7 Top animals books like Cow Hug Therapy: How the Animals at the Gentle Barn Taught Me about Life, Death, and Everything in Between by Ellie Laks

Cover of Cow Hug Therapy: How the Animals at the Gentle Barn Taught Me about Life, Death, and Everything in Between by Ellie Laks

Cow Hug Therapy: How the Animals at the Gentle Barn Taught Me about Life, Death, and Everything in Between

By: Ellie Laks

4.21

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

The inspirational story of the compassionate and wise animals of the Gentle Barn and how they becam…

If you liked the animals plot in Cow Hug Therapy: How the Animals at the Gentle Barn Taught Me about Life, Death, and Everything in Between by Ellie Laks , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Insatiable (Insatiable, #1) by Meg Cabot

1. Insatiable (Insatiable, #1)

By: Meg Cabot

3.43

Format: 451 pages, Hardcover

Sick of hearing about vampires? So is Meena Harper. But her bosses are making her write about t… read more

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"This,"

-Meg Cabot, Insatiable (Insatiable, #1)

"I did,"

-Meg Cabot, Insatiable (Insatiable, #1)

"I like 'em big. And stupid. Don't tell my husband."

-Meg Cabot, Insatiable (Insatiable, #1)

"It's simple, really," Alaric Wulf said. " Lucien Antonescu is the prince of darkness." Jon nodded. "Yeah," he said. "We know. He's got a castle and stuff."

-Meg Cabot, Insatiable (Insatiable, #1)

2. The Night Sister

By: Jennifer McMahon

4.00

Format: 139 pages,

Once the thriving attraction of rural Vermont, the Tower Motel now stands in disrepair, alive only … read more

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3. Wish Me Home

By: Kay Bratt

3.44

Format: None pages,

In her first work of contemporary women's fiction, bestselling author Kay Bratt draws on her own li… read more

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Cover of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

4. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

By: Margaret Renkl

4.37

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more

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Cover of A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney

5. A Heart That Works

By: Rob Delaney

4.62

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

New York Times  Bestseller *  The New Yorker   Best Books of 2022 *  Entertainment Weekly  Best Boo… read more

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"I felt like I was being asked to find an individual lentil in a warehouse that a tornado had just torn through"

-Rob Delaney, A Heart That Works

"Why don't you just leave open the possibility that others love you, whether you like it or not, and that the people who'd like you to stick around aren't, to a man, wrong."

-Rob Delaney, A Heart That Works

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6. Shadow Falls (Detective Madison Harper, #1)

By: Wendy Dranfield

4.36

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

You thought your little girl was safe at summer camp. You were wrong… The little girl drags her … read more

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7. The Book of Doors

By: Gareth Brown

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go? In New York City, bookseller Cassie An… read more

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"It's not the number of books that matters, is it? It's what one does with them."

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

"One does not look at a dog and assume it is the only animal to exist. ~ Edmund Fox"

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

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8. Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

By: Laurie Zaleski

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring and moving memoir of the author's turbulent life with 600 rescue animals. Laurie Z… read more

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"That was the end of church for Mom. She retained custody of the kids, and Dad got custody of God."

-Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

"Many years ago, I made up my mind that, even if a person is 95 percent bad, you focus on the 5 percent that's good and decent---that's what you hold on to."

-Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

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9. You Deserve Good Gelato (Dk Eyewitness)

By: Kacie Rose

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In her inimitably funny and feel-good way, social media star Kacie Rose offers a refreshingly hones… read more

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10. Unsheltered

By: Barbara Kingsolver

3.64

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A timely novel that interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and c… read more

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"Unsheltered, I live in daylight. And like the wandering bird I rest in thee."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered

"Thatcher wondered what task could be more wearisome than shoring up a stupid man’s confidence in his own wisdom."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered

"Teaching struck Willa as a saintly calling, especially given the pay. But even saints shouldn't be stuck with intro classes forever."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered

"First they would stagger, then grow competent, and then forget the difficulty altogether while thinking of other things, and that was survival."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered

Cover of Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma by Galit Atlas

11. Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma

By: Galit Atlas

4.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning psychoanalyst Dr. Galit Atlas draws on her patients' stories—and her own life experie… read more

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12. Magic Lessons (Practical Magic, #0.1)

By: Alice Hoffman

4.22

Format: 396 pages, Hardcover

In an unforgettable novel that traces a centuries-old curse to its source, beloved author Alice Hof… read more

Similar categories in Alice Hoffman's Magic Lessons (Practical Magic, #0.1) book and Ellie Laks's Cow Hug Therapy: How the Animals at the Gentle Barn Taught Me about Life, Death, and Everything in Between

"Never watch another woman burn"

-Alice Hoffman, Magic Lessons (Practical Magic, #0.1)

"For some, witchery was a choice, but not for them."

-Alice Hoffman, Magic Lessons (Practical Magic, #0.1)

"Desire, if handled incorrectly, could become a curse."

-Alice Hoffman, Magic Lessons (Practical Magic, #0.1)

"You feel your heart and bones and blood. You wait for him like a bird in a cage."

-Alice Hoffman, Magic Lessons (Practical Magic, #0.1)

Cover of Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe by Carl Safina

13. 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

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"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

Cover of The Joyful Vegan: How to Stay Vegan in a World That Wants You to Eat Meat, Dairy, and Eggs by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

14. The Joyful Vegan: How to Stay Vegan in a World That Wants You to Eat Meat, Dairy, and Eggs

By: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Finding plant-based recipes? Easy. Dealing with the social, cultural, and emotional aspects of bein… read more

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  • animals
Cover of In an Instant by Suzanne Redfearn

15. In an Instant

By: Suzanne Redfearn

4.35

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Life is over in an instant for sixteen-year-old Finn Miller when a devastating car accident tumbles… read more

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Cover of The Cursed (Coven of Bones, #2) by Harper L. Woods

16. The Cursed (Coven of Bones, #2)

By: Harper L. Woods

3.69

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Betrayal. He was the deception waiting in the night; the truth I never saw coming. After a lifet… read more

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Cover of Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir by Brianna Madia

17. Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

By: Brianna Madia

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning and triumphant memoir, the author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Ver… read more

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18. High School

By: Tegan Quin

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

High School is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, identical twin… read more

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"I had never considered what it would be like to be in love until I was in it."

-Tegan Quin, High School

Cover of Happily Ever Esther: Two Men, a Wonder Pig, and Their Life-Changing Mission to Give Animals a Home by Steve       Jenkins

19. Happily Ever Esther: Two Men, a Wonder Pig, and Their Life-Changing Mission to Give Animals a Home

By: Steve Jenkins

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling authors and loving owners of Esther the Wonder Pig, comes a mem… read more

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Cover of Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity by Justin Baldoni

20. Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity

By: Justin Baldoni

4.13

Format: 368 pages, ebook

A gripping, fearless exploration of masculinity  The effects of traditionally defined masculinit… read more

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Cover of Cow Hug Therapy: How the Animals at the Gentle Barn Taught Me about Life, Death, and Everything in Between by Ellie Laks

21. Cow Hug Therapy: How the Animals at the Gentle Barn Taught Me about Life, Death, and Everything in Between

By: Ellie Laks

4.21

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

The inspirational story of the compassionate and wise animals of the Gentle Barn and how they becam… read more

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19 Best audiobook books like A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney

Transform Your Habits

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

3.99

Transform Your Habits

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Sloane Crosley

3.91

Transform Your Habits

A Living Remedy: A Memoir

Nicole Chung

4.01

Transform Your Habits

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Ann Napolitano

4.16

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