The End of Illness, by David B. Agus, MD
“Mythology of Protein Restriction for Dogs with Reduced Renal Function,” by Kenneth C. Bovée, DVM
“Cat Food for Aardvarks, and Other Zoo Diets,” by Jane E. Brody, New York Times, June 18, 2002
The Lost Language of Plants, by Stephen Harrod Buhner
Dharma, The Revenant, Another Reason I Don’t Own a Gun, and any other work of poetry by Billy Collins
Anatomy of an Illness, by Norman Cousins
The Dog Cancer Survival Guide, by Demian Dressler, DVM and Susan Ettinger, DVM, ACVIM
Sacred Economics, by Charles Eisenstein
Complications, by Atul Gawande
The Loved Dog and 30 Days to a Well-Mannered Dog, by Tamar Geller
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior and Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals, by Temple Grandin (with Catherine Johnson)
The Horse Boy, by Rupert Isaacson
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver
When Antibiotics Fail, by Marc Lappé
A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopold
Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food, by Ann Martin
A Ring of Bright Water, by Gavin Maxwell
Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School, by Dr. John J. Medina
The Jungle Effect, by Dr. Daphne Miller
The Cosmic Serpent, by Jeremy Narby
Earthing, by Clinton Ober, Stephen T. Sinatra, MD, and Martin Zucker
Raw & Natural Nutrition for Dogs, by Lew Olson, PhD
Releasing Your Pet’s Hidden Health Potential, by Dr. Richard Palmquist
The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Food Rules, and In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan
The Tell-Tale Brain, by V. S. Ramachandran
The Element, by Sir Ken Robinson
Dog Heaven, by Cynthia Rylant
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, by Oliver Sacks
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Four Paws, Five Directions, by Cheryl Schwartz
Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals, by Rupert Sheldrake
The Natural Remedy Book for Dogs & Cats, by Diane Stein
The Thurber Carnival (anthology), by James Thurber
Options: The Alternative Cancer Therapy Book, by Richard Walters
Spontaneous Healing, by Dr. Andrew Weil
Charlotte’s Web and The Trumpet of the Swan, by E. B. White
In Defense of Dolphins: The New Moral Frontier, by Thomas I. White, PhD
Manual of Natural Veterinary Medicine, Science and Tradition, by Dr. Susan G. Wynn and Dr. Steve Marsden