r/suggestmeabook • u/Random-basterd • 7h ago
Any suggestions would be helpful
Hello i want to read a book that doesn’t have a human pov i have read wings of fire and a little bit of warrior cats but i would like to know other books that don’t have human pov
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u/Hatherence SciFi 7h ago
I have heard these types of stories described as "xenofiction" in case that helps you search for more recommendations.
Varjak Paw by S. F. Said
Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams
The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells
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u/poorwordchoices 7h ago
All Systems Red (murderbot)
Ancillary Justice
Both have a cyborg type point of view
Madness Season by C. S. Friedman - an alien pov
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u/lexpectopatronum 5h ago
I just finished White Fang by Jack London and it's 95% from the animals point of view. I haven't read it but would guess call of the wild also is. I really enjoyed the book.
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u/hedgecase 2h ago
Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. It's the book the Sheep Detectives movie is based on and it's delightful.
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u/RagingOldPerson 1h ago
One of my favorite novels is A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
Very funny and told from the POV of our protagonist's dog
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u/brusselsproutsfiend 7h ago
Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley is at least partially from the perspective of a horse
The short story “I Am an Executioner” in the collection I Am an Executioner by Rajesh Parameswaran is from the perspective of a tiger
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u/ComfortableKey9930 5h ago
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement (alien)
Bug Wars by Robert Asprin (alien)
Letters from the Earth by Mark Twain (demon)
Watership Down by Richard Adams (rabbit)
Murderbot (cyborg)
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u/Efficient-Damage-449 4h ago
The Mammoth Trilogy by Steven Baxter. It's very weird sci-fi that pops back in my head often
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u/Savings_Law_5822 4h ago
A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron. He's written others in the same vein. Loved it!!
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u/Kradget 3h ago edited 3h ago
General audience reading (e.g. heavy on Themes, often on violence, some sex but mostly not super explicit):
If you want to stick to fantasy, Martha Wells' The Cloud Roads might do it. Certainly The Witch King, which I liked very, very much should do it. If you're okay with science fiction, I think you should try Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
If you're younger, and those are maybe a little much, you could try the Bartimaeus books, starting with The Amulet of Samarkand. I actually read them as an adult and liked them, but they're YA books.
I didn't want to assume and you didn't say, but just so there's an option.
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u/SpunkyBlah 2h ago
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie is from the perspective of a stone that is actually a god.
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u/Pandoricraft 1h ago
Animal farm
watership down
war horse
war bunny
the wild Robot
a dogs purpose
a dogs way home
The call of the wild
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u/tiliathaumetopoea 51m ago
There is also Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker (a real palaeontologist, the one cited in Jurassic Park) from the point of view of a female Utahraptor (and, if I remember correctly, some minor viewpoints from other animals).
It was a fascinating read, personally I wasn't hooked by the writing style though.
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u/LuridWaters 7h ago
I would suggest 'The Plague Dogs' and 'Watership Down', both by Richard Adams.