Book covers featuring cats

Thought this topic might have come up earlier, but I don't see it?

It might be possible that I purposely traded in one unread copy of Not Wanted on the Voyage for the sake of securing this (more expensive) copy instead, solely so that I could have this cover stare into my soul.

Nice idea. That is not a book I know but I would definitely take a look if I saw that cover :)

I couldn't resist this face when I saw the book in a shop



and this one was a present from a family member shortly after I got my first cat and combines my love of cats and ancient history

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Here is a lovely Paul Gallico book cover:



and here is one of the original Doreen Tovey cat books' covers:



Doreen Tovey is the reason I started keeping Siamese.

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This is a good one.

my favorite:



It's like The Hobbit but the hero is handsome :)

>7 Darth-Heather: I love that book! It's a cat version of Watership Down.

>1 Cecrow: >2 calm: Not Wanted on the Voyage is a good book! I have yet to read something else by the author, but I've been meaning to since.

and my favorite cat picture book story

>4 Zambaco: It is years since I read Thomasina. I'll have to see if I can track down a copy.

>5 Jarandel: That's a great cover on Las Guerre des Clans not a series I have read though

>6 morningwalker: Another cat book I don't recognise. It definitely sounds like an unusual one.

>7 Darth-Heather: and >8 anna_in_pdx: ditto It is a very good book. That's a different cover then mine and the cats are more visible in that one.

>9 LibraryCin: Unfortunately not available at my local library. Another one to look out for

>10 2wonderY: Great title and a second one I never heard of.

>1 Cecrow: >2 calm: >11 calm: Be warned it's not really about cats, though!

>12 LibraryCin: A good book is a good book, even if it isn't about cats :)

>11 calm: It was an unusual one but it was fun imagining all the famous people as cat personalities. I wish I had known more about Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas before I had read it though.

Such wonderful covers! Of course they are working with the most beautiful animals so it's hard to get them wrong....

Book of Night with Moon by Diane Duane (which is also a great book about cat guardians, let's say)

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fixed it.

Welcome galadriel007! That looks like a very cool book.

No one has yet put forth:



Loved that one!

>20 LibraryCin: pretty kitty.

Here's a little known title, well worth reading if you can find a copy:

I've never read that one - and I love Robert Westall. Must find a copy forthwith....

>4 Zambaco: I just went back and realized I had read Cats in the Belfry Hilarious! I should read more of her I will try to get my covers here soon.

It is, isn't it? I am now on my fourth Siamese and Doreen Tovey is right - for sheer bad behaviour they are hard to beat.

Have just ordered a second-hand copy of Blitzcat and am looking forward to reading it Thank you for reminding me about Robert Westall, a brilliant writer of supernatural fiction who was also a great cat lover.

it's really fun, and it's stuck with me over the years.

>5 Jarandel:, the one that got my attention is Divine Endurance, at first for the cover and then for the oddness. I've not read Gwyneth Jones yet.

Divine Endurance is good, but not as cat-centric as the cover promises.

also, Mary Stewart's Touch Not The Cat
doesn't really have much to do with cats, but i read it for th etitle alone

Touch Not the Cat

(so I can get there easily)

thanks, i did edit it based on your reply too.

>32 thornton37814: That is SO pretty!

>33 2wonderY: It's a wordless book and just delightful!

Any more Nicola Bayley fans out there?



It's a lovely children's story too.

Just perused back through the covers posted so far. A good number of them are black cats. Did everyone know yesterday (Aug 17) was black cat appreciation day? :-)

High time they had a bit of appreciation! And here's another black cat on the original Blitzcat cover:

May I recommend ALL the "Cat Sitter" series by Blaize Clement

I have just finished 9th in the series and have ordered 10 & 11.

http://www.librarything.com/series/A+Dixie+Hemingway+Mystery

>42 thornton37814: I love that book, I saw it recently in a bookstore. Lovely illustrations.

>43 anna_in_pdx: I just remembered it had not been posted.

Two excellent books!

I saw this on reddit (r/cats). Yes it's a real book. (I know this doesn't exactly count, but close enough, right?)

>47 neverstopreading: If it's a real book, and you've read all the meows, you can count it!

I love that cover on Thomasina. That was the edition in my house growing up. Thanks!

Forgot about this one until just now.

I like this cover of The Guest Cat:

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

The World According to Bob

The Cat Who Saved Books

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A whole series about a cat who's a detective!
https://www.librarything.com/nseries/323105/Gobbelino-London

>56 Cecrow: I may have to check those out

A Cat’s Guide to Bonding with Dragons

Same cover artist, perhaps!

A few titles from The Folio Society...

• The Pink Fairy Book
• The Nursery Rhyme Book
• Pet Sematary
• Breakfast at Tiffany's
• The Midnight Folk
• In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
• The Best of Saki
• The Master and Margarita
• The Folio Book of Children's Poetry (with glow-in-the-dark varnish)

I started this book today...

>5 Jarandel: The cat that ate the Furniture? Oh dear. I'm thinking that doesn't end well for anyone!!! And I'm trying to figure out which of Braun's titles was translated that way... Must be some idiom I don't know.

>7 Darth-Heather: I adore this book. Clearly Tad Williams spent MANY hours watching his cat.

>56 Cecrow: These are truly wonderful books! Gobbelino is a feline detective to be reckoned with, be he ever so small.

>54 Cecrow: I loved those books! They were all great. I hope James Bowen is doing OK.

ETA: I have book covers I could add but I can't remember how to get the image and not just the link.

Horace Walpole's Cat, by Christopher Frayling:

Several experts weigh in on the reissue of Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams:
https://www.facebook.com/dawbooks/posts/pfbid02aqsAKN9taMwSbkrCrzXWsFDiJbEFSBs6L...

>67 Cecrow: Lovely experts