40+ of the Best Books About Dogs
This Riot Recommendation of best books about dogs is sponsored by Gordon: Bark to the Future! by Ashley Spires from Kids Can Press.
HOLY FUZZBUTT! Aliens have invaded, and Gordon’s fellow space pets have been captured! Now Gordon will have to fight the enemy alone! Gordon’s never been much of a fighter—his deadliest weapon is his mind. What’s a genius dog to do? Time travel, of course! Will Gordon be able to save himself, his friends and his humans? And get back to the future? Kids won’t want to miss this hilarious trip through space and time!
Is it any surprise that when we asked for the best books about good boys, your favorite canine-themed page-turners, great reads featuring doggos…you flooded us with recommendations? From kid lit to mystery to memoir, here’s a small sample of the furry pals you can find in a book: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava by Jay Kopelman and Melinda Roth Susie’s Senior Dogs by Erin Stanton A Dog Wearing Shoes by Sangmi Ko Strays by Jennifer Caloyeras Love That Dog by Sharon Creech The Day Cagney Lost Her Wag by Laurie Salzer and Lynn Starner The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick’s Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption by Jim Gorant Saving Audie: A Pit Bull Puppy Gets a Second Chance by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Robot Dreams by Sara Varon Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz Old Yeller by Fred Gipson Rescuing Penny Jane by Amy Sutherland Chase by Linwood Barclay Afterglow: A Dog Memoir by Eileen Myles Old Faithful by Pete Thorne Oogy by Larry Levin Hurry Home, Candy by Meindert DeJong Gizelle’s Bucket List: My Life with a Very Large Dog by Lauren Fern Watt See You in the Cosmos, Carl Sagan by Jack Cheng How Dogs Love Us by Gregory Berns The Call of the Wild by Jack London A Big Little Life by Dean Koontz Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Laika by Nick Abadzis Saving Audie: A Pit Bull Puppy Gets a Second Chance by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Dog Songs by Mary Oliver Strider by Beverly Cleary A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron The Underdogs by Melissa Fay Greene Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Starting with Max by Ying Ying Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill A Dog Called Kitty by Bill Wallace The Chet and Bernie series by Spencer Quinn The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness Dog Medicine by Julie Barton The Dog Stars by Peter Heller Lireal by Garth Nix Dog Church by Gail Gilmore Black Dog by Levi Pinfold The Poet’s Dog by Patricia MacLachlan The Dog Who Saved Me by Susan Wilson A Time for Home by Alexis Morgan
HOLY FUZZBUTT! Aliens have invaded, and Gordon’s fellow space pets have been captured! Now Gordon will have to fight the enemy alone! Gordon’s never been much of a fighter—his deadliest weapon is his mind. What’s a genius dog to do? Time travel, of course! Will Gordon be able to save himself, his friends and his humans? And get back to the future? Kids won’t want to miss this hilarious trip through space and time!
Is it any surprise that when we asked for the best books about good boys, your favorite canine-themed page-turners, great reads featuring doggos…you flooded us with recommendations? From kid lit to mystery to memoir, here’s a small sample of the furry pals you can find in a book: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava by Jay Kopelman and Melinda Roth Susie’s Senior Dogs by Erin Stanton A Dog Wearing Shoes by Sangmi Ko Strays by Jennifer Caloyeras Love That Dog by Sharon Creech The Day Cagney Lost Her Wag by Laurie Salzer and Lynn Starner The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick’s Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption by Jim Gorant Saving Audie: A Pit Bull Puppy Gets a Second Chance by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Robot Dreams by Sara Varon Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz Old Yeller by Fred Gipson Rescuing Penny Jane by Amy Sutherland Chase by Linwood Barclay Afterglow: A Dog Memoir by Eileen Myles Old Faithful by Pete Thorne Oogy by Larry Levin Hurry Home, Candy by Meindert DeJong Gizelle’s Bucket List: My Life with a Very Large Dog by Lauren Fern Watt See You in the Cosmos, Carl Sagan by Jack Cheng How Dogs Love Us by Gregory Berns The Call of the Wild by Jack London A Big Little Life by Dean Koontz Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Laika by Nick Abadzis Saving Audie: A Pit Bull Puppy Gets a Second Chance by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Dog Songs by Mary Oliver Strider by Beverly Cleary A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron The Underdogs by Melissa Fay Greene Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Starting with Max by Ying Ying Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill A Dog Called Kitty by Bill Wallace The Chet and Bernie series by Spencer Quinn The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness Dog Medicine by Julie Barton The Dog Stars by Peter Heller Lireal by Garth Nix Dog Church by Gail Gilmore Black Dog by Levi Pinfold The Poet’s Dog by Patricia MacLachlan The Dog Who Saved Me by Susan Wilson A Time for Home by Alexis Morgan
