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# 10: A book featuring a cat It's well known that cats have conquered the internet. But cats frequently star in print as well. Not a fan? Try a book that paints cats as the villain, such as Watership Down or the Redwall series. Some online sources: Plus, a couple of longer lists that don't necessarily explain the cat connection: On a more serious note, Scientific American offers a list of nonfiction books about cats: See below for some suggestions!
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Life of Pi : a novel
by Yann Martel
Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.
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The master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
Set in Moscow of the 1920's, this satirical novel recounts the dealings a writer and his mistress have with Satan.
CAT CONNECTION: "It’s not often that a mischievous, gun-happy, smooth-talking, onyx-colored cat by the name of Behemoth takes center stage in a contemporary classic. " --Bustle
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The travelling cat chronicles
by Hiro Arikawa
An internationally best-selling ode to kindness, sacrifice and the power of small things traces the experiences of adventurous Nana the cat and his owner, Satoru, as they embark on a road trip across Japan to visit three old friends.
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Monstress. Book one
by Marjorie M Liu
A survivor of a cataclysmic war between humans and the Arcanics, teenager Maika Halfwolf seeks answers about her mysterious past and becomes linked to a powerful eldritch monster, as they try to evade dangerous humans and otherworldly forces
CAT CONNECTION: This graphic novel features a cat as a main character.
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Pet sematary : a novel
by Stephen King
When a little boy's pet dies, and he persuades his parents to bury it in an old Indian cemetery, reputed by legend to house restless spirits, a nightmare of death and destruction begins.
CAT CONNECTION: The story features Church, the central family’s cat who is buried in a mysterious ancient burial ground and rises again from the grave…
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Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
The unlikely alliance between Kafka Tamura, a fifteen-year-old runaway, and the aging Nakata, a man who has never recovered from a wartime affliction, brings dramatic changes to both characters as they embark on a surreal odyssey through a strange, sometimes violent, sometimes fantastical world.
CAT CONNECTION: Nakata works part time as a finder of lost cats.
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Mossflower
by Brian Jacques
Resolving to end the iron-paw rule of tyrannical wildcat Tsarmina, Martin the mouse and mousethief Gonff, joined by Kinny the mole, journey to Salamandastron in search of Boar the Fighter.
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A street cat named Bob : and how he saved my life
by James Bowen
Traces the story of an impoverished London street musician who saved an injured and highly intelligent cat then found his life profoundly changed in unexpected ways
CAT FACT: Bob plays himself in the movie based on this true story.
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A man called Ove
by Fredrik Backman
A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship
CAT CONNECTION: Can a stray cat win the heart of a curmudgeon?
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