Read-alikes and related books

Books like Dogsong

Across Native American, Survival Stories, Dogs, and People & Places — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Dogsong by Gary Paulsen.

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Top related books to Dogsong

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Dogsong.

Julie of the Wolves

Jean Craighead George

Themes: Native American • Survival Stories • People & Places

La Casita

Virginia Lee Burton

Themes: Native American • Survival Stories • People & Places

Kaya: The Journey Begins

Janet Shaw

Themes: Native American • Survival Stories • People & Places

Long Claws An Arctic Adventure

James Houston

Themes: Native American • Survival Stories • People & Places

Escape from the Great Earthquake

Kate Messner

Themes: Survival Stories • Dogs • People & Places

Ice Dogs

Terry Lynn Johnson

Themes: Survival Stories • Dogs • People & Places

The Sign of the Beaver

Elizabeth George Speare

Themes: Native American • Survival Stories • People & Places

Island of the Blue Dolphins — Scott O’Dell

Scott O'Dell

Themes: Native American • Survival Stories • People & Places

Mary and the Trail of Tears A Cherokee Removal Survival Story

Andrea L. Rogers

Themes: Native American • Survival Stories • People & Places

#10

Encounter

Jane Yolen

Themes: Native American • Survival Stories • People & Places

#11

Diamond Willow

Helen Frost

Themes: Native American • Dogs • People & Places

#12

Savage Sam

Fred Gipson

Themes: Native American • Dogs • People & Places

#13

Bebikaan-Ezhiwebiziwinan Nimkii The Adventures of Nimkii: The Adventures of Nimkii

Stacie Sheldon

Themes: Native American • Dogs • People & Places

#14

Code Word Courage

Kirby Larson

Themes: Native American • Dogs • People & Places

#15

Black Star, Bright Dawn — Scott O’Dell

Scott O'Dell

Themes: Survival Stories • Dogs • People & Places

#16

Star in the Storm

Joan Hiatt Harlow

Themes: Survival Stories • Dogs • People & Places

#17

The Thunderbolt Pony

Stacy Gregg

Themes: Survival Stories • Dogs • People & Places

#18

Dog Driven

Terry Lynn Johnson

Themes: Survival Stories • Dogs • People & Places

#19

The Powwow Dog

Joseph Bruchac

Themes: Native American • Dogs • People & Places

#20

Bowwow Powwow

Brenda J. Child

Themes: Native American • Dogs • People & Places

#21

The Boy and His Sled Dog

Rudyard Kipling

Themes: Native American • Dogs • People & Places

#22

G. I. Dogs: Judy, Prisoner of War (G. I. Dogs #1)

Laurie Calkhoven

Themes: Survival Stories • Dogs • People & Places

#23

Rez Dogs

Joseph Bruchac

Themes: Native American • Dogs • People & Places

#24

A Home in the Wilderness

Amanda Cetas

Themes: Native American • Survival Stories • People & Places

If Dogsong by Gary Paulsen is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Native American, Survival Stories, Dogs and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Jean Craighead George, Virginia Lee Burton, Janet Shaw, James Houston, and others.