be heading back to school in a few weeks doesn’t mean that you can’t make your own reading list for the fall. We asked our Facebook followers to recommend some of their favourite pet books. From novels, to true stories and books for younger readers, here is a selected list of the books pet lovers like you have read and loved:

Novels on Pets

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Watchers by Dean Koontz

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron

Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant

The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe by Andrew O'Hagan

The Plague Dogs: A Novel by Richard Adams

True Pet Stories

Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process - Irene Pepperberg

Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan

Sergeant Rex: The Unbreakable Bond Between a Marine and His Military Working Dog by Mike Dowling

Wally's World by Marsha Boulton

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be by Farley Mowat

Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat by Gwen Cooper

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter

Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog by Ted Kerasote

Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know by Alexandra Horowitz

You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam

The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption by Jim Gorant

Books for Junior Pet Lovers

A Dog's Way Home by Bobbie Pyron

The Cat Who Went to Paris by Peter Gethers

Beautiful Joe by Margaret Marshal Saunders

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes

Santa Paws by Nicholas Edwards

Leo the Lop by Stephen Cosgrove

The Cat Who Came for Christmas by Cleveland Amory

Did we miss your favourite? Post it in the comments below. To join the conversation with your fellow pet parents, follow Pet Valu on Twitter and Facebook.