Looking for an interesting series, where the books are written from animals point of view. Kind of like Orwell’s Animal Farm, but more fantasy / sci-fi / action.
We may follow a group of fighting turtle, or a rat’s journey to home after getting lost, things like that. If taking example from movies, Ant Z is an example.
Any recommendations?
Redwall book series
But I read them back when I was a kid. Not sure how it holds up to adult readers
Thanks, will check out some reviews to see if they hold up for adults. Or will just get them for my kid.
There’s also a TV series I just found out about.
I can’t recommend it as I’ve never watched it.
But I will probably check it out. Nostalgia and everything etc etc
I’m 31. Not that it matters btw. Just remember reading this book series like crazy growing up.
To be honest I can’t recommend them highly enough
I absolutely tore through them when I was in grade school
I love reading about all the different species and their outlooks from Redwall Abbey
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Only adult one I can think of is Tailchaser’s Song by Tad Williams (cats). There’s a ton of these for kids, though; here’s a few I’ve read:
- Redwall series by Brian Jacques (forest critters; I found it repetitive after the first few, but ymmv)
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien (rats)
- Stewart Little by E.B. White (mouse)
- Charlotte’s Web by by E.B. White (pig)
Edit: Sorry, I derped on the scifi/fantasy/action aspect of the request; the E.B. White books don’t fall into that category.
Watership Down by Richard Adams deserves a mention I think. It’s not exactly a series, but it did get a sequel. Richard Adams also wrote The Plague Dogs and Shardik. Shardik doesn’t actually take the POV of the animals, but Lord Shardik is a mythical bear that is kind of a main character. I haven’t read The Plague Dogs yet, and only learned about it while checking my spellings for this comment, but everything else.by Adams that I’ve read has been amazing.
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton is amazing, although the follow up isn’t as good.
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time is also amazing, though, again, the follow up isn’t as good.
If singular books are OK, there’s Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr by John Crowley.
I could give more titles because I love books from the animal perspective, but these are my sci-fi/fantasy recs. I also second Watership Down.
