What An Animal Reading Challenge discussion

I read 17 books that fit this challenge last year; I'm aiming to meet or exceed that!

I am behind this year! I have read several books but none have really featured animals... I'll have to change that. Anyway, the first two on the list:

1. The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green: excellent collection of essays, some of which mention an animal along the way.

2. Baking Bad by Kim M. Watt (dragons): a Cozy Mystery with a clever premise that makes for a fun read.

3. Yule Be Sorry by Kim M. Watt (dragons)

4. What It's Like to Be a Bird by David Allen Sibley

5. Manor of Life & Death by Kim M. Watt (dragons, but also a cat)

6. The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen (cat)

7. The Case of the Perjured Parrot by Erle Stanley Gardner

8. The Case of the Careless Kitten by Erle Stanley Gardner

9. Passage from Nuala by Harriet Steel - camels, but not until the final chapter!

10. Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (protagonist has a pet dachshund)

11. Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala
12. Dog On It by Spencer Quinn
13. Game of Scones by Kim M. Watt (dragons, cat)
14. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

15. Thief of Souls by Brian Klingborg
16. Wild Prey by Brian Klingborg
17. A Meditation on Murder by Robert Thorogood

18. If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell

19. The Turquoise Ledge by Leslie Marmon Silko

20. The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

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