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60 Purr-fect Literary Cat Puns

Kelly Jensen

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Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She's the editor/author of (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen.

We’re going there, we have no shame, and we want your best literary cat puns in the comments right meow.

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Albert Catmouse

Alexandfur Pushkitten

Ann Mice

Anne McCatfrey

Anne pUrrsu

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The Ballad of Black Tomcat

The Canterpurry Tails

Cat 22

Catnip Everdeen

Catniss Everdeen

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The Catterpurry Tails

Catticus Finch

Christopher Merrrrowwwlowe

Chuck Pawlahnuik

Daphne du Meowrier

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Donald Barthelmeow

Dorothy Pawker

Franz Catfka

The Great Catsby

Gullipurr’s Travels

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Harpurr Lee

Harry Pawtter

Haruki Purrakami

Henry David Purreau

Hermann Hisse (alternative: Purrmann Hisse)

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Holden Clawfied

JK Meowling

John Bunyarn

John Purrving

Les Meowserables

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Little Meows on The Prairie

The Little (Paw) Prints

Lord of the Strings

Margaret Catwood

Mary Hissing Clark

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Meow Before You

Meowby Dick

The Meowlchemist

The Meowtsiders

The Mill on the Claws

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Nathaniel Pawthorne

The Odhissey

Purr, Baby, Purr

Purrfect Days

Purride and Purrejudice

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The Purrks of Being a Walfllower

Purrley Jackson

Purrman Catpote

Purrnest Cline

Purrnest Hemingway

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Purrsuasion

Romeow & Juliet

Scritchard Scarry

The Sound and the Furry

The Sound and the Purry

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A Tale of Two Kitties

Tess of the Mew’bervilles

The Turner House Cat

Vladimeow Nabokat

William Shakespurr

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