The most popular dogs books of 2021

Books about dogs celebrate the best friends we have. Loyal companions, working dogs, rescued strays and dogs who narrate their own stories fill novels and memoirs. They are funny and warm, and they have been known to make grown readers cry on public transport. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

Cover of Red Rover

Red Rover

Christopher Krovatin

Published 2021

240 pages

Cover of Dogwinks True Godwink Stories of Dogs and the Blessings They Bring

Dogwinks True Godwink Stories of Dogs and the Blessings They Bring

SQuire Rushnell, Louise DuArt

Published 2021

304 pages

Cover of Cow Says Meow

Cow Says Meow

Kirsti Call

Published 2021

32 pages

Cover of Ruffles and the Red, Red Coat

Ruffles and the Red, Red Coat

David Melling

Published 2021

32 pages

Cover of I Am Not a Dog Toy

I Am Not a Dog Toy

Ethan T. Berlin, Jared Chapman

Published 2021

40 pages

Cover of Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang

Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang

Paul O'Grady

Published 2021

288 pages

Cover of Dog Diaries

Dog Diaries

James Patterson, Steven Butler, Richard Watson

Published 2021

208 pages

Cover of I'm a Gluten-Sniffing Service Dog

I'm a Gluten-Sniffing Service Dog

Michal Babay, Ela Smietanka

Published 2021

32 pages

Cover of First Friend How Dogs Evolved from Wolves to Become Our Best Friends

First Friend How Dogs Evolved from Wolves to Become Our Best Friends

Kersten Hamilton, Jaime Kim

Published 2021

40 pages

Cover of Only My Dog Knows I Pick My Nose

Only My Dog Knows I Pick My Nose

Lauren Tarshis

Published 2021

48 pages

Cover of Our Oldest Companions

Our Oldest Companions

Pat Shipman

Published 2021

432 pages

Cover of How Dogs Work

How Dogs Work

Daniel Tatarsky

Published 2021

160 pages

Cover of Duck, Duck, Dad?

Duck, Duck, Dad?

Lorna Scobie

2021 · 2022 edition

32 pages

Cover of Pugtato, Let's Be Best Spuddies

Pugtato, Let's Be Best Spuddies

Sophie Corrigan

Published 2021

24 pages

Cover of Disney Before the Story

Disney Before the Story

Disney Books

Published 2021

128 pages

Cover of The Rainy Day

The Rainy Day

Kaya/ Boyd Doi (David (TRN))

Published 2021

40 pages

Cover of Good Dogs on a Bad Day

Good Dogs on a Bad Day

Rachel Wenitsky, David Sidorov

2021 · 2022 edition

224 pages

Cover of Buster

Buster

Caleb Huett

2021 · 2022 edition

336 pages

Cover of Poojo's Got Wheels

Poojo's Got Wheels

Charrow

Published 2021

32 pages

Cover of This Is a Dog Book!

This Is a Dog Book!

Judith Henderson, Julien Chung

Published 2021

40 pages

Cover of Biscuit and the Little Llamas

Biscuit and the Little Llamas

Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories

Published 2021

29 pages

Cover of Pug & Pig and Friends

Pug & Pig and Friends

Sue Lowell Gallion

Published 2021

40 pages

Cover of Larry Gets Lost in the Library

Larry Gets Lost in the Library

John Skewes, Eric Ode

Published 2021

32 pages

Cover of Detective Mole

Detective Mole

Camilla Pintonato

Published 2021

48 pages

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