Book description
New York Times bestselling author Susan Wilson is back another signature heartwarming audiobook—one that begs the question: Can a dog lead the way to finding one's humanity?
After spending years in prison for a crime she didn’t intend to commit, Rose Collins is suddenly free. Someone who knows about the…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Dog I Loved as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Who doesn’t love a good dog story? Not I! This novel had me with the dog depicted on its cover.
It’s about a wheelchair-bound war veteran, Meghan, and a woman newly released from prison, Rose, who are connected by the dog they both love. Rose trains the dog, Shark, while she’s incarcerated as part of a prison program. Meghan adopts Shark after he graduates the program as a service dog. When the two women meet, they form a deep bond as they each struggle to rebuild their shattered lives.
For me, the mark of a good book is when I…
If you love The Dog I Loved...
December on 5C4
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
Want books like The Dog I Loved?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like The Dog I Loved.
Share your top 3 reads of 2025!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,299
readers submitted
so far, will you?
📚 If you like The Dog I Loved, you might also like...
Raggedyland
An auctioned storage locker comes with a box of Raggedy Ann books and a dresser drawer stuffed with grisly momentos. A small college town in Georgia is now ground zero for a mind-bending cold case.
Local journalist James Murphy wishes he had never bought the storage unit which either contains…
Selkie Moon
We are all surrounded by darkness. And we are all drawn to the light.
The Orkney Islands north of Scotland are steeped in stories of selkies, seal folk who swim in cold ocean waters and shed their skins to sing and dance on land.
One young girl named Isla uses…
