14 Books No Dog Lover Will Be Able To Put Down

There are dozens of books devoted to dogs that shape our childhoods. Old Yeller. Sounder. Where the Red Fern Grows. Dog of Flanders. Wait…why do most of the dogs in children’s books die? The discovery of that disturbing trend aside, we decided to ask the Internet (and former English Lit majors on our staff, of which there are quite a few) whether there were as many varied and rich selections of literature on the doge life for adults. Here, for your above-seventh-grade-reading level pleasure, are 14 Books About Dogs For Adults (and we pawmise, no dog deaths happen in most of them.).