can anyone recommend a good fantasy book based around an animal or creature?
can anyone recommend a good fantasy book based around an animal or creature?
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Realm of the Elderlings, alot of animal stuff in that but it’s not from the perspective of an animal
The Redwall series is pretty good
I love Redwall. I got books signed by Brian Jacques as a kid.
Redwall was my favorite!
Ariel by Boyett!
This book is one of my all time favourites x
The sight by David Clement-davies has been one of my favorites for years
Same!
Watership Down by Richard Adams. One of the best novels I’ve ever read period
The Slime series by Outspan Foster
Assassins apprentice
Mercedes Lackey her work in Valdemar has a lot with animals.
Way of the shaman. He becomes a dragon
realm of the elderlings by robin hobb. start at assassins apprentice.
absolutely incredible series with incredibly real, deep, and well fleshed out characters. there’s not a whole lot of battles or anything like that in the books but they’re still absolutely amazing. i actually just finished the series myself about a week ago.
I love these books so much. I’m finished with two of her trilogies. About to start the third. For me it will be Liveship Traders. I just finished Tawny Man.
liveship was slow but ended up being good. firs and the fool was amazing though!!
Catfantastic is a collection a short cat-themed stories and there were several anthologies published.
Another favorite was “A Breed to Come” by Andre Norton (a long time ago). Also cat-themed.
See a trend? 🤣 You should see my actual shelf. 😹😻
Shadows of the apt is humans with insect traits it’s really good
The Great Zoo in China, Earthcore – those are two creature books I’ve read recently
Check out Earthcore by Scott Sigler
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/303110
Check out The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21535767
The summoner series by taran matharu . Great series that goes through a whole world of people who can summon and control demons etc . I really enjoyed it
My boys are reading and loving those books right now
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Laini Taylor Daughter Of smoke and bone series is based around mythical creatures
Fire Bringer
The Sight
Fell
By David Clement Davies
They are amazing. Very watership down type. Ive read them all so often. Im on my 4 copy of Fire Bringer x
Redwall series is animals
cant get any better than Watership Down.,
Plague Dogs
Duncton Wood
REDWALL
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Classic series, spans 52 epic books!
I guess you could call the castle in Tuesday’s at the Castle a magical creature.
My daughter reads one about cats. It’s called warriors
People that shift into dragons?!?! The Requiem series by Daniel Arenson.
For children Orville Mouse!
Warriors
Spellsinger series by Alan Dean Foster.
The Kindred Chronicles – Origins Unknown, has a strong emphasis on creatures.
Temeraire or His Magesty’s Dragons by Naomi Novik
A Natural History of Dragons (A Memoir by Lady Trent) by Marie Brennan
Tailchaser’s Song~Tad Williams.