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Hello, fellow readers!

A couple of months ago, I read "Watership Down," followed by "Tales from Watership Down" and I loved both! I am looking for another novel by Richard Adams about animals, does anyone have any ideas? I was considering "The Plague Dogs," has anyone read this and if so what did you think of it?

The only books I have read by Richard Adams are the Watership Down books. While I can't recommend another book by the same author, the Redwall series by Brian Jacques is similar to Watership Down. I read the series immediately following Watership Down.

Last year I read Duncton Wood by William Horwood, it is a fabulous book. An epic story of a community of moles, so well written that I felt as though I lived in their tunnels. I’m currently looking for the sequels which tell the stories of the next generations of moles and where their travels take them.

Although he didn’t write the original Wind in the Willows book, William Horwood also wrote a couple of sequels to it.

Only1Cola wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 07:13 Last year I read Duncton Wood by William Horwood, it is a fabulous book. An epic story of a community of moles, so well written that I felt as though I lived in their tunnels. I’m currently looking for the sequels which tell the stories of the next generations of moles and where their travels take them.

Although he didn’t write the original Wind in the Willows book, William Horwood also wrote a couple of sequels to it.

I'll add that one onto my to read list!

I have read all of Adams. All the books are simply terrific but for different reasons. The Girl In A Swing is a haunting ghost story that sticks to you. Maia is my favorite, a gigantic epic that takes place in the same world as the author's Shardik. However Maia should come with a warning label. It is an adult book with all the connotations and baggage that comes with calling it "adult". Frankly, there are portions that are simply pornographic, not at all what you expect from the nice man who wrote about bunnies. But hey, I read this cinder block of a book several times and consider it among the landmarks of the genre.

I have read Watership Down and The Plague Dogs. For whatever reason, near the end of latter novel, I actually was so tense that I literally had to stand up. It was the weirdest thing ever and I've no idea really why. It is a good read and has a similar feel as Watership Down, although probably a little less complex. Adams does a good job, I think, balancing the sentiments he would like the reader to feel towards these animals without being preachy. Having escaped from a laboratory, the dogs are running wild and things really aren't so bad (other than Snitter losing the plastic cover over his exposed brain) until rumors that the dogs are infected with the Bubonic plague are spread and people don't treat them so nicely after that. It's worth the read, in my opinion. Another book he wrote that I have not read is Shardik. It's a massive book and I'm not sure what it was about. Probably good though.