Dog breeds featured in books I have read

The following are a list of dog breeds that have been featured in books that I've read. While some
of the books may have included other breeds along the way, I've picked only the breeds that are
featured in each. Not included here are books that are on dogs in general or books that feature
a large variety of breeds. The list is organized alphabetically.

* The dog of that particular breed is a minor character in the book.

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Akita
Martha Sherrill: Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain [memoir]

Australian Shepherd
Annie Mack: The Lost Dogs of Shoretown: A Koko the Canine Detective Mystery [fiction]
Karen Shanley: Dogs of Dreamtime [memoir]

Basenji
Carol Lea Benjamin: This Dog For Hire [fiction -- mystery]

Beagle
Kristen Von Kreisler: For Bea: The Story of the Beagle Who Changed my Life [memoir]
Emily Yoffe: What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner [memoir] 

Bloodhound
Karen Delise: The Pit Bull Placebo: The Media, Myths, and Politics of Canine Aggression [non-fiction]

Border Collie
Pamela S. Dennison: Bringing Light To Shadow: A Dog Trainer's Diary [non-fiction]
Valerie Hobbs: Sheep [young adult fiction]
Richard Hooton: Soldier Hollow [fiction]
Jon Katz: A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life [memoir]
Jon Katz: A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me [memoir]
Jon Katz: The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me [memoir]
Jon Katz: Izzy & Lenore [memoir]
David Kennard: A Shepherd's Watch: Through the Seasons with One Man and His Dogs [memoir]
David Kennard: The Dogs of Windcutter Down: One Shepherd's Struggle for Survival [memoir]
Betty Levin: Look Back, Moss
Betty Levin: That'll Do, Moss
Donald McCaig: The Dog Wars: How the Border Collie Battled the American Kennel Club [non-fiction]
Donald McCaig: Nop's Trials [fiction]
Donald McCaig: Nop's Hopes [fiction]
Donald McCaig: A Useful Dog [non-fiction]
Sharon Northrup: Tam: A Border Collie  [fiction]
Elisabeth Rose: For the Love of a Dog: A Memoir [memoir]
Roy Saunders: Sheepdog Glory: The Story of a Working Border Collie [memoir]
Patti Sherlock: A Dog For All Seasons: A Memoir [memoir]
Barbara Sykes: Understanding Border Collies [non-fiction]

Collie
Leslie O'Kane: Play Dead  [fiction -- mystery]
Leslie O'Kane: Ruff Way to Go [fiction -- mystery]
Leslie O'Kane: Give the Dog a Bone  [fiction -- mystery]

Dachschund
Merrill Markoe: Nose Down, Eyes Up [fiction]*

Dalmatian
Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff: Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale [memoir]*

Doberman
Karen Delise: The Pit Bull Placebo: The Media, Myths, and Politics of Canine Aggression [non-fiction]
Thomas Healy: I Have Heard You Calling in the Night [memoir]

English Pointer
Justine van der Leun: Marcus of Umbria [memoir]

Flat-Coated Retriever
Merrill Markoe: Nose Down, Eyes Up [fiction]

Fox Terrier
Richard Adams: The Plague Dogs [fiction]
Lee Charles Kelley: Like a Dog With a Bone [fiction -- mystery]

German Shepherd Dog
Karen Delise: The Pit Bull Placebo: The Media, Myths, and Politics of Canine Aggression [non-fiction]
Melissa Cleary: A Tail of Two Murders [fiction -- mystery]
Barrie Hawkins: Tea and Dog Biscuits: Our First Topsy-Turvy Year Fostering Oprhan Dogs [memoir]
Allie Larkin: Stay [fiction]

Golden Retriever
Donna Ball: Rapid Fire [fiction -- mystery]
Donna Ball: Gun Shy [fiction -- mystery]
Donna Ball: Smoky Mountain Tracks [fiction -- mystery]
Mark Doty: Dog Years: A Memoir [memoir]
Dean Koontz: A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog [memoir]
Mike Lingenfelter and David Frei: The Angel by My Side: The True Story of a Dog Who Saved a Man...and a Man Who Saved a Dog [memoir]
Leslie O'Kane: Give the Dog a Bone [fiction -- mystery]

Great Dane
Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff: Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale [memoir]

Irish Wolfhound
Pam Houston: Sight Hound [fiction]

Labrador Retriever
John Grogan: Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog [memoir]
Jon Katz: Izzy & Lenore [memoir]
Annie Mack: The Lost Dogs of Shoretown: A Koko the Canine Detective Mystery [fiction]
Anna Quindlan: Good Dog. Stay. [memoir]

Lurcher
Stephen Foster: Walking Ollie [memoir]

Malamute
Susan Conant: A New Leash on Death [fiction -- mystery]
Susan Conant: Dead and Doggone [fiction -- mystery]
Susan Conant: A Bite of Death [fiction -- mystery]
Susan Conant: Paws Before Dying [fiction -- mystery]
Susan Conant: Bloodlines [fiction -- mystery]

Papillon
Geneveive Fried: Memoirs of a Papillon: The Canine Guide to Living with Humans without Going Mad [fiction]

Pit Bull
Carol Lea Benjamin: This Dog For Hire [fiction -- mystery]
Karen Delise: The Pit Bull Placebo: The Media, Myths, and Politics of Canine Aggression [non-fiction]
Jim Gorant: The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption [memoir]
Diane Jessup: The Dog Who Spoke With Gods [fiction]
Merrill Markoe: Walking in Circles Before Lying Down [fiction]
Susan Wilson: One Good Dog [fiction]

Poodle (Standard)
Laurien Berenson: A Pedigree To Die For [fiction -- mystery]
John Steinbeck: Travels with Charley: In Search of America [memoir]

Shetland Sheepdog
Robert Rodi: Dogged Pursuit: My Year of Competing Dusty, the World's Least Likely Agility Dog [memoir]
Karen Shanley: Dogs of Dreamtime [memoir]*

Silky Terrier
Leslie O'Kane: Ruff Way to Go [fiction -- mystery]*

Siberian Husky
Leslie O'Kane: Ruff Way to Go [fiction -- mystery]*

Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
Juliette Cunliff: Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier: Kennel Club Dog Breed Series [non-fiction]
Annie Mack: The Lost Dogs of Shoretown: A Koko the Canine Detective Mystery [fiction]

Yorkshire Terrier
Cindy Adams: The Gift of Jazzy [memoir]

Mutts of various types and sizes
Karen Derrico & Susan Chernak McElroy: Unforgettable Mutts: Pure of Heart; Not of Breed [non-fiction]
Mark Doty: Dog Years: A Memoir [memoir]
Jay Kopelman: From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava [memoir]
Randy Grim: Miracle Dog: How Quentin Survived the Gas Chamber to Speak for Animals on Death Row [memoir]
Mark R. Levin: Rescuing Sprite [memoir]
Merrill Markoe: Nose Down, Eyes Up [fiction]
Ann M. Martin: A Dog's Life: An Autobiography of a Stray [young adult fiction]
Farley Mowat: The Dog Who Wouldn't Be [memoir]
Barbara O'Connor: How to Steal a Dog [young adult fiction]
Florence Petheram: Word: A Real Dog Locked in a Shelter Cage for Eight Years Until... [memoir]
Margaret Marshall Saunders: Beautiful Joe [fiction]
Garth Stein: The Art of Racing in the Rain [fiction]
Karen Ann Wilson: Circle of Wolves [fiction -- mystery]*

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