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Re: Best wolf/werewolf books you've read?

Post by 7KodaWolf7 » Sun Aug 28, 2016 4:13 pm

I adore the Nightshade series. :wolf:
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Re: Best wolf/werewolf books you've read?

Post by Harmonie 780 » Sun Dec 04, 2016 10:55 pm

I think the best wolf book I've read so far is Firstborn by Tor Seidler. The story is really good, though its not very realistic in some aspects but I would still definitely recommend it. It happens mostly in Yellowstone (or around it) and the pack is kind of a rag-tag group of wolves who eventually learn to deal with each other, some more than others though. Its told through Maggie the magpie, and her adventures with a wolf called Blue Boy and his pack.

Another book I have but have yet to read is "The hidden life of Wolves" By National Geographic. I've only skimmed through it so far (sadly time to read is hard to come by :( ) and its a little outdated because they use terms like alpha and beta and such to describe the pack they're following, which is the Sawtooth pack. Its very interesting though from the small pieces I've read, and the pictures are fantastic. There's also a lot about wolf life, pups, wolves' re-introduction to Yellowstone, almost everything you could think of. I would recommend it if you were interested in learning more about wolves and their daily lives.

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Re: Best wolf/werewolf books you've read?

Post by Nek0chan » Tue Nov 10, 2020 8:25 am

"Call of the Wild" by Jack London. :wolf: It was my first wolf book, In fact.

I guess Twilight by Stephanie Meyer counts too, right ? I mean, it has werewolves... :P
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Re: Best wolf/werewolf books you've read?

Post by Windstrider » Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:59 pm

I used to love the Wolves of the Beyond series as a kid, I'm actually getting back into it a bit now all these years later. While they're not entirely realistic (aside from the fantasy elements, obviously), both the realistic and nonrealistic elements are interesting and pretty well-written. Of course there's definitely some messed-up and sad things in that series, and as an adult going back and rereading them, the messed-up things are so much worse to me now and just have me like...oof. Good lord!

One of the best ones I've read though, and one that really shows pack, is the Wolf Brother series. The only 'hierarchy' stuff going on in that one is, of course, hunting/protecting/organizing type hierarchy, not the brutal-for-no-good reason, unrealistic, excessive 'hierarchy' of some media like WoTB. I like WoTB (the books, not the horrible, cruel, trainwreck society of the wolf clans because Good Lord Yikes; while there is some good, in other ways they are little to no better than the outclanners). However, while wolves are wild animals with fangs and are not 'uwu fluffy puppy,' they tend to not be that self-destructively brutal irl, and they tend to be families led by a breeding pair instead of how people previously thought they were. Which makes sense; a brutal, cruel, 'dictatorship' ruled by violence and infighting doesn't exactly bode well for survival (of either the individuals, the pack, or the species). If there's just fighting, cruelty, and violence, how would they ever accomplish anything like hunting or raising young?

Please correct me if I'm wrong, as I stumbled across this years ago and don't even have the link anymore, but there was an article about how, in one of the rare occasions for a non-typical wolf pack structure, the wolves eventually deposed their dictator-like, cruel 'leader,' and one of the pack members became the new leader, and the pack led a productive life with no in-fighting after the cruel wolf was eventually gotten rid of. So on the rare occasions that something like that happens, it looks like they correct the problem if they are able to, and again that makes sense, because a 'leader' is really no good if all she does is attack and terrorize her own packmates.
Edit: Found the link to it, it's called "The Druid Wolf Pack Story" and this article is on PBS: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/in-the- ... story/209/
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Re: Best wolf/werewolf books you've read?

Post by DaniBeez » Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:33 pm

I enjoy the How to Be a Werewolf webcomic. It's more about people than werewolves per se, but there are lots of werewolves!
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