I was curious if anybody knows of any good books where the main characters are animals I thought that would be fun to read about and I've already read watership down silverwing and the sight. I'd also be happy to hear about any good books I'm board.

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett.

Also, I've heard that The Forges of Dawn by E. M. Kinsey is excellent, but haven't actually read it.

Perloo the Bold

The original bunnicula , right off the back of my hand. Don't know about the sequels or etc., but that TV show that's recently around is a hard NOPE.

It's a bit rare, but you could try Tailchaser's Song. There's a series of cat fantasy books called Warriors, but those are more recent and appeal to a teenage audience. Tailchaser's Song is much more unique in that regard.

The Warriors series if you read at a 4th grade level.

Tale of Despereaux.

I grew up reading the Redwall books by Brian Jaques. Deliciously Anglo, they are geared to a younger audience--maybe 9 to 15 or so--but they are very entertaining, exciting, and mouth-watering. Aye, mouth-watering. His descriptions of the various foods are tantalizing and torturous. The books are pretty big too. The stories are populated by various rodents, mustelids, reptiles, a few birds, and a couple of cats. Oh, can't forget lagomorphs. One of the best things about them is that they have a lot of cool battles, combat, and rats getting stabbed through the eye with daggers, but they aren't overly gory and still manage to be appropriate for kids. I still read them from time to time, and I'm over twenty.

Pepperyena said:
There's a series of cat fantasy books called Warriors, but those are more recent and appeal to a teenage audience.

Maybe a very young teenage audience. I think very few adults would find them interesting, and I grew up reading those too.

EDIT: Moon Moon summed it up before me.

Obligatory Animal Farm answer. Also, I've heard that the comic book series Maus is really good.

Moon_Moon said:
The Warriors series if you read at a 4th grade level.

Never read the series myself, but the first book does have 42901 ratings on goodreads, with 4.28 out of 5 average rating.

And most of the goodreads users are adults, so that's unusually high rating for a series that's aimed for young teens.

The age of fire and the wings of fire books have protagonists who are dragons.

I cannot think of any books written for an 'adult audience' that feature feral animals, yet for a light read (enter here: guilty pleasure) an old favorite of mine are 'urban fantasy' books by Patricia Briggs.

Her Mercedes Thompson series features a shapechanging Coyote living amongst werewolves, and her Alpha and Omega books centre around a werewolf couple (basically from the same pack as the Mercy series).

Covers from two of her A&O books:

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Almost forgot!

I cannot speak of 'urban fantasy' without a nod to the 'Harry Dresden' series by Jim Butcher;
the world everybody's favorite (well, only) private-investigator-wizard inhabits (wreaks havoc in) is becoming truly expansive.

(If you are a Buffy/Angel fan, and are into audio books, are you ever in for a treat: this series is read by James Marsters)

Sharp_Coyote said:
I cannot think of any books written for an 'adult audience' that feature feral animals

The Call of The Wild (1903) & White Fang (1906)
- Jack London

Phylax said:
The Call of The Wild (1903) & White Fang (1906)
- Jack London

I think he meant intelligent feral animals. Those are two awesome books though.

Forest of the Night by S. Andrew Swann.

http://www.sandrewswann.com/books/forests-of-the-night

Also, does anyone else like the Man-Kzin Wars series of books by Larry Niven?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-Kzin_Wars

Always been a fan of "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka myself. Not the most lighthearted read, but still an interesting metaphor on social and familial expectations in the urban early 20th century. That and he turns into a bug :D

Aeruginis said:
I grew up reading the Redwall books by Brian Jaques.

Same here, its been a while since I've picked one up though. I always loved the way Jaques made proportions and the general size of different species relevant and important to character personality and development. That being said I loved the shit out of the badgers in that series, I even used to go by Urthstipe on some online games.

oh cool this is still going thanks for all the suggestions I was worried I asked a really dumb question and everyone would think I was an imbecile, or maybe people still think I'm an imbecile but you answered so I'm happy. Anyway I think the redwall series sounds pretty good, I wasn't really certain what kind of books I was expecting so I'm happy with any suggestions.

Doomguy666 said:
oh cool this is still going thanks for all the suggestions I was worried I asked a really dumb question and everyone would think I was an imbecile, or maybe people still think I'm an imbecile but you answered so I'm happy. Anyway I think the redwall series sounds pretty good, I wasn't really certain what kind of books I was expecting so I'm happy with any suggestions.

This is honestly one of the most helpful, genuine places on the web that I've ever seen, which seems rather miraculous, considering what it is at heart.

But yeah, the Redwall books are awesome. The hares are freaking highland Scottish, and the shrews are Slovak gypsies. Plus otters. Lovely otters :3 I recommend that you watch the animated show, which follows the books exactly, and then you'll get an idea of the accents. It has only three seasons, with one book for each, which is how it follows the books perfectly. You should be able to find it at your library, or perhaps on YouTube.

Could try some of these.

http://imgur.com/gallery/SP4XP