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An engaging, affectionate exploration that transforms how you look at the dog resting at your feet. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The intelligence of dogs.
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The Dog's Mind
Bruce Fogle
A warm, scientifically grounded window into the sensory and cognitive world of your best friend.
- 02
The other end of the leash
Patricia B. McConnell · 2002
A paradigm-shifting exploration of the human-canine bond that asks us to look at our own behavior before we judge our dogs.
- 03
The Dragons of Eden
Carl Sagan · 1977
A poetic, mind-expanding journey into the deep evolutionary history of human consciousness.
- 04
The prehistory of the mind
Steven J. Mithen · 1996
An intellectual expedition into the deep past to uncover how early humans learned to think, speak, and create.
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Frans de Waal
A mind-expanding journey that dismantles human arrogance and replaces it with a profound awe for the hidden genius of the natural world.
- 06
Cesar's way
Cesar Millan
A reassuring, pragmatic guide that teaches you as much about your own energy as it does about your dog's behavior.
- 07
How to raise the perfect dog
Cesar Millan
A reassuring, practical guide that feels like having a seasoned behaviorist coaching you through the chaotic joy of puppyhood.
- 08
How to live with a neurotic dog
Stephen Baker
A deadpan, illustrated field guide to the exhausting, sleep-deprived life of the modern household dog.
- 09
Animals in translation
Temple Grandin · 2005
A paradigm-shifting look at the world through a uniquely tuned sensory lens, revealing the hidden emotional and cognitive lives of animals.
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The secret of our success
Joseph Patrick Henrich
A paradigm-shifting exploration that dismantles the myth of the lone genius to reveal the true superpower of our species: our collective brain.
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Fifteen Dogs
André Alexis
A bittersweet, philosophical fable that explores the heavy, beautiful burden of human consciousness through the eyes of a pack of dogs.
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Why we love dogs, eat pigs, and wear cows
Melanie Joy
A paradigm-shifting exploration of the invisible belief systems that shape our most basic daily choices.
