17 must-read science books like The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves by Alexandra Horowitz

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The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves

By: Alexandra Horowitz

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“What Mr. Rogers was to children, Alexandra Horowitz is to a wise and patient observer who seeks t…

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1. Cesar Millan's Short Guide to a Happy Dog: 98 Essential Tips and Techniques

By: Cesar Millan

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Now in paperback, this inspirational and practical guide draws on thousands of training encounters … read more

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  • audiobook
  • animals
  • dogs
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
") In nature, a dog's life is very simple. Because dog's realities are formed primarily by the senses, they live moment by moment, and everything is focused on what they need to survive [...] Dogs do …"

-Cesar Millan, Cesar Millan's Short Guide to a Happy Dog: 98 Essential Tips and Techniques

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2. Zak George's Dog Training Revolution: The Complete Guide to Raising the Perfect Pet with Love

By: Zak George , Dina Roth Port

4.24

Format: 240 pages, ebook

A REVOLUTIONARY WAY TO RAISE AND TRAIN YOUR DOGZak George is a new type of dog trainer. A dynamic Y… read more

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  • science
  • animals
  • dogs
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think

By: Brian Hare , Vanessa Woods

3.98

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The international bestseller that reveals the amazing mind of your favourite friend Is your dog … read more

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"It's always a little nerve-wracking when everybody agrees."

-Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think

"During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, doctors recommended lapdogs as a cure for various ladies’ illnesses. For example, holding a dog to the bosom was supposedly a good cure for a weak stomach."

-Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think

"I am not so interested in fancy tricks and what dogs can be trained to do. Instead, I love seeing what dogs do when they see a problem for the first time. What do they understand about the problem? W…"

-Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think

"Clickers do help, but we need to determine exactly when they help and why. I suspect that rather than helping dogs learn faster, clickers make people better trainers. Using a clicker might help owner…"

-Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think

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4. Perfect Puppy in 7 Days: How to Start Your Puppy Off Right

By: Sophia Yin , Lili Chin

4.24

Format: 191 pages, ebook

With 400 photos and a step-by-step plan, this puppy book visually guides you through socialization,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • dogs
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5. For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend

By: Patricia B. McConnell

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The critically acclaimed author of The Other End of the Leash offers fascinating insights into the … read more

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  • audiobook
  • animals
  • dogs
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Wallace: The Underdog Who Conquered a Sport, Saved a Marriage, and Championed Pit Bulls-- One Flying Disc at a Time by Jim Gorant

6. Wallace: The Underdog Who Conquered a Sport, Saved a Marriage, and Championed Pit Bulls-- One Flying Disc at a Time

By: Jim Gorant

3.91

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Timesbestseller The Lost Dogsshares the heartwarming tale of one plucky,… read more

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  • memoir
  • animals
  • dogs
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Art of Raising a Puppy

By: Monks of New Skete

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

The Monks of New Skete THE ART OF RAISING A PUPPY The authors of the classic guide How to Be Your D… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • dogs

8. The Power of Positive Dog Training (Howell reference books)

By: Pat Miller

4.26

Format: 112 pages,

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9. How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend: The Classic Manual for Dog Owners

By: Monks of New Skete

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For nearly a quarter century, How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend has been the standard against which … read more

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10. The Hidden Lives of Owls: The Science and Spirit of Nature's Most Elusive Birds

By: Leigh Calvez

3.80

Format: 25 pages,

A naturalist probes the forest, mainly at night, to comprehend the secret lives of owls in this boo… read more

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11. Before and After Getting Your Puppy: The Positive Approach to Raising a Happy, Healthy, and Well-Behaved Dog

By: Ian Dunbar

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Very few dog trainers have not been influenced by Dr. Ian Dunbar's dog-friendly philosophy. In the … read more

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12. What's a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend

By: John Homans

3.59

Format: 32 pages,

John Homans adopted his dog, Stella, from a shelter for all the usual reasons: fond memories of dog… read more

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13. How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond

By: Cesar Millan , Melissa Jo Peltier

4.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author and star of National Geographic Channel's Dog Whisperer, the only resou… read more

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Cover of Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

14. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

By: Cat Bohannon

4.32

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

15. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

By: Ed Yong

4.47

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive th… read more

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  • science
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"It's ironic that we associate taste with connoisseurship, subtlety, and fine discrimination when it is among the coarsest of senses."

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

"Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of realities fullness. Each is enclos…"

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

"A striking pattern emerged on days with the most intense solar storms, grey whales were 4 times more likely to beach themselves. This correlation doesn't prove that whales have a compass but it stron…"

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

Cover of Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior by Kim Brophey

16. Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior

By: Kim Brophey

4.37

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Every dog owner knows that along with the joy can come the stress and frustration of behavioral pro… read more

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  • science
  • animals
  • dogs
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The imbalance between genetics and a modern environment creates friction and ripple effects for behavioral health."

-Kim Brophey, Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior

"The entire point of ritualized communication, signalling, and threatening behavior in nature is to avoid actual conflicts and altercations. To assume that warnings are just an indication of intent to…"

-Kim Brophey, Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior

"You can deliberately work with him, teaching him (learning) to handle potentially challenging circumstances at this opportune time in his life and development (self). The goal is to get one up on Mot…"

-Kim Brophey, Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior

"This critical period gives us the largest window you will ever have in your dog's life to use learning to compete with the less flexible influences of genetics and the unpredictable and complex natur…"

-Kim Brophey, Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior

Cover of What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman

17. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

By: Jennifer Ackerman

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a… read more

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  • science
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Other Family Doctor: A Veterinarian Explores What Animals Can Teach Us About Love, Life, and Mortality by Karen Fine

18. The Other Family Doctor: A Veterinarian Explores What Animals Can Teach Us About Love, Life, and Mortality

By: Karen Fine

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A tribute to our furry, feathery, scaley, and wet family members, All Creatures Great and Small mee… read more

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  • memoir
  • animals
  • dogs
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show by Tommy Tomlinson

19. Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show

By: Tommy Tomlinson

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Elephant in the Room comes the first inside account … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • dogs
  • audiobook
Cover of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy by Zazie Todd

20. Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy

By: Zazie Todd

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The perfect holiday gift for dog owners: "[a] must-have guide to improving your dog's life" ( Moder… read more

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  • science
  • animals
  • dogs
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger

21. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • science
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

Cover of The Forever Dog: Surprising New Science to Help Your Canine Companion Live Younger, Healthier, and Longer by Rodney Habib

22. The Forever Dog: Surprising New Science to Help Your Canine Companion Live Younger, Healthier, and Longer

By: Rodney Habib

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The Forever Dog has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. read more

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  • audiobook
  • animals
  • dogs
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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"An educated, informed and well-researched community of pet owners can only put more pressure on the pet food industry to be better! When pet owners know better, they will only do better!"

-Rodney Habib, The Forever Dog: Surprising New Science to Help Your Canine Companion Live Younger, Healthier, and Longer

Cover of Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity by Brian Hare

23. Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity

By: Brian Hare

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A powerful new theory of human nature suggests that our unique friendliness is the secret to our su… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
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"This progression is a manifestation of synaptic pruning. When our brains are growing, we make more neurons than we need. As we navigate our lives, solving problems and adapting to different environme…"

-Brian Hare, Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity

Cover of I Am Bunny: How a "Talking" Dog Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About Being Human by Alexis Devine

24. I Am Bunny: How a "Talking" Dog Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About Being Human

By: Alexis Devine

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Social media stars of @WhatAboutBunny, Alexis Devine and Bunny the "talking" dog, deliver a memoir … read more

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  • animals
  • dogs
  • nonfiction
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Cover of The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves by Alexandra Horowitz

25. The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves

By: Alexandra Horowitz

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“What Mr. Rogers was to children, Alexandra Horowitz is to a wise and patient observer who seeks t… read more

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  • nature
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Cover of Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You by Clive D.L. Wynne

26. Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You

By: Clive D.L. Wynne

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“Lively and fascinating... The reader comes away cheered, better informed, and with a new and deepe… read more

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  • audiobook
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  • nonfiction
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"Puppies are born with the genes for love, but it still takes a village to raise a loving dog."

-Clive D.L. Wynne, Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You

"There is a movement in our culture today that equates strength, especially but not only manly strength, with exploiting whatever power one has over others - be it physical strength, elite social stan…"

-Clive D.L. Wynne, Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You

Cover of The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning by A.J. Jacobs

27. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning

By: A.J. Jacobs

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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Cover of Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging by Jessica J. Lee

28. Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging

By: Jessica J. Lee

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A prize-winning memoirist and nature writer turns to the lives of plants entangled in our human wor… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter by E.B. Bartels

29. Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter

By: E.B. Bartels

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An unexpected, poignant, and personal account of loving and losing pets, exploring the singular bon… read more

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  • audiobook
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  • dogs
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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Cover of Puppy Brain: How Our Dogs Learn, Think, and Love by Kerry Nichols

30. Puppy Brain: How Our Dogs Learn, Think, and Love

By: Kerry Nichols

4.53

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

How do you raise a happy, healthy, and emotionally resilient dog? Full of actionable guidance, Pupp… read more

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Cover of The Complete Guide to Bernedoodles: Everything you need to know to successfully raise your Bernedoodle puppy! by David     Anderson

31. The Complete Guide to Bernedoodles: Everything you need to know to successfully raise your Bernedoodle puppy!

By: David Anderson

3.95

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

The Bernedoodle is one of the fastest growing new dog breeds in the world. A cross between a Bernes… read more

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24 best-selling nonfiction books like The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves by Alexandra Horowitz

Transform Your Habits

Cesar Millan's Short Guide to a Happy Dog: 98 Essential Tips and Techniques

Cesar Millan

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Zak George's Dog Training Revolution: The Complete Guide to Raising the Perfect Pet with Love

Zak George , Dina Roth Port

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think

Brian Hare , Vanessa Woods

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Perfect Puppy in 7 Days: How to Start Your Puppy Off Right

Sophia Yin , Lili Chin

4.24

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Transform Your Habits

The Education of Will: A Mutual Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog

Patricia B. McConnell

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

Alexandra Horowitz

3.62

Transform Your Habits

Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals

Temple Grandin , Catherine Johnson

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Finding Gobi: The true story of a little dog and an incredible journey

Dion Leonard

3.86

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