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Ashley Holstrom

Staff Writer

Ashley Holstrom helps make books at Sourcebooks. She lives near Chicago with her cat named after Hemingway and her bookshelves organized by color. Newsletter: Crooked Reads. Twitter: @alholstrom.

Look, the world is garbage, and sometimes we just need to scroll through images of cute animals reading books. So here they are. A whole bunch of cute pets on bookstagram (that’s bookish Instagram, y’all). Enjoy.

Cat book club, because cats:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTesS4IDukf/

Pet Book Club, for fuzzy members of Book of the Month:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYYmvSrhbhy/

Dog Book Club, which sadly hasn’t been updated for a year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t just scroll through the feed:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BEfGCT9EXL7/

Rioter Sharifah’s kitty, Tabitha:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BW_SAKFgtb2

This helper:

This book warmer:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BW0aMrdAMPr

This chicken reading about chickens:

This pup just doing some book shopping:

These bookish birds:

Rioter Jesse’s bookish diva, Bernadette:

Matilda the rat:

This tail with a tale:

These lil guinea pigs:

This lil pup with a lil blep and some Penguin classics:

Rioter Liberty’s handsome beast, Steinbeck:

Ernest Hedgingway:

Rioter Kelly’s needy bun:

This excellent reading partner:

These kittens that I need in my lap right now:

Pumpkin the Raccoon:

Dewey the ginger kitty:

Rioter Derek’s cat:

Ouija the doodle:

And here’s my handsome little devil, as photographed by my roommate:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BU5dPMnBnsX/

Please share your cute bookish pets in the comments.

And if you need some more cuteness, check out Fuzzy Comics Heroes on InstagramBookish Halloween Costumes for Pets, A Celebration of Pet Week, and What Happens When You Name Your Cat After Hemingway.