Not exactly horse but I love the Outfoxed series by Rita Mae Brown.
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Subbing, as I would love a good read.

I started out reading All the Pretty Horses, but just couldn't get into it. It is a classic, though.
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Oh! Another one is "Hotblood" it's a book about the disappearance of the Brach heiress and the dirty side of the horse world. All true, much is heartbreaking, but an awesome read.
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I need some too. I read a romance horse book, called 8 Seconds ( will look the title up tomorrow), it was a good read. I know many people who had liked it.

 

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Black Beauty (the actual classic!) was a wonderful book, told completely from the viewpoint of the horse himself And if you have a smartphone, the Amazon Kindle has it as a free download!

 

Awesome! Some great suggestions. Keep 'em coming

 

Did you read Water For Elephants? By the same author who wrote the three books you mentioned. GOOD book! Try **** Francis. He wrote some good ones... but they only involved horses as a by product of his story line. I'd also recommend Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul. And there is a book in the Children's/Teen's section called The Blood Red Horse, it's a trilogy. I loved (!) those books and don't really believe that the writer solely targeted the younger folks for them. I could never find the last one in that series... : (

 

Water for Elephants was really good. I love Sara Gruehn. She certainly has a love for animals, all kinds. I tried reading **** Francis but couldn't get into it. Just not my style. I do like thrillers, but they have to have a strong relationship backstory. I'll have to look up The Blood Red Horse. Thanks

 

You could probably also find the ones about the famous race horses... I always found them interesting. Like Cigar, Secretariat or Seabiscuit. But I'm not sure if those are the titles.

 

Not sure if you are only interested in fiction, but Riding With Reagan was a really good book. Very interesting to read about how the secret service had to tweak many of their protocols and best practices to accomodate Reagan's riding. He loved horses.

 

Dammit you guys! Now that I mentioned Hotblood I have to go back and read it again - such an interesting book, except the "no real ending" part. lol.

 

ON THE BACK OF A HORSE: Harnessing the Healing Power of the Human-Equine Bond, or NO SECRET SO CLOSE, both by Claire Dorotik, are great

 

Hi GoldSahara!
If you think you'd be interested in a suspenseful (adult) mystery series set in the horse world, check out Mystery Author Kit Ehrman - Home. The titles are available on Amazon.com in hardcover, paperback, and as e-books. The e-books are $2.99. The paperbacks (and hardcovers) can be purchased used, too, probably inexpensively. They also might be at your local library.

Cheers!

 

I'm glad to be reading some of these too! Have you read the Jilly Cooper books? I know they're more society scandal types set in the horse world, but on the plus side, they're long and there are 3 of them (Riders, Polo and the latest, Jump). The Perfect Distance is a YA book but I read it as and adult and found it interesting, especially if you're into Hunter/jumpers. And my own book, though considered to be for late teens (14+), is getting quite a few reviews from adult women. It's called Blaze of Glory; I'm including the Amazon link below in case you're interested.
Amazon.com: Blaze of Glory (9781602648104): m. garzon: Books

 

I loved Water for the Elephants another good one is Beautiful Jim.

 

Surprised nobody mentioned The Horse Whisperer...I have read that probably 100 times

 

HATED IT! I read it and the author is amazing and the book was excellent but the story was way too detailed for me if that makes sense. The accident scene was AWFUL. The movie wasn't even worth watching after reading the book, they didn't even come close because the author is so amazing in his detail.

He wrote several other books all of which I hated! There was one about fire jumpers and his description of a girls last moments as she burned to death in a fire were just horrific. I mean, the guy can WRITE. But I hated them! (I've read a bunch of them though because he is so amazing as a writer)

 

Oh yeah I loved that one to!

 

How could I forget that?!

I absolutely loved The Horse Whisperer.
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I'm reading Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley and it's pretty good. She weaves a beautiful story line.

 

There's a website called ponydom.com that lists horse books. It's pretty useful because it ranks them in terms of amount and accuracy of horse content:
Cognitivity

 

Have you read War Horse or the Snowman story? I think it's called "The $80 Champion." I just got War Horse, but I've heard from other riders that the Snowman story isn't that great, it doesn't sound like the writer is very horsey maybe? Plus it spends a lot of time on history. But I'd still like to read it because he's a horse who was pretty famous back then. So if anyone's read it, let me know if it was good!

 

Try read Susan Richards books, I am reading her book Saddled right now and it's about an alcoholic women going through a divorce were she is being abused and how she recovers from her acholism with her horse. It would be a great book for an adult. She has another good book also about rescuing a horse and going through another divorce.
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Try read Susan Richards books, I am reading her book Saddled right now and it's about an alcoholic women going through a divorce were she is being abused and how she recovers from her acholism with her horse. It would be a great book for an adult. She has another good book also about rescuing a horse and going through another divorce.
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Yes! Chosen By A Horse is much better than Saddled, in my opinion. I cried when I read it, and I don't often cry.

 

I loved Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley, probably the best portrayal of what TB racing is really like I've every read.

Wild Ride by Anne Auerbach is non-fiction, but a terrific read none the less.

Amazon.com: Wild Ride: The Rise and Tragic Fall of Calumet Farm Inc., America's Premier Racing Dynasty (9780805042429): Ann Hagedorn Auerbach: Books

 

I'm a big fan of **** Francis. I've read almost every one minus a few older ones that I haven't found or picked up over the years. Most are racing based, but good suspense books based on the scandals and not so pleasant side of the horse world. My personal favorite is "Whip Hand".

Paperback Editions (US) - **** Francis