😢 Animal Tearjerker

Emotionally devastating stories of human-animal bonds tested by loss, illness, or separation — books that earn every tear they draw from the reader.

A Dog's Life

by Ann M. Martin • 2005

A stray dog spends her life losing everyone, wandering the countryside, always searching for home.

4.22

16k+

🐾 Animal Narrator 🐕 Stray Dog Journey 🏠 Found Family

A Dog's Life 91%

A stray dog spends her life losing everyone, wandering the countryside, always searching for home.

by Ann M. Martin 2005

4.22

16k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Narrator 🐕 Stray Dog Journey 🏠 Found Family

A Big Little Life

by Dean Koontz • 2009

Dean Koontz adopted a retired service dog who played pranks, beat cancer, and rewired his soul.

4.26

12k+

🐕 Dog Memoirs 💔 Pet Loss 🦮 Service Dogs

A Big Little Life 89%

Dean Koontz adopted a retired service dog who played pranks, beat cancer, and rewired his soul.

by Dean Koontz 2009

4.26

12k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Memoirs 💔 Pet Loss 🦮 Service Dogs

Pax

by Sara Pennypacker • 2016

A boy braves war to retrieve his abandoned fox, not realizing the fox has become wild.

3.98

65k+

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🦊 Animal Perspective ⚔️ War Separation

Pax 89%

A boy braves war to retrieve his abandoned fox, not realizing the fox has become wild.

by Sara Pennypacker 2016

3.98

65k+ ratings

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🦊 Animal Perspective ⚔️ War Separation

[Timbuktu] [by

by Paul Auster • 1999

A poet is dying. His dog narrates their final days together and the lonely world after.

3.73

17k+

🐕 Animal Narrator 🐾 Dog'S Journey 🏠 Found Family

[Timbuktu] [by 89%

A poet is dying. His dog narrates their final days together and the lonely world after.

by Paul Auster 1999

3.73

17k+ ratings

🐕 Animal Narrator 🐾 Dog'S Journey 🏠 Found Family

A Dog's Purpose

by W. Bruce Cameron • 2010

Reincarnated over and over, a loyal dog seeks his purpose in service, rescue, and love.

4.36

141k+

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🦮 Search And Rescue Dog ✨ Multiple Lives

A Dog's Purpose 89%

Reincarnated over and over, a loyal dog seeks his purpose in service, rescue, and love.

by W. Bruce Cameron 2010

4.36

141k+ ratings

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🦮 Search And Rescue Dog ✨ Multiple Lives

The Art of Racing in the Rain

by Garth Stein • 2008

A philosophical dog chronicles his owner's fight to keep his daughter after his wife's death.

4.23

558k+

🐕 Dog Narrator 👨‍👧 Single Father ⚖️ Custody Battle

The Art of Racing in the Rain 88%

A philosophical dog chronicles his owner's fight to keep his daughter after his wife's death.

by Garth Stein 2008

4.23

558k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Narrator 👨‍👧 Single Father ⚖️ Custody Battle

The One and Only Ivan

by Katherine Applegate • 2012

A captive gorilla paints a rescue for the baby elephant who arrives at his run-down mall.

4.27

212k+

🔒 Animals In Captivity 🐘 Cross-Species Bonds 💔 Poignant Animal Story

The One and Only Ivan 88%

A captive gorilla paints a rescue for the baby elephant who arrives at his run-down mall.

by Katherine Applegate 2012

4.27

212k+ ratings

🔒 Animals In Captivity 🐘 Cross-Species Bonds 💔 Poignant Animal Story

Bailey's Story

by W. Bruce Cameron • 2013

A golden retriever shields a boy from a dangerous friend whose reckless choices lead to disaster.

4.31

5k+

🐕 Dog Narrator 👦 Boy And His Dog 🦸 Heroic Dog

Bailey's Story 88%

A golden retriever shields a boy from a dangerous friend whose reckless choices lead to disaster.

by W. Bruce Cameron 2013

4.31

5k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Narrator 👦 Boy And His Dog 🦸 Heroic Dog

Just Gus

by McCall Hoyle • 2023

A scarred guardian dog meets a boy silenced by anxiety. Together they learn to heal.

4.31

538

🐾 Animal Narrator 🩹 Healing Dog 👦 Boy And His Dog

Just Gus 88%

A scarred guardian dog meets a boy silenced by anxiety. Together they learn to heal.

by McCall Hoyle 2023

4.31

538 ratings

🐾 Animal Narrator 🩹 Healing Dog 👦 Boy And His Dog

Krambambuli

by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach • 1896

Bought for brandy, a hunting dog must choose between his new master and his old one, a killer.

3.57

166

🖤 German Realist Fiction 🔀 Torn Between Loyalties 🐕 Human Animal Bond

Krambambuli 88%

Bought for brandy, a hunting dog must choose between his new master and his old one, a killer.

by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach 1896

3.57

166 ratings

🖤 German Realist Fiction 🔀 Torn Between Loyalties 🐕 Human Animal Bond

Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar

by Luis Sepúlveda • 1996

A cat vows to raise a seagull chick, then faces the impossible: teaching her to fly.

4.23

32k+

🐦 Animal Fable 🐾 Cross-Species Family 🖤 Found Family

Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar Summary

Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar 88%

A cat vows to raise a seagull chick, then faces the impossible: teaching her to fly.

by Luis Sepúlveda 1996

4.23

32k+ ratings

🐦 Animal Fable 🐾 Cross-Species Family 🖤 Found Family

The Latte Factor

by David Bach • 2019

He ran the Iditarod to prove himself. His dogs ran it to save his soul.

3.83

8k+

🌲 Wilderness Memoir 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🧠 Animal Intelligence

The Latte Factor 88%

He ran the Iditarod to prove himself. His dogs ran it to save his soul.

by David Bach 2019

3.83

8k+ ratings

🌲 Wilderness Memoir 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🧠 Animal Intelligence

The One and Only Bob

by Katherine Applegate • 2020

Bob is a coward. Then a tornado hits the zoo, and his family needs a hero.

4.23

29k+

🐾 Animal Point Of View 🏠 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendships

The One and Only Bob 87%

Bob is a coward. Then a tornado hits the zoo, and his family needs a hero.

by Katherine Applegate 2020

4.23

29k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Point Of View 🏠 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendships

Jock of the Bushveld

by J. Percy FitzPatrick • 1907

A boy and his runt terrier brave the dangers of the South African bushveld.

4.08

2k+

🐕 Boy And Dog Bond 🌱 Coming Of Age 🌲 Wilderness Survival

Jock of the Bushveld 87%

A boy and his runt terrier brave the dangers of the South African bushveld.

by J. Percy FitzPatrick 1907

4.08

2k+ ratings

🐕 Boy And Dog Bond 🌱 Coming Of Age 🌲 Wilderness Survival

Remarkably Bright Creatures

by Shelby Van Pelt • 2022

Tova cleans the aquarium by night. The octopus she saves knows her lost son's secret.

4.36

1.3M+

🐙 Animal Narrator 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🫂 Found Family

Remarkably Bright Creatures 87%

Tova cleans the aquarium by night. The octopus she saves knows her lost son's secret.

by Shelby Van Pelt 2022

4.36

1.3M+ ratings

🐙 Animal Narrator 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🫂 Found Family

Peacebunny Island

by Caleb Smith • 2021

He brought rabbits to school shootings. Then he captained a houseboat toward his own island.

4.13

208

🐰 Animal Therapy 🕊 Pet Loss 💼 Youth Entrepreneurship

Peacebunny Island 87%

He brought rabbits to school shootings. Then he captained a houseboat toward his own island.

by Caleb Smith 2021

4.13

208 ratings

🐰 Animal Therapy 🕊 Pet Loss 💼 Youth Entrepreneurship

Two Dogs and a Parrot

by Joan D. Chittister • 2015

A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.

4.15

155

🐾 Pet Memoirs 🌿 Animal Spirituality 🐕 Animal Companionship

Two Dogs and a Parrot 87%

A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.

by Joan D. Chittister 2015

4.15

155 ratings

🐾 Pet Memoirs 🌿 Animal Spirituality 🐕 Animal Companionship

April et le Dernier Ours

by Hannah Gold • 2021

On an Arctic island, a lonely girl discovers a polar bear starving and trapped in plastic.

4.28

8k+

🌍 Eco Adventure 🐾 Animal Friendship 🐻 Girl And Wild Animal

April et le Dernier Ours 87%

On an Arctic island, a lonely girl discovers a polar bear starving and trapped in plastic.

by Hannah Gold 2021

4.28

8k+ ratings

🌍 Eco Adventure 🐾 Animal Friendship 🐻 Girl And Wild Animal

The Soul of All Living Creatures

by Vint Virga • 2013

A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.

3.55

666

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🐵 Animal Behavior 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

The Soul of All Living Creatures Summary

The Soul of All Living Creatures 87%

A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.

by Vint Virga 2013

3.55

666 ratings

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🐵 Animal Behavior 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

The Horse Whisperer

by Nicholas Evans • 1995

A mother drags her silent daughter and a ruined horse to Montana, betting on a healer's hands.

3.86

62k+

🐎 Equestrian Fiction 🐴 Animal Healing 🏔️ Ranch Life

The Horse Whisperer 87%

A mother drags her silent daughter and a ruined horse to Montana, betting on a healer's hands.

by Nicholas Evans 1995

3.86

62k+ ratings

🐎 Equestrian Fiction 🐴 Animal Healing 🏔️ Ranch Life

The Tiger Rising

by Kate DiCamillo • 2001

A grieving boy, a caged tiger, and a fierce girl who believes both should run free.

3.84

33k+

✒️ Lyrical Middle Grade 🖤 Childhood Grief 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

The Tiger Rising 87%

A grieving boy, a caged tiger, and a fierce girl who believes both should run free.

by Kate DiCamillo 2001

3.84

33k+ ratings

✒️ Lyrical Middle Grade 🖤 Childhood Grief 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

by Hiro Arikawa • 2012

A cat narrator joins his dying owner on a last road trip to find a new home.

4.33

107k+

🐈 Animal Narrator 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🚗 Road Trip

The Travelling Cat Chronicles 87%

A cat narrator joins his dying owner on a last road trip to find a new home.

by Hiro Arikawa 2012

4.33

107k+ ratings

🐈 Animal Narrator 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🚗 Road Trip

Run, Spot, Run

by Jessica Pierce • 2016

Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.

3.81

236

🧭 Animal Ethics 🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Human-Animal Bond

Run, Spot, Run 87%

Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.

by Jessica Pierce 2016

3.81

236 ratings

🧭 Animal Ethics 🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Human-Animal Bond

Dog Medicine

by Julie Barton • 2015

She could not get out of bed until the day a golden retriever puppy needed her.

4.25

4k+

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🖤 Depression Memoirs 🩺 Pet Therapy

Dog Medicine 87%

She could not get out of bed until the day a golden retriever puppy needed her.

by Julie Barton 2015

4.25

4k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🖤 Depression Memoirs 🩺 Pet Therapy

Sipsworth

by Simon Van Booy • 2024

An elderly widow, alone with her grief, finds an unexpected reason to care: a mouse.

4.10

28k+

🐭 Unlikely Animal Bond 👵 Elderly Protagonist 🏡 English Village

Sipsworth 87%

An elderly widow, alone with her grief, finds an unexpected reason to care: a mouse.

by Simon Van Booy 2024

4.10

28k+ ratings

🐭 Unlikely Animal Bond 👵 Elderly Protagonist 🏡 English Village

How to Stay Invisible

by Maggie C. Rudd • 2023

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

4.43

1k+

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion

How to Stay Invisible 87%

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

by Maggie C. Rudd 2023

4.43

1k+ ratings

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion

Good Dogs Don't Make It to the South Pole

by Hans Olav Thyvold • 2017

A widow and her dog read through polar history, crafting paper sled dogs against the loneliness.

3.49

782

🐶 Dog Narrator 👵 Elderly Protagonist 🐾 Human-Dog Bond

Good Dogs Don't Make It to the South Pole Summary

Good Dogs Don't Make It to the South Pole 87%

A widow and her dog read through polar history, crafting paper sled dogs against the loneliness.

by Hans Olav Thyvold 2017

3.49

782 ratings

🐶 Dog Narrator 👵 Elderly Protagonist 🐾 Human-Dog Bond

What the Dog Knows

by Cat Warren • 2013

An unmanageable dog and the unlikely solution: training him to find human remains.

3.98

2k+

🐕‍🦺 Working Dogs 👃 Olfactory Science 🫂 Human-Animal Bond

What the Dog Knows 87%

An unmanageable dog and the unlikely solution: training him to find human remains.

by Cat Warren 2013

3.98

2k+ ratings

🐕‍🦺 Working Dogs 👃 Olfactory Science 🫂 Human-Animal Bond

Hollow Kingdom

by Kira Jane Buxton • 2019

After the humans turn into monsters, a crow and his dog fight to save Seattle's abandoned pets.

3.83

31k+

🐦 Animal Point Of View 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🫂 Found Family

Hollow Kingdom 87%

After the humans turn into monsters, a crow and his dog fight to save Seattle's abandoned pets.

by Kira Jane Buxton 2019

3.83

31k+ ratings

🐦 Animal Point Of View 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🫂 Found Family

Animals Make Us Human

by Temple Grandin • 2009

Wolf packs are families, not dominance fights. What that means for your dog.

4.04

6k+

🐾 Animal Behavior 🦮 Dog Training 🧠 Animal Cognition

Animals Make Us Human 87%

Wolf packs are families, not dominance fights. What that means for your dog.

by Temple Grandin 2009

4.04

6k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Behavior 🦮 Dog Training 🧠 Animal Cognition

The Underneath

by Kathi Appelt • 2008

A calico cat, a chained hound, and their hidden kittens, as an ancient snake spirit stirs.

3.99

12k+

🐾 Animal Point Of View 🌿 Southern Gothic 🐕 Animal Found Family

The Underneath 87%

A calico cat, a chained hound, and their hidden kittens, as an ancient snake spirit stirs.

by Kathi Appelt 2008

3.99

12k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Point Of View 🌿 Southern Gothic 🐕 Animal Found Family

Say You'll Remember Me

by Abby Jimenez • 2025

A vet and a fundraiser bond over a kitten, but her mother's dementia demands she leave.

4.00

656k+

💕 Emotional Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Drama 😢 Tearjerker

Say You'll Remember Me 87%

A vet and a fundraiser bond over a kitten, but her mother's dementia demands she leave.

by Abby Jimenez 2025

4.00

656k+ ratings

💕 Emotional Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Drama 😢 Tearjerker

War Dogs

by Rebecca Frankel • 2013

The best bomb detector has a wet nose, and war leaves it as traumatized as any soldier.

4.07

841

🦮 Working Dogs 🤝 Human Animal Bond 🧠 Canine Psychology

War Dogs 87%

The best bomb detector has a wet nose, and war leaves it as traumatized as any soldier.

by Rebecca Frankel 2013

4.07

841 ratings

🦮 Working Dogs 🤝 Human Animal Bond 🧠 Canine Psychology

Sounder

by William H. Armstrong • 1969

A sharecropper's son searches for his arrested father, with a wounded dog as his only guide.

3.97

32k+

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🌾 Sharecropper Life 🏚️ Jim Crow South

Sounder 87%

A sharecropper's son searches for his arrested father, with a wounded dog as his only guide.

by William H. Armstrong 1969

3.97

32k+ ratings

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🌾 Sharecropper Life 🏚️ Jim Crow South

The Amazing Afterlife of Animals; Messages and Signs from our Pets on the Other Side

by Karen A. Anderson • 2017

Your departed pet still sends messages. How to recognize the signs from an animal communicator.

4.38

982

🕊️ Animal Mediumship 🐾 Pet Loss And Grief 🦋 Afterlife Signs

The Amazing Afterlife of Animals; Messages and Signs from our Pets on the Other Side Summary

The Amazing Afterlife of Animals; Messages and Signs from our Pets on the Other Side 86%

Your departed pet still sends messages. How to recognize the signs from an animal communicator.

by Karen A. Anderson 2017

4.38

982 ratings

🕊️ Animal Mediumship 🐾 Pet Loss And Grief 🦋 Afterlife Signs

The Philosopher and the Wolf

by Mark Rowlands • 2008

A philosopher's decade with a wolf revealed that humans misunderstand love, happiness, and death.

4.13

3k+

📖 Philosophical Memoir ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🐺 Animal Consciousness

The Philosopher and the Wolf 86%

A philosopher's decade with a wolf revealed that humans misunderstand love, happiness, and death.

by Mark Rowlands 2008

4.13

3k+ ratings

📖 Philosophical Memoir ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🐺 Animal Consciousness

One Good Mama Bone

by Bren McClain • 2017

A poor widow raises her dead friend's boy, guided by a cow's fierce, wordless love.

4.33

2k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐄 Animal Human Bond 👩‍👦 Reluctant Motherhood

One Good Mama Bone 86%

A poor widow raises her dead friend's boy, guided by a cow's fierce, wordless love.

by Bren McClain 2017

4.33

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐄 Animal Human Bond 👩‍👦 Reluctant Motherhood

To Fetch a Thief

by Spencer Quinn • 2010

A PI and his dog discover a missing elephant’s trail leads to a deadly smuggling ring.

4.07

8k+

🐕 Canine Narrator 🎪 Circus Setting 🐘 Animal Welfare

To Fetch a Thief 86%

A PI and his dog discover a missing elephant’s trail leads to a deadly smuggling ring.

by Spencer Quinn 2010

4.07

8k+ ratings

🐕 Canine Narrator 🎪 Circus Setting 🐘 Animal Welfare

Animal Wise

by Virginia Morell • 2013

Ants that teach, rats that laugh: inside the labs rewriting the science of animal minds.

4.13

3k+

🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Comparative Psychology 🐾 Cognitive Ethology

Animal Wise 86%

Ants that teach, rats that laugh: inside the labs rewriting the science of animal minds.

by Virginia Morell 2013

4.13

3k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Comparative Psychology 🐾 Cognitive Ethology

Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog

by Emily Dean • 2019

Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.

4.23

3k+

🪦 Grief Memoirs 💔 Family Loss 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs

Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog 86%

Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.

by Emily Dean 2019

4.23

3k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoirs 💔 Family Loss 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs

White Fang

by Jack London • 2001

Surviving the Yukon wild, a wolf-dog cub is captured and must learn to trust.

4.03

210k+

🐺 Animal Point Of View 📚 Literary Naturalism 🐾 Human Animal Bond

White Fang 86%

Surviving the Yukon wild, a wolf-dog cub is captured and must learn to trust.

by Jack London 2001

4.03

210k+ ratings

🐺 Animal Point Of View 📚 Literary Naturalism 🐾 Human Animal Bond

Chercher Sam

by Sophie Bienvenu • 2014

A homeless man's dog vanishes. She was the last warmth left after his daughter's death.

4.34

4k+

🐕 Human Animal Bond 🖤 Parental Grief 🤝 Found Family

Chercher Sam 86%

A homeless man's dog vanishes. She was the last warmth left after his daughter's death.

by Sophie Bienvenu 2014

4.34

4k+ ratings

🐕 Human Animal Bond 🖤 Parental Grief 🤝 Found Family

Lessons from a Sheep Dog

by W. Phillip Keller • 1982

A rescued sheepdog refuses every kindness until she approaches the man who set her free.

4.39

1k+

🕊️ Christian Devotional 🐕 Animal Memoir 🐾 Rescued Dog

Lessons from a Sheep Dog 86%

A rescued sheepdog refuses every kindness until she approaches the man who set her free.

by W. Phillip Keller 1982

4.39

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Devotional 🐕 Animal Memoir 🐾 Rescued Dog

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

by Karen Joy Fowler • 2013

Rosemary Cooke grew up with a chimpanzee sister. The silence that followed shaped her entire life.

3.71

127k+

🎭 Family Drama 🐾 Human Animal Bond 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Summary

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves 86%

Rosemary Cooke grew up with a chimpanzee sister. The silence that followed shaped her entire life.

by Karen Joy Fowler 2013

3.71

127k+ ratings

🎭 Family Drama 🐾 Human Animal Bond 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Labors of Hercules Beal

by Gary D. Schmidt • 2023

A grieving boy named Hercules is assigned the hero's twelve labors as a seventh-grade project.

4.48

8k+

🏫 School Project Story 💔 Loss Of Parents 📚 Mentor Teacher

The Labors of Hercules Beal 86%

A grieving boy named Hercules is assigned the hero's twelve labors as a seventh-grade project.

by Gary D. Schmidt 2023

4.48

8k+ ratings

🏫 School Project Story 💔 Loss Of Parents 📚 Mentor Teacher

The Call of the Wild / White Fang

by Jack London • 1903

A stolen dog and a wild cub take opposite journeys across the brutal Klondike gold rush.

4.12

78k+

🐾 Animal Protagonist 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🌲 Tame And Wild

The Call of the Wild / White Fang Summary

The Call of the Wild / White Fang 86%

A stolen dog and a wild cub take opposite journeys across the brutal Klondike gold rush.

by Jack London 1903

4.12

78k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Protagonist 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🌲 Tame And Wild

The Book of the Dun Cow

by Walter Wangerin Jr. • 1978

A rooster's crow holds the world together. Beneath the earth, a serpent wants out.

4.04

6k+

🐓 Animal Allegory ✝️ Christian Allegory ⚔️ Epic Animal Fantasy

The Book of the Dun Cow 86%

A rooster's crow holds the world together. Beneath the earth, a serpent wants out.

by Walter Wangerin Jr. 1978

4.04

6k+ ratings

🐓 Animal Allegory ✝️ Christian Allegory ⚔️ Epic Animal Fantasy

West with Giraffes

by Lynda Rutledge • 2021

A Dust Bowl orphan joins an old man hauling giraffes cross-country, chased by a circus owner.

4.32

205k+

🌾 Dust Bowl America 🦒 Animal Road Trip 🫂 Found Family

West with Giraffes 86%

A Dust Bowl orphan joins an old man hauling giraffes cross-country, chased by a circus owner.

by Lynda Rutledge 2021

4.32

205k+ ratings

🌾 Dust Bowl America 🦒 Animal Road Trip 🫂 Found Family

How Stella Learned to Talk

by Christina Hunger • 2021

A puppy learned to press word buttons. Her first unprompted sentence was about the beach.

4.41

4k+

🧠 Animal Minds 🐕 Dog Communication 🔊 Aac Devices

How Stella Learned to Talk 86%

A puppy learned to press word buttons. Her first unprompted sentence was about the beach.

by Christina Hunger 2021

4.41

4k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Minds 🐕 Dog Communication 🔊 Aac Devices

The Friend

by Sigrid Nunez • 2018

Her mentor's suicide leaves a solitary writer with his grieving Great Dane and a no-dogs lease.

3.71

61k+

📖 Essayistic Fiction 🐕 Human Animal Bond 🗽 Literary New York

The Friend 86%

Her mentor's suicide leaves a solitary writer with his grieving Great Dane and a no-dogs lease.

by Sigrid Nunez 2018

3.71

61k+ ratings

📖 Essayistic Fiction 🐕 Human Animal Bond 🗽 Literary New York

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