Recommended Books

[CockatielPony]

Part 3 of recommending things.  Here are some good books for Watership Down fans.

Tales from Watership down
Shardik
Traveler
The Plague Dogs
Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIHM
Tailchaser's song
Warriors
Of Mice and Men (Not much a about animals but one of the main characters loves rabbits)
Animal Farm
The tale of Despereaux
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Felidae
Felidae on the Road
Whitefang
The Wildings
guardians of ga'hoole
Varjak paw
Redwall
Peter Rabbit
Silverwing

Graphic Novels:
Beasts of Burden
We3
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152
Legend

[Bright Side]

I also recommend the Warrior Cats series (as well as the other two sagas by Erin Hunter, Seekers Bears and Survivors Dogs.

Another good one is the Redwall series by Brian Jacques.

[CockatielPony]

I also recommend the Warrior Cats series (as well as the other two sagas by Erin Hunter, Seekers Bears and Survivors Dogs.

Another good one is the Redwall series by Brian Jacques.

Yep I did put warriors on there I have read the first 2 series.

[Hazel]

I'd also recommend:
The Last Unicorn.
Varjak Paw, and its sequel The Outlaw Varjak Paw.
The Wind in the Willows.

[s-tlk]

If you like big cats, you also might want to have a look at the "Ratha" series written by Clare Bell. It is about a group of intelligent prehistoric cats. The first book is called "Ratha's Creature": http://www.amazon.com/Rathas-Creature-First-Book-Named/dp/1936917017

[Capt. Rake Nightfur]

I think I mentioned this in another thread, but 'The Builders' by Daniel Polansky was pretty good. Similar to Redwall in that it is about those kind/size of animals. It has cursing, killing, blood, death, and is pretty dark throughout, but I enjoyed it.

OK, non-animal related time:
I just read a series of books by S. Thomas Russel, which centers around a British Navy Captain in the early years of the French Revolution. He is half French, which provides some good opportunities for interesting situations.

That's all I can think of for now.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Read that. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat...

[mistercynical]

Well, I can't vouch for these being targeted towards the same audience as Watership Down, but they're definitely great reads for good plots, good conflict and unusual characters:

 - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
 - Catcher in the Rye
 - Lord of the Flies
 - Brave New World
 - 2001 A Space Odyssey (yes, it was a book before Kubrick happened)
 - Catch-22
 - Silverwing
 - Generation X - Tales for an Accelerated Culture
 - One of the million or so books Isaac Asimov wrote
---->Isaac Asimov had writer's block once. It was the worst five minutes of his life. - Internet witticism
 - Around the World in 80 Days

and of course, my second favourite book (y'all can guess what number one is) would be Nineteen-Eighty-Four.

[Hazel]

I'm really glad you like Catcher in the Rye. We read it during class and I loved it - but nobody else did!

[CockatielPony]

Well, I can't vouch for these being targeted towards the same audience as Watership Down, but they're definitely great reads for good plots, good conflict and unusual characters:

 - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
 - Catcher in the Rye
 - Lord of the Flies
 - Brave New World
 - 2001 A Space Odyssey (yes, it was a book before Kubrick happened)
 - Catch-22
 - Silverwing
 - Generation X - Tales for an Accelerated Culture
 - One of the million or so books Isaac Asimov wrote
---->Isaac Asimov had writer's block once. It was the worst five minutes of his life. - Internet witticism
 - Around the World in 80 Days

and of course, my second favourite book (y'all can guess what number one is) would be Nineteen-Eighty-Four.

In school our class is going to read lord of the flies in about a week I heard some people liked it and did not.

[Bright Side]

I personally liked Lord of the Files; it might even be one of my favorite novels. A book full of action and thought. So, I would certainly recommend it

[Chibiscuit]

Seeing as I'm always looking for other great stuff with animals to read, I love this thread^^

-The Wolf Chronicles by Dorothy Hearst is a really good trilogy and I definitely recommend it (the ending has its readers divided though; personally I like it but many felt betrayed from what I've seen) (the titles are "Promise of the wolves", "Secret of the wolves" and "Spirit of the wolves")

-Wings of Fire by Tui Sutherland. Very simply writing but also very entertaining. It's about dragons!

- Guardians of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky (I've only read the first 3 books yet because the translator stopped. Trying to get it in English somehow. But still, I recommend it)

- Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann  

Hmm, those are the ones (not yet listed) that come to mind at the moment.

[Bright Side]

I didn't know Animals of Farthing Wood was a novel as well as a TV series. May want to check it out.

[Chibiscuit]

I didn't know Animals of Farthing Wood was a novel as well as a TV series. May want to check it out.

Several books even. I've only been able to find the first one though but that one was really good.

If you read it you'll understand why I find people who watch both WSD and AOFW who complain about Blackberry being a doe but say nothing about AOFW to be rather ridiculous. Really, the fact that Blackberry is awesome aside, AOFW has like half its cast gender-flipped compared to the book. Like owl, weasel, adder, kestrel, etc. All of which are amazing in the series (more than in the book, in my opinion. The tv series personalities are a lot more diverse and outspoken). Idk it's just a silly complaint to begin with but this just makes it even sillier.

Still, the book was great and I'd love to read the others as well but so far I've had no luck in finding them.

[CockatielPony]

Seeing as I'm always looking for other great stuff with animals to read, I love this thread^^

-The Wolf Chronicles by Dorothy Hearst is a really good trilogy and I definitely recommend it (the ending has its readers divided though; personally I like it but many felt betrayed from what I've seen) (the titles are "Promise of the wolves", "Secret of the wolves" and "Spirit of the wolves")

-Wings of Fire by Tui Sutherland. Very simply writing but also very entertaining. It's about dragons!

- Guardians of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky (I've only read the first 3 books yet because the translator stopped. Trying to get it in English somehow. But still, I recommend it)

- Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann  

Hmm, those are the ones (not yet listed) that come to mind at the moment.

I want to read the animals of farthing wood but couldn't find it at any bookstore I guess I'll have to buy it online some day.
I have read the first book of ga hoole

[Chibiscuit]

The AOFW books seem to be really difficult to find. I've only ever found the first in Dutch in a local library but never anywhere else (in any language) and the other books not at all. I've been thinking of ordering from my fav bookstore at some point (already have some orders running^^) but I'm afraid it will be out of print.

Btw I bought Mouse Guard: fall 1152 last year (or two years ago? Meh can't remember). It was kinda expensive but really worth it. The artwork is just GORGEOUS! I really love the style and it's quite an interesting read as well. Really hope I find Winter 1152 somewhere sometime.