Xenofictional Literature

Literary works that take the point of view of normal or intelligent animals, or nonhumanoid aliens, with particular attention to differences in perception or outlook.

Keep in mind that Xenofiction is not synonymous with anthropomorphic.

If you can replace the non-humans with (maybe superpowered) humans without too much trouble, it's probably not Xenofiction. Beast Fables and works about Funny Animals are, in general, not examples.


 * After Man a Zoology of The Future
 * The Animals of Farthing Wood
 * Black Beauty
 * The Book of the Dun Cow
 * The Book of Night with Moon
 * The Book of the Named
 * The Call of the Wild
 * The Crucible of Time
 * Dinotopia
 * Duncton Quest
 * Duncton Wood
 * Ender's Game: Though not really explored until the end of the first book. The sequels are pretty hardcore xenofiction, on the other hand.
 * Eye of the Wolf
 * Fire Bringer
 * Highsong: A science-fiction novelette that features a sapient dolphin's POV as she fights a Horde of Alien Locusts.
 * The Firebringer Trilogy
 * Firekeeper
 * The Fox and The Hound
 * Frightful's Mountain and its sequels.
 * Guardians of ga Hoole
 * Julie of the Wolves
 * Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future: Features the POV of various species of future humans, some of them just like us, some radically different, some not even sapient.
 * Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
 * Peep the Mouse: A story by Vitaliy Bianki, about a non-sapient mouse.
 * The Plague Dogs
 * Professor Mmaas Lecture
 * Quintaglio Ascension
 * Raptor Red
 * Runt
 * Seeker Bears
 * The Sight
 * Silverwing
 * Snot Stew
 * Survivors
 * Tailchasers Song
 * Uplift
 * Warrior Cats
 * Watership Down
 * White Fang
 * The Wolf Chronicles