Magickal Cat Books

This list contains books that involve cats and either a magickal or fantasy component. Some of them are not overtly magickal in nature, but they reveal the natural magick that cats possess, captivating us, including kitty humor.

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Non-fiction, Folklore and Mythology

• Mystic Cats: A Celebration of Cat Magic and Feline Charm by Roni Jay
• Cat in the Mysteries of Religion and Magic by M. Oldfield Howey
• The Cat in Magic, Mythology, and Religion by M. Oldfield Howey
• The Secret Lore of the Cat by Fred Gettings
• Cult of the Cat (Art and Imagination Series) Nicholas J. Saunders
• Catwitch by Lisa Tuttle
• The Everlasting Cat by Mildred Kirk
• The Secret Life of Cats by Robert De Laroche, Jean-Michel Labat
• The Archetypal Cat by Patricia Dale-Green
• The Lion Sneezed: Folktales and Myths of the Cat by Maria Leach, Ed, Helen Siegl
• Catspells: Cat Magic Through the Ages by Claire Nahmad
• Cats Incredible! : True Stories of Fantastic Feline Feats by Brad Steiger
• Purr-Fect Shiatsu : Tender Touches for the 90's Cat by Jeffrey Ranbom, Darren Ching (Illustrator), Hirotoshi Narikawa alternative healing for cats)
• Catlore by Desmond Morris
• Cats in Fact and Folklore by Virginia C. Holmgren
• Folktale Cat by Frank De Caro (Editor)
• Catlore: Tales from Around the World by Marjorie Zaum
• Cat Tales: Folk Tales by Malachi McCormick
• The Tribe of Tiger: Cats and Their Culture by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
• Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds by Joy Adamson
• The Man-Eaters of Tsavo: The Incredible True Story That Inspired the Motion Picture 'the Ghost and the Darkness by J. H. Patterson

Fiction & Fantasy

• Night Monkeys by Dana Simson
• Old Possum's Book of Cats by T.S. Eliot
• The Fur Person by Mae Sarton (I just loved this book, it's a memoir of a much loved cat and his humans -Zaratyst)
• Catswold Portal by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
• The Cat Who Walked Through Walls by Robert Heinlein
• Cat Magic by Whitley Strieber
• Cat's Magic by Margaret Greaves
• Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams
• The Time Travelling Cat by Julia Jarman
• Catfantastic Series by Andre Norton, Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)
• No One Noticed the Cat by Anne McCaffrey
• The Sword of Samurai Cat by Mark Rogers This is just one book in a huge Samurai Cat series,
• Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason and Gareth by Lloyd Alexander
• The Cinder-Eyed Cat by Eric Rohmann
• The Ghattis Tale (Finder-Seekers, Book One) by Gayle Greeno (part of a trilogy about a telepathic cat-like race)

Humor

• Cat by Brian Kilban (a classic!)
• A Cat's Guide to the Millennium: Spiritual Paths for the Enlightened Cat by Stefanie Samek,
• French for Cats: All the French Your Cat Will Ever Need by Henry Beard, John Boswell, Gary Zamchick (Illustrator)
• The Rules for Cats: The Secret to Getting Free Catnip for Life by Leigh Anne Jasheway

Juvenile

• The Witch's of Worm by Zipha Keatley-Snyder
• Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, Theodore Seuss Geisel
• Children's series which includes: Clan Ground, Ratha and Thistle-Chaser, Ratha's Creature, Ratha's Challenge by Clare Bell
• The Cat's Purr by Ashley Bryan
• King of the Cats by Paul Galdone
• Once There Was a Cat by E. W. Dolch
• How the Manx Cat Lost Its Tail by Janet Stevens
• Boy, the Cat and the Magic Fiddle by Tamara Kitt

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