For Valentine's Day, Tana and I are happily talking about some of our favorite books with our favorite dogs, because the love of a dog is the purest love there is. We focus on modern books but pull from fiction, nonfiction, romance, memoirs, and children's books, and we will let you know if the dog dies. If ever in question and you need to know before committing to something, you can check www.doesthedogdie.com to find out if you'll need privacy, tissue and pet hugs or if it's safe to read while in public.
Discussed:
The Friend, by Sigrid Nunez (Dog: Apollo, may or may not die, ending ambiguous)
London's Number One Dog Walking Agency, by Kate MacDougall (Many dogs, one dies)
Love Story of Missy Carmichael, by Beth Morrey (Dog: Bob, dies)
Ten Thousand Doors of January, by Alix E. Harrow (Dog: 'Bad, does not die)
Lessons In Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus (Dog: 6:30, does not die)
My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry, Fredrik Backman (Dog: The Wurse, dies)
Once There Were Wolves, Charlotte McConaghy (Dog: wolf pack, some die)
Under the Whispering Door, by TJ Klune (Dog: Apollo, is a ghost)
Daily Coyote, by Sherve Stockton (Dog: Charlie the coyote, does not die)
Mongrel, by Steven Graham Jones (Dog: family of werewolves, do not die)
Stay, by Allie Larkin (Dog: Joe, does not die)
Fairy Tale, by Stephen King (Dog: Radar, doesn't die in the story, but does in the epilog)
Mountaintop School For Dogs, by Ellen Cooney (Dog: many, none die)
Ryder Creed series, by Alex Kava (Dog: many, none die in book 1)
Bernie and Chet series, by Spencer Quinn (Dog: Chet, does not die)
Andy Carpenter series, by David Rosenfelt (Dog: Tara, does not die)
Mrs. Murphy series, by Rita Mae Brown (Dog: many)
No Ordinary Dog, by Will Chesney (Dog: Cairo, dies)
War Dogs, by Rebecca Frankel (Dog: many, some die)
Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech (Dog: Sky, dies)
Before You Were Mine, Maribeth Boelts (Dog: two of them, one dies, one does not die)
