17 Top nonfiction books like My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines by Gwen Cooper

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My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

By: Gwen Cooper

4.18

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate the human-feline bond with all its joys, mysteries, and life-changing moments.Gwen Cooper…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines by Gwen Cooper , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. My Trip Down the Pink Carpet

By: Leslie Jordan

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Emmy Award-winning actor, playwright, and gay icon shares his personal story from his childhood… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Jordan's My Trip Down the Pink Carpet book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Cat Who Came for Christmas (Compleat Cat #1) by Cleveland Amory, Edith Allard

2. The Cat Who Came for Christmas (Compleat Cat #1)

By: Cleveland Amory , Edith Allard

3.79

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Tis the night before Christmas when a self-described curmudgeon rescues a bedraggled feline from a … read more

Similar categories in Cleveland Amory's The Cat Who Came for Christmas (Compleat Cat #1) book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • animals
  • cats
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind."

-Cleveland Amory, The Cat Who Came for Christmas (Compleat Cat #1)

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3. Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat

By: David Dosa

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable cat. A special gift. A life-changing journey.They thought he was just a cat. When Osca… read more

Similar categories in David Dosa's Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • biography
  • memoir
  • animals
  • cats
  • nonfiction
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4. Dewey's Nine Lives: The Legacy of the Small-Town Library Cat Who Inspired Millions

By: Vicki Myron

4.22

Format: 432 pages,

The cat that captured America's hearts returns, to share more of his special brand of magic. Dewey:… read more

Similar categories in Vicki Myron's Dewey's Nine Lives: The Legacy of the Small-Town Library Cat Who Inspired Millions book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • biography
  • memoir
  • animals
  • cats
  • short stories
  • nonfiction

5. The Christmas Cat

By: Melody Carlson

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

After years abroad, Garrison Brown returns home to Vancouver to build a new life. When his beloved … read more

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6. Strays: A Lost Cat, a Homeless Man, and Their Journey Across America

By: None

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For fans of A Street Cat Named Bob and Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World,Stra… read more

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7. The World According to Bob: The Further Adventures of One Man and His Street-wise Cat

By: James Bowen

3.79

Format: 477 pages, Paperback

'Since Bob has appeared, I've made huge strides in my life. For more than a decade I was a homeless… read more

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8. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

By: Vicki Myron , Bret Witter

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for … read more

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9. Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet

By: John Bradshaw

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Cats have been popular household pets for thousands of years, and their numbers only continue to ri… read more

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10. Three Little Words: A Memoir

By: Ashley Rhodes-Courter

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Sunshine, you're my baby and I'm your only mother. You must mind the one taking care of you, but s… read more

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11. The Snow Queen

By: Hans Christian Andersen , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Reprinted here for the first time since the 19th century, these color illustrations by T. Pym make … read more

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12. You Should Smile More

By: Anastasia Ryan

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Vanessa Blair is fired because of her "resting bitch face," her friends help her launch a reve… read more

Similar categories in Anastasia Ryan's You Should Smile More book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • humor
"Her voice was really faint like she was about to fall asleep. “Is this what heaven is like? Kittens everywhere?"

-Anastasia Ryan, You Should Smile More

"When you’re young and you imagine your future, you don’t picture a short man wearing gladiator sandals and gripping a whistle forcing you to run around a meeting room to stay employed."

-Anastasia Ryan, You Should Smile More

"Kittens were the worst. They climbed your pants and smelled bad and didn’t know how to behave. They lured guys you liked into your apartment and then ruined your chances at a relationship. They were …"

-Anastasia Ryan, You Should Smile More

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13. I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

By: Glynnis MacNicol

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When you’re a woman smack in so-called “middle age” you are not promised anything at all other than… read more

Similar categories in Glynnis MacNicol's I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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14. Northwoods

By: Amy Pease

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The dark underbelly of an idyllic Midwestern resort town is revealed in the aftermath of a murder w… read more

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"Besides, I have my pepper spray." When his expression turned skeptical, she looked at him as if he was utterly clueless. "I'm from Chicago," she said, slowly, as if explaining something to a backward…"

-Amy Pease, Northwoods

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15. Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe

By: Carl Safina

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A moving account of raising, then freeing, an orphaned owl, whose lasting friendship with the autho… read more

Similar categories in Carl Safina's Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • biography
  • memoir
  • animals
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"As the offspring of Platonist-Abrahamic de-enchantment of nature, science bears the birth scar of a world unvalued. Through a kind of emotionally detached childhood, science grew strong but felt litt…"

-Carl Safina, Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe

"A forest is not just a bricolage of trees; it is an immensity of functional relationships and feedbacks whereby each thing makes other things possible within the dynamic and constantly adjusting suit…"

-Carl Safina, Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe

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16. Entrances and Exits

By: Michael Richards

4.12

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more

Similar categories in Michael Richards's Entrances and Exits book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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17. Buried Deep

By: Margot Hunt

3.28

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 2 hours and 38 minutes In this pulse-pounding short thriller, Maggie Cabot ref… read more

Similar categories in Margot Hunt's Buried Deep book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • short stories
Cover of Breaking Free From Broke: The Ultimate Guide to More Money and Less Stress by George Kamel

18. Breaking Free From Broke: The Ultimate Guide to More Money and Less Stress

By: George Kamel

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

America has become the land of the free and home of the broke. Household debt is at an all-time hig… read more

Similar categories in George Kamel's Breaking Free From Broke: The Ultimate Guide to More Money and Less Stress book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • nonfiction
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19. The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival

By: Amra Sabic-El-Rayess

4.52

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The stunning memoir of a Muslim teen struggling to survive the Bosnian genocide--and the stray cat … read more

Similar categories in Amra Sabic-El-Rayess's The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • biography
  • memoir
  • animals
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"We like to see our enemies as fairy-tale villains, thoroughly wicked. But Tata sees nuances. He sees people, not causes or countries. It's the right way of looking at the world, I know. But unpopular."

-Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival

Cover of My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me by Caleb Carr

20. My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me

By: Caleb Carr

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The #1 bestselling author of  The Alienist,  Caleb  Carr , tells the extraordinary story of Masha, … read more

Similar categories in Caleb Carr's My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • biography
  • memoir
  • animals
  • cats
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Little Black Book (Bibliophile Mystery, #15) by Kate Carlisle

21. Little Black Book (Bibliophile Mystery, #15)

By: Kate Carlisle

4.21

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright is on the case when a rare edition of Reb… read more

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Cover of The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers by Peter Lovesey

22. The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

By: Peter Lovesey

3.25

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Eighteen delightful holiday short stories by some of your favorite Soho Crime authors! This captiva… read more

Similar categories in Peter Lovesey's The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • short stories
  • anthologies
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23. Familiaris

By: David Wroblewski

4.21

Format: 979 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling modern classic The Story of Edgar Sawtel… read more

Similar categories in David Wroblewski's Familiaris book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • animals
"Suppose you could do one impossible thing."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"Time is a snake-oil remedy if you ask me. Some wounds just keep hurting as bad as they ever did. That's what I think."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"John once claimed that the way to convince a person to do something outlandish was to ask them to do something even more outlandish."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"You can never watch too many pups climb through the straw for the first time, but there are just so many dogs you can bear watch to die."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

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24. Bono: The Amazing Story of a Rescue Cat Who Inspired a Community

By: Helen Brown

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Helen Brown comes a funny and moving account of her life-cha… read more

Similar categories in Helen Brown's Bono: The Amazing Story of a Rescue Cat Who Inspired a Community book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • biography
  • memoir
  • animals
  • cats
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"Though I was familiar with the wigged tycoon who fired people on TV, it was clear nobody was ever going to take the man seriously. Not when he owned a fifty-eight-story building with a top floor mark…"

-Helen Brown, Bono: The Amazing Story of a Rescue Cat Who Inspired a Community

Cover of Thrill of the Hunt ("Sister" Jane, #14) by Rita Mae Brown

25. Thrill of the Hunt ("Sister" Jane, #14)

By: Rita Mae Brown

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A blackmailer targeting wealthy members of “Sister” Jane Arnold’s club has turned the hunters into … read more

Similar categories in Rita Mae Brown's Thrill of the Hunt ("Sister" Jane, #14) book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

Cover of Decoding Cats: Inside the Feline Mind by Kristyn Vitale

26. Decoding Cats: Inside the Feline Mind

By: Kristyn Vitale

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

One minute they’re purring next to us, the next they’re attacking our toes, yet for all their myste… read more

Similar categories in Kristyn Vitale's Decoding Cats: Inside the Feline Mind book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • cats
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27. My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

By: Gwen Cooper

4.18

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate the human-feline bond with all its joys, mysteries, and life-changing moments.Gwen Cooper… read more

Similar categories in Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • animals
  • anthologies
  • cats
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook

28. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

By: Jesselyn Cook

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more

Similar categories in Jesselyn Cook's The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • nonfiction
Cover of Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy by Brian Tyler Cohen

29. Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy

By: Brian Tyler Cohen

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the first content creator to interview President Biden, leading progressive voice Brian Tyler … read more

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  • nonfiction
"These are manipulation tactics happening at the hands of the very people whom voters have been groomed to trust. Republicans may claim to hate the Democrats, but frankly there is no one they have mor…"

-Brian Tyler Cohen, Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy

Cover of Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir by Mary L. Trump

30. Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir

By: Mary L. Trump

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller! A New York Times Nonfiction Book to R… read more

Similar categories in Mary L. Trump's Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir book and Gwen Cooper's My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

5 must-read humor books like My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines by Gwen Cooper

Transform Your Habits

My Trip Down the Pink Carpet

Leslie Jordan

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Cat Who Came for Christmas (Compleat Cat #1)

Cleveland Amory , Edith Allard

3.79

Transform Your Habits

You Should Smile More

Anastasia Ryan

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Entrances and Exits

Michael Richards

4.12

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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James

Percival Everett

4.54

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The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

4.14

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Colm Tóibín

3.82

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