This week’s Top Ten Tuesday [hostedbythebrokeandthebookishtermsandconditionsapply] prompt is Top Ten Books Featuring ___ Characters! I chose to do non-human characters, because I seem to read a lot of them!

- Saga by Brian Vaughan
Omg. If you haven’t read this comic series yet… please. Go and do it now. You can thank me later. *salutes*
- Wonder Woman by William Marston
As Wonder Woman is technically a goddess, I’m definitely including her on this list. Sadly, I haven’t actually read her comic properly yet, although I am already fan because I loved the film.
- Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
This book features Fenris, which are basically like horrific werewolves. Not like the cuddly ones in Harry Potter (okay, so I’m talking about bae in human form, but shh). But still. Definitely very non-human.
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
This is a fantasy book, and it’s beautiful! I absolutely loved it, and I hope you will do. Demons and angels feature in this book, and it’s gorgeous.
- The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
This is a brilliant, hilarious book, and the Wee Free Men are non-human characters, as is the Witch. It is a kids book, but I read it when I was 19 and loved it, and Terry Pratchett is basically universal anyway.
- War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
I mean. The clue is in the title, but this is an incredible book about a horse in WWI. Horses were put through so much during wars, and it’s right that we should honour them!
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusack
Technically, Death isn’t human, so this book is on the list. Again, this is a war book, this time set in WWII, and I honestly don’t know anyone who has read this book and hasn’t liked it.
- Harry Potter by JK Rowling
I couldn’t leave this one out when aforementioned human werewolf is in it. And uh, also in his wolf form. And also there’s Animagi. And Dementors. And, like, a whole bunch of other stuff. The books are pretty good too.
- Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
I don’t think I would’ve thought of this one straight away, despite Wonder Woman being #2 on this list, and yet most of the main characters are gods. Like, duh. Also there’s some creepy Underworld shit going on occasionally.
- Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
Um, hello. DRAGONS.
Okay so this was more of a jokey post, but if you are looking for some books featuring non-human characters, there’s a whole jumble here. From adult, to MG, to YA, and from fantasy to real-life, there’s pretty much something for everyone, and you can’t always say that. Proof that humans really can’t go it alone [coughsostopkillingthegoddamnplanetffscough]. I hope you enjoyed!
Feel free to leave your recs below, because I always love more books to add to my scary book towers.
Until the next time,
Hannah x