Hoping to learn more about your dog's breed? Or maybe you want to research all the most popular breeds to find out which is best for you or your family. Whatever the case may be, this book on more than 200 dog breeds will be incredibly insightful. It offers synopses on sporting dogs, hounds, working dogs, terriers, toy dogs, herding dogs, and more. With over 800 photos and 920 pages of content, it's considered to be the "AKC's Bible of Dogs."

Considering not all dog breeds are recognized by the AKC (yet!), this dog breed book encompasses 420 breeds to peruse. In addition to showcasing basic info, this popular dog book reveals training and overall care advice, too. Each breed is outlined by key points of their appearance, height range, weight range, colors, origin, and life span, along with a short summary. Then, toward the end of the book, readers will find helpful advice detailing how to navigate the first days of dog ownership, house training, potty training, and more.

As if 420 breeds weren't enough, this top-rated dog book outlines over 450 dog breeds. Every breed listed includes photos, an overall description, key physical characteristics, coat colors, common medical problems, and temperament issues. The latter helps readers better understand which dogs will be best around children, in busy environments, and so on. Each of the 450 dogs is categorized into scent hounds, herding dogs, guarding dogs, sporting dogs, terriers, companion dogs, and more.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if dogs could talk? While they can't use words, their body language does say a lot. Of course, if you don't know what to look for, you won't know how to read their behavior. Thankfully, this popular book uses photos and descriptions to share what many common dog stances mean—whether it's that a dog is happy, sad, excited, anxious, threatened, and so on.

Touted as "A Dog Lover's Guide to Understanding Your Best Friend," this book is designed to be a "practical instruction manual" on dog body language. "Misreading doggie body language makes life challenging for dogs and their humans," the description reads. "This small but mighty book is your perfect illustrated guide to seeing and understanding the subtle visual cues and interpreting the behaviors used by your beloved pup to express how they're feeling."

Have you ever wondered how your dog views the world? Or have you ever contemplated how much of what you say they actually understand? "The Dog's Mind" will help you better grasp all of that and more. The 222-page book takes a deep dive into the psychology of dog behavior to help dog owners better understand their companions. The book is considered to be "comprehensive yet condensed," and will likely make you want to research even further into the facets of your pup's inner-thinking.

Suffice it to say, every dog owner's goal is for their pup to be well-behaved. In reality, owning a well-behaved dog requires a lot more than wishing. This book by celebrity dog trainer Cesar Millan outlines how to communicate with your dog and how to humanely train them in the process. The book incorporates positive reinforcement and clicker training, and how to use your dog's own natural inclinations to inform better behavior. After all, when your dog chooses to make a good choice that will always be more beneficial than trying to force them to do so.

Here we have a dog training book by celebrity dog trainer Zak George. Tagged as "The Complete Guide to Raising the Perfect Pet with Love," this book encompasses tips on choosing the right dog for you, selecting the right vet for them, how to choose nutritious dog food, and how to handle common dog behavior issues, like biting, leash pulling, potty training, chewing, and more. Best of all, each topic has corresponding videos on YouTube to further your education on the topic.

If you have kids, you'll want them to know how to handle living in a house with a pup, too. After all, your dog should take commands from everyone living in the house, not just you. This book makes dog training digestible for kids, with a variety of illustrations that showcase how to care for a pup in fun and effective ways. The book offers entertaining games, chore schedules for feeding, walking, and potty breaks, how to teach tricks, and more.

Training a dog takes time, but with the proper technique, it doesn't have to take eons to get right. This dog training book reveals a detailed 5-week strategy for raising a very well-behaved pup. The book is all about positive reinforcement and no-fail techniques that author Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz used herself to train White House dog, Bo Obama, among many other notable and everyday dogs. Best of all, this technique only requires 20-minute training seshes every day.

Agility is a popular dog sport that allows dogs to get out their energy while also giving them an outlet to do what they do best: Run and jump around. This book reveals how to establish a true partnership with your dog in an effort to become ultimate agility champions. It underlines the importance of reward systems, handling skills, and more. By the end of the book, readers will have a firm understanding of how to integrate their furry friend into the world of agility.

Agility isn't solely focused on your dog's skills. You have to be willing to embrace the challenge, too. This agility book illustrates that concept by targeting training to both the pup and the handler. It relies heavily on the idea of positive reinforcement and outlines how to incorporate it into daily training over the course of its 256 pages.

Easily the most important aspect of agility is ensuring that you and your dog have laid the groundwork for a steady, consistent working relationship. The agility book teaches readers how to develop an engaging relationship with their dog to ensure success on the agility course. The overall idea is "You can bring out the best in your dog." This book shows you how.

Hoping to have a skilled trick dog? This agility book focuses primarily on dog tricks—101, to be exact. It doesn't solely share a general summary of the trick, though, it also provides readers with step-by-step instructions to engage, challenge, and bond with your dog in an attempt to nail each one.

If your goal in reading about dog books is to find a novel that will move you, be sure to consider adding A Dog's Purpose: A Novel for Humans to your reading list. This touching book "shares the soulful and surprising story of one devoted dog who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love." It will really get you thinking about your own relationship with your dog.

Let us start by saying that you'll want to grab a box of tissues before sitting down with this heart-wrenching fictional dog book. The tale tells the story of Billy and his two hounds, Old Dan and Little Ann. Together, they become a well-revered hunting team but things turn dark before offering inspiration for Billy once more.

This popular dog book tells the story of a race car driver, Denny Swift, and his dog, Enzo, who has spent his life learning as much as he can from his human companions. It's a tale of "family, love, loyalty, and hope"—and it's sure to make you tear up. It also has been made into a film, featuring Milo Ventimiglia and Amanda Seyfried.

This feel-good book tells the story of a lost, injured dog wandering the streets who crosses paths with a little girl experiencing unconsolable heartbreak. Together, they teach each other that anything is possible through companionship. Emotional, heart-wrenching, and heartwarming, you won't be able to put it down.