Favorite Animal Fiction

Description: Rabbits struggling for survival, mice with swords, wise old spiders... the world of fiction is filled with fascinating animal characters. Our List of the Month this July is devoted to our Favorite Animal Fiction. Each participant may vote on ten titles. Please only downvote titles if they do not fit the theme.

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43 Members: pilston, Aquila, rangerfan, Bestine, cpg, LynnB, EerierIdyllMeme, knerd.knitter, manywydhan, digifish_books, yoyogod, RonB, RuMuse, dewasus1, jeane, Cecrow, FAMeulstee, d_perlo, Copperskye, RBeffa, belleek, DeBruyn, souloftherose, susanbooks, JanetEng, Kristelh, vwinsloe, waltzmn, Josiehime, Brian.Gunderson, msjudy, threadnsong, ManWithAnAgenda, Boand, TheSoulRider, elahrairah, HeatherHale, Tosta, JustJune, slimikin, melissabaron, shanlspy, carlosyu
Explications: elahrairah: Quite simply the best novel ever written from the POV of animals. It takes less than a couple of chapters for the brain to forget that these are rabbits, it creates a believable world and cosmology without being didactic or breaking the fourth wall. This is a children's book that is really an adult's book, but is suitable for children! The themes, oh the themes! Man's inhumanity, the archetypal epic journey throgh dark places to salvation, a sensitive critique of authoritarianism (woundwort isn't just a baddy, he has good reasons for what he does), anti-elitism, strength through plurality etc etc. Truly a great work.

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3 Members: susanbooks, JuliaMaria, darsaster
Explications: susanbooks: Though the subtitle is "a Biography," this is a wonderful work of fiction, meant as a gentle tease to Lytton Strachey who had just become a biographer himself.