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Books Like A Dog's Purpose

by W. Bruce Cameron · about this book

Loved A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron? If its animal narrator, dogs and reincarnation hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with A Man Called Ove, The Life List and The Knife of Never Letting Go. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside A Dog's Purpose: Animal Narrator · Dogs · Reincarnation · Emotional · Animal Companion

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   A Man Called Ove

   Fredrik Backman

   Tearjerker · Finding Purpose · Heartwarming · Uplifting · Bittersweet

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   The Life List

   Lori Nelson Spielman

   Finding Purpose · Heartwarming · Uplifting · Contemporary Fiction · Tearjerker

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   The Knife of Never Letting Go

   Patrick Ness

   Pet Loss · Dogs · Emotional · First Person Narrator · Series Starter

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   Gather

   Kenneth M. Cadow

   Dogs · Finding Purpose · Contemporary Fiction · Bittersweet · Heartwarming

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   The Dog Stars

   Peter Heller

   Pet Loss · Dogs · Bittersweet · First Person Narrator · Emotional

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   They Both Die at the End

   Adam Silvera

   Tearjerker · Finding Purpose · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional · Bittersweet

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   Assassin's Apprentice

   Robin Hobb

   Pet Loss · Dogs · Bittersweet · Emotional · First Person Narrator

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   All the Lonely People

   Mike Gayle

   Heartwarming · Tearjerker · Uplifting · Bittersweet · Contemporary Fiction

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9. 

   Remarkably Bright Creatures

   Shelby Van Pelt

   Animal Narrator · Heartwarming · Bittersweet · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional

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10. 

    The Midnight Library

    Matt Haig

    Finding Purpose · Pet Loss · Uplifting · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional

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    The Reading List

    Sara Nisha Adams

    Heartwarming · Uplifting · Tearjerker · Contemporary Fiction · Bittersweet

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12. 

    The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

    Gabrielle Zevin

    Heartwarming · Tearjerker · Bittersweet · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional

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13. 

    A Psalm for the Wild-Built

    Becky Chambers

    Finding Purpose · Heartwarming · Uplifting · Series Starter · Emotional

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14. 

    Eyes Turned Skyward

    Rebecca Yarros

    Tearjerker · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional · Bittersweet · First Person Narrator

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15. 

    The Fault in Our Stars

    John Green

    Tearjerker · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional · Bittersweet · First Person Narrator

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16. 

    Becoming Ted

    Matt Cain

    Heartwarming · Finding Purpose · Uplifting · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional

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17. 

    To the Sky Kingdom

    Tang Qi, Tang Qi Gong Zi

    Reincarnation · Tearjerker · Bittersweet · Emotional

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18. 

    The Dead Don't Dance

    Charles Martin

    Emotional · Contemporary Fiction · Bittersweet · First Person Narrator · Series

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19. 

    The Things We Cannot Say

    Kelly Rimmer

    Tearjerker · Emotional · Bittersweet · First Person Narrator · Contemporary Fiction

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20. 

    The Time Traveler's Wife

    Audrey Niffenegger

    Tearjerker · Emotional · Bittersweet · First Person Narrator · Contemporary Fiction

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