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Shiloh Skye

Writer, Editor, Dog

If you're looking for a furry book to start with, you've come to the right place! Just select your favorite genre to find three books to choose from. I've read all of these books and can highly recommend them.

Young Audiences

Supernatural/Horror

Transgender Fiction

Straight Fiction

Short Story Anthologies

Magical Realism

Lesbian Fiction

Fantasy

Wolf of Withervale

Joaquín Baldwin

Adults Only

• Epic Fantasy

• Queer

• Transformation

A young man discovers a legendary mask fabled to have the power to transform people into animal half-forms, just as the mysterious domes that dot the continents of Noss begin to open.

The Tower and the Fox

Tim Susman

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• Alternate History

• Colonial America

• Magic Academy

When Kip, a fox ‘calation’ with a strong gift for magic, attempts to enroll at the local college of sorcery, he’ll need to rely on his friends, his family, and his own power to overcome the humans who are hell bent on stopping him.

Elancia Chronicles

Leilani Wilson & Emma Caruthers

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• Sword-and-gun

• Action-packed

• Transgender

In a world torn asunder by the gods, Verse, an apathetic former pirate with a memory shot full of holes, finds himself accidentally embroiled in a holy war.

Sci-Fi

Game of Life

Rob MacWolf & Alex Vance

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• Multiverse
• Alternate lives
• Queer
• Guilt & Mistakes

An extremely hot and charismatic cheetah finds he has the power to travel through the multiverse on a whim, visiting infinite alternate lives as he runs from his own mistakes.

Traitors, Thieves, and Liars

Rick Griffin

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• Space travel

• Colony ship

• Conspiracy

The Geroo are an enslaved race, forced to scour space for exploitable planets for their draconic overlords, until one ship, the White Flower II, stumbles upon an opportunity to escape by conspiring with a band of pirates.

Far Flung

Utunu

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• Character-driven

• Semi Slice-of-life

• Psionic Powers

• Gay polyamory

In a colony of fennecs and hyenas on a barren planet, three friends work to keep the extent of their psionic powers a secret, lest they be separated from each other and shipped off to another world.

Historical

HeartTheft

Rukis

• Enemies to lovers

• Crisis of faith

• Nonbinary

Adults Only

In a setting inspired by the 18th-19th century, an Akita templar’s hunt for a notorious serval thief results in a crisis of faith and an unexpected romance.

When the World was Young

The Furry Historical Fiction Society

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• Short Stories

• Anthology

• Historical Fiction

What if history was a bit furrier? This collection of short stories from acclaimed furry authors explores that very question.

The Tower and the Fox

Tim Susman

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• Alternate History

• Colonial America

• Magic Academy

When Kip, a fox ‘calation’ with a strong gift for magic, attempts to enroll at the local college of sorcery, he’ll need to rely on his friends, his family, and his own power to overcome the humans who are hell bent on stopping him.

Magical Realism

Green Fairy

Rukis

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• Ghosts

• Gay Identity

• High School

• Baseball

As a wolf named Saul struggles with being gay in a bigoted town and appealing to his family’s high expectations, he begins experiencing strange events that seem to be connected to a fox dancer from the 17th century.

Two Souls of Fangcrest Manor

Domus Vocis & Fruitz

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• Gay Romance

• Historical

• Paranormal

An English beagle and a fruit bat are brought together by the discovery of their past lives. Together, they set out to uncover the story of their Victorian counterparts.

Fairy Tales

Robin

• Lesbian Romance

• Witchcraft

• Autumn Vibes

Tamara is a witch with a busy schedule cleaning up magical mishaps in the lands around her home. She has no time for romance. That is, until she meets Maddie — an enchanting tabby cat with a rare affinity for the supernatural.

Young Audiences

Tales of Scales

Michael Miele

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• Dragons
• Kobolds
• Short Stories

A draconic cyborg builds a spaceship. An adventurer falls in love with the dragon he’s sent to slay. A group of kobolds form a workers union. Here are 10 wildly creative dragon stories from Nenekiri Bookwyrm.

Legacy

Hugo Jackson

• High Fantasy

• Action-packed

• Crystal magic

A sorceress fox is forced into a journey to stop an evil empire from discovering the apocalyptic power locked in an ancient city. Along the way she’ll make many friends, and just as many enemies.

Axinstone

J.F.R. Coates

• Dragons

• Magic

• Adventure

When the Axinstone, a powerful magical artifact, is stolen away from dragonkind by human thieves, a young dragon must journey into human territory on a suicide mission to take the stone back.

Supernatural/Horror

The Dry Spell

Ryan Loup-Glissant

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• Vampires

• Werewolves

• Prohibition-era

Adults Only

A doe vampire, a wolf investigator, a fox mob-enforcer, and a rabbit steel magnate become entangled in the supernatural forces of prohibition-era Chicago. There will be blood.

Windfall

Tempe O'Kun & Slate

• Straight Romance

• Quirky and Witty

• Strange town

Adults Only

Two former actors from a canceled paranormal TV series meet up again in the town that inspired the show. But something strange is happening in Windfall, and they find themselves chasing real paranormal happenings, as well as each other.

The Blood of Life

NightEyes DaySpring

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• Vampires

• Gay Romance

• Conspiracy

Adults Only

A vampiric fox falls in love with a leopard as he investigates the fraught history of his family. Soon he discovers that hunters are pursuing him, and for far more mysterious reasons than just putting a stake through his heart.

Gay Fiction

I read a lot of these...

God of Clay

Ryan Campbell

• Afrocentric
• Fantasy
• Gay

Ages 18+ for explicit sexual content

The series I can’t stop talking about. In this Afrocentric fantasy series, a human is stolen away from his village by a leopard god who seeks to discover why the evil humans of legend are encroaching on his forest.

Scars of the Golden Dancer

NightEyes DaySpring

• Romance
• Gay
• Arabian setting

Ages 18+ for explicit sexual content

Winner of the 2022 Cóyotl Award for Best Novel. In a desert land, a hyena sellsword saves a jackal prostitute from a violent and tragic life, but the hyena’s past begins to catch up with him.

Gravitational Pull

Ty Fox

• College
• Trauma
• Relatable

Ages 18+ for explicit sexual content

Skyler is a chemistry student who can hardly wrap his head around the trauma he’s suffered in his life, until he meets a supportive Coyote named Ryan who helps him start to recover.

Lesbian Fiction

This one's for the girls

Fairy Tales

Robin

• Romance
• Lesbian
• Witchcraft
• Autumn vibes

Rated PG-13 for mild sexual references

Tamara is a witch with a busy schedule cleaning up magical mishaps in the lands around her home. She has no time for romance. That is, until she meets Maddie — an enchanting tabby cat with a rare affinity for the supernatural.

The Sky Pirate's Prisoner

John R. Robey

• Fantasy
• Sky ships
• Magic

Rated PG-13 for violence

A student of magic is kidnapped by sky pirates on her way to university, and catches the eye of a feline pirate who has taken her prisoner.

The Turning

Arilin Thorferra

• Modern Gods
• Lesbian
• Macro/Micro
• Vore

Rated PG-13 for violence and suggestive elements

Moira, the goddess of love and war, accidentally transforms three mortals into goddesses, and chaos ensues as a divine corporation seeks to usher in an oppressive new world order.

Transgender Fiction

Trans Rights are Human Rights

Induction

Syntax Takes

• Transgender
• Romance
• Supervillains

Rated R for suggestive sexual content

A wolf struggles with gender dysphoria while training as a superhero, but a curious tabby cat begins challenging her perspective. The first published novel in the Korps Universe.

Elancia Chronicles

Leilani Wilson & Emma Caruthers

• Sword-and-gun
• Action-packed
• Transgender

Rated R for sex and violence

In a world torn asunder by the gods, Verse, an apathetic former pirate with a memory shot full of holes, finds himself accidentally embroiled in a holy war.

Werewolves Versus: Suburbia

Edited by Angela Quinton

• Werewolves
• Short Stories
• Transgender

Rated R for sex and violence

One of a series of short story anthologies largely focusing on viewing lycanthropy through the lens of the trans experience.

Straight Fiction

Yes, they exist

Windfall

Tempe O'Kun & Slate

• Supernatural
• Straight
• Romance

Ages 18+ Only
For explicit sex and artwork

Two former actors from a canceled paranormal TV series meet up again in the town that inspired the show. But something strange is happening in Windfall, and they find themselves chasing real paranormal happenings, as well as each other.

The Eternal Party

H. "Dark End" Townsend

• BDSM
• Straight
• Magic
• Romance

Ages 18+ for explicit sexual content

A tabby cat becomes trapped within a magical house where felines are magically compelled to obey the commands of canines.

Kinky Erotica

The Sexy Stuff

Of Late Belonging

Rob MacWolf

• BDSM
• Slave Play
• Romance
• Gay

Ages 18+ for explicit sexual content

A wolf named Roy lives a lonely life, desperate for a place to belong. His life takes an unexpected turn when he meets Grant, a promiscuous older Puma who's who's ready to change Roy's life for the better... by making him his slave.

Drone

Bill Siracusa

• Hypnosis
• Gay
• Thriller

Ages 18+ for explicit sexual content

In the alaskan wilderness, a drone known as 04 lives in a compound of hypnotised men who serve an otter known as Master. But when 04’s conditioning starts to break down, he begins to investigate who he was and how this hypnotic compound came to be.

The Eternal Party

H. "Dark End" Townsend

• BDSM
• Straight
• Magic
• Romance

Ages 18+ for explicit sexual content

A tabby cat becomes trapped within a magical house where felines are magically compelled to obey the commands of canines.

Short Story Anthologies

Discover new writers and their awesome stories

When the World was Young

The Furry Historical Fiction Society

• Short Stories
• Historical Fiction

Rated R for sex and violence

What if history was a bit furrier? This collection of short stories from acclaimed furry authors explores that very question.

Tales of Hayven Celestia

Edited by Rick Griffin and Gre7g Luterman

• Sci-fi
• Action-packed

Ages 18+ for sexual content

A collection of short stories taking place in Rick Griffin’s expansive Haven Celestia sci-fi universe.

Gods with Fur

Edited by Fred Patten

• Mythology
• Magic
• Religion

Rated PG-13 for sexual references

A collection of short stories about gods and mythologies, both real and original.

Transformation

Transforming into animals and animal people

A Chronicle of Lies

Abraham C. Carson

• High fantasy
• Portal fantasy
• Dragon TF

Rated R for violence/body horror

A schizophrenic college student is pulled into a dark, magical world and transformed into a dragon. Believing it’s all a product of his broken mind, he rebels against his new reality as he tries to find a way home.

My Remise

Koda Copeland

• Portal fantasy
• Gay Romance
• Bear TF

Ages 18+ for explicit sexual content

After a disastrous wrestling match ruins Artbe’s future, he’s pulled into a world of beasts, transformed into a horned bear, and thrust into a conspiracy to overthrow a tyrannical empire.

The Morning After

Edited by J.F.R. Coates

• Short Stories
• Various TFs

Ages 18+ for explicit sexual content

Transformation is a story by itself. But what happens after the body has finished changing? What does life look like with a body no longer your own? A collection of short stories by acclaimed furry authors about life after transformation.

Superheroes

And supervillains...

Indigo Nights

Leonardo Urso

• LGBTQ+
• Character-rich
• Post-superhero

Ages 18+ for explicit sexual content

When a superhero team experiences the death of their leader, the team fractures, and each strikes out on their own. Years later, their past resurfaces, forcing the changed team to reunite.

Induction

Syntax Takes

• Transgender
• Romance
• Supervillains

Rated R for suggestive sexual content

A wolf struggles with gender dysphoria while training as a superhero, but a curious tabby cat begins challenging her perspective. The first published novel in the Korps Universe.

Dissolution

Runa Fjord

• Transgender
• Action-packed
• Supervillains

Rated R for suggestive sexual content

When a plot to destroy the Korps threatens to tear apart the state of Texas, a villainous rabbit and a heroic draft horse team up in an action-packed race to prevent an all-out war between heroes and villains.

Mystery

Clues and Killers...

The Mysterious Affair of Giles

Kyell Gold

• Murder Mystery
• Agatha Christie
• Historical
• Lesbian

Rated PG-13 for sexual suggestiveness

Ellie Stone, a clever weasel and assistant cook, navigates gossip, deception, and hidden agendas to solve the murders of aristocrats in post-World War II England.

Reaper's Lottery

Gre7g Luterman

• Sci-Fi
• Murder Mystery

Rated PG-13 for violence

From Rick Griffin's Hayven Celestia universe. When Tori's best friend is framed for a string of murders abort the Reaper's Harvest III, she'll uncover dangerous secrets as she races against the clock to find the real killer.

Action

High octane adrenaline

Shadow Cast

R.A. Meenan

• Magepunk
• Magitech
• So many explosions

Rated PG-13 for violence

On the planet Zyearth, a team of magic-wielding planetary defenders investigates the appearance of a new enemy whose powers are unlike anything they’ve seen before.

The Turning

Arilin Thorferra

• Modern Gods
• Lesbian
• Macro/Micro
• Vore

Rated PG-13 for violence and suggestive elements

Moira, the goddess of love and war, accidentally transforms three mortals into goddesses, and chaos ensues as a divine corporation seeks to usher in an oppressive new world order.

Dissolution

Runa Fjord

• Transgender
• Action
• Supervillains

Rated R for violence and sexual suggestion

When a plot to destroy the Korps threatens to tear apart the state of Texas, a villainous rabbit and a heroic draft horse team up in an action-packed race to prevent an all-out war between heroes and villains.

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