Hi Lee!

It depends on what type of fiction you enjoy.  I read a lot of
cat oriented mysteries, like "The Cat Who" series by Lillian
Jackson Braun,
"The Stinky Pie Brown" books by Rita Mae and Stinky Pie Brown,
"The Joel Grey" mysteries by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
"The Midnight Louie" books by Carole Nelson Douglas

Then there are some good fantasy series/anthologies (mostly out
of print, darn it)

"Cat Fantastic" a series of 6 short story anthologies edited by
the late Andre Norton
"The Witch World" books (I never had a chance to read them but
I've read other of Norton's work and like it)
"The Chanuur" books by C. K. Cherryh very intricate but good work
"The Summoning series" by Tanya Huff.  a lot of humor involved
with this 3 book series which includes a cat with a outrageous
attitude as a facilitator/familiar for a couple of sisters who
correct mistakes that come through from the nether world.

I'm sure that there are other great books out there and that more
people will have ideas that both of us can dig out teeth into.

Pam S.

Here's a good one: "My Cat Spit McGee", by Willie Morris. It's not
fiction, but it's a memoir, so it reads like fiction (ie, it's a story).
It's about a guy who disliked and was afraid of cats as a boy, but when
he grew up, he married a cat lover, so suddenly he was living with cats.
He himself became a cat person when he rescued a newborn kitten from
nearly suffocating (during the birth), and he and that cat became bonded
for life. A very sweet and charming story.

(I don't know how "well-known" Morris is, but he also wrote "My Dog
Skip", which became a popular movie.)

Joyce

Akif Pirincci's "Felidae" *a crime novel with cat characters) is
good, BUT be warned that it's pretty dark and serious.

Pirincci isn't famous for much else (there is a sequel, "Felidae
on the Road", which I haven't read yet).

Doris Lessing's "Memoirs of a Survivor" might be worth a try (one
of its main characters is a half-cat half-dog).  Lessing has also
done a book about the cats she's owned.  She is a very strange
writer with something to infuriate everybody - I think that's the
point.

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On Jul 9, 12:02 am, Rockinghorse Winner <rockingho...@deadtime.com>
wrote:

I would recommend most highly <The Door into Summer> by Robert
A.Heinlein. The cat involved, Petronius Arbiter or Pete, is great,
better than the protagonist. It is SF, so take that into account. This
past Saturday was Mr. Heinlein's centenial, although he found his own
door into summer a few years ago. His love of cats was evident at all
tiimes.

Will in New Haven

--

"Never try to out-stubborn a cat" - Robert A. Heinlein

"I am not stubborn, Mr. Heinlein, I am just in charge." - Feather

Try "The wanderer" by Fritz Leiber, a SF book
where a cat race casually almost destroys Earth
and uses the Moon for fuel.
No ISBN number known.
Also:
"The cat who walks through walls" by Robert A Heinlein
ISBN 0-450-39315-7 (BRITISH LIBRARY C.I.P)
OR
ISBN 0-450-39315-1 (NEW ENGLISH LIBRARY SCIENCE FICTION)