Recommended Reading
BEHAVIOR
- Muriel Beadle, The Cat: A complete AuthoritativeCompendium of Information about Domestic Cat. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1977.
- John W. S. Bradshow. The Behavior of the Domestic Cat, Oxford: C.A.B. International, 1992.
- Paul Leyhausen. Cat Behavior: The Predatory and Social Behavior of Domestic and Wild Cats, tr. Barbara Tonkin. New York: Garland STPM Press, 1979 (orig. pub. in German, 1956).
- Roger Tabor. The Wild Life of the Domestic Cat, London: Arrow Books, 1983.
- Dennis C. Turner and Patrick Bateson, eds. The Domestic Cat: The Biology of Its Behavior, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998 (2nd ref.ed., 2000, contains new chapters).
- Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, Catnip Newsletter, a monthly newsletter for Caring Cat Owners, www.catnipnewsletter.com.
- Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats, a journey into the feline heart, Ballatine Books, New York.
CARE AND ADVICE
- Michael W. Fox, Understanding Your Cat, New York: Bantam, 1977.
- Ingrid Newkirk, 250 Things You Can Do to Make Your Cat Adore You, New Yori: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
- Roger Tabor, Understanding Cats, London: David & Charles, 1995.
- David Taylor, You and Your Cat, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.
GENERAL
- Roger A. Caras, A Cat is Watching: A Look at the Way Cats See Us. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
- Paul Gallico, The Silent Miaow, New York: Crown, 1964.
- Frances and Richard Lockridge, Cats and People, New York; Kodansha, 1996 (orig. pub. 1950).
- Howard Loxton, The Noble Cat: Aristocrat of the Animal World, Auckland: David Bateman, 1990.
- Ida M. Mellen, The Science and the Mystery of the Cat, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1949.
- Fernand Mery, The Life, History and Magic of the Cat, tr. from the French by Emma Street, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1968.
- Desmond Morris, Cat World: A Feline Encyclopedia, New York: Penguin, 1997.
- Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, The Tribe of Tiger: Cats and Their Culture, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
- Cal Van Vechten, The Tiger in the House, New York: Dorset Press, 1989 (orig. pub. 1952).
