The best books about relationships between human and non-human animals

Book cover of George Book cover of Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship Book cover of Raising Hare Book cover of Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness Book cover of Alfie and Me

The best books that convinced me to stop eating octopus salad

Book cover of Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness Book cover of Inky's Amazing Escape Book cover of The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness Book cover of Emile: The Helpful Octopus Book cover of The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology

The best books to change the way you think about the minds of other animals

Book cover of Animal Liberation Now: The Definitive Classic Renewed Book cover of Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility Book cover of What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins Book cover of The Mind of a Bee Book cover of Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

The best speculative fiction books with soul

Book cover of Modern Nature Book cover of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Book cover of Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness Book cover of Under the Skin Book cover of Borne

The best books on animal intelligence – from aliens to octopuses

Book cover of Can Fish Count? What Animals Reveal about Our Uniquely Mathematical Minds Book cover of If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals about Human Stupidity Book cover of Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness Book cover of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Book cover of Solaris

The best science books about way more than science

Book cover of To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death Book cover of The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How to Tell Them Better Book cover of The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design Book cover of Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness Book cover of The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds

The best books on what animals feel and think

Book cover of Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect Book cover of Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness Book cover of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Book cover of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel Book cover of An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

The best books on how we “make ourselves” through meaningful engagement with objects and people

Book cover of Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness Book cover of The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason Book cover of How Things Shape the Mind: A Theory of Material Engagement Book cover of The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction Book cover of Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing

The best books about natural history

Book cover of Ten Million Aliens: A Journey Through the Entire Animal Kingdom Book cover of Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness Book cover of The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology Book cover of The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century Book cover of Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis

Want books like Other Minds?

Our community of 13,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Other Minds.

Book cover of The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds Book cover of Solaris Book cover of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Book cover of What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins Book cover of The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness Book cover of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel

Browse books like Other Minds

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in octopus, evolution, and behavior?

Octopus 23 books
Evolution 166 books
Behavior 66 books