Writers Write is a resource for writers. We’ve put together a post on 30 (or so) famous fictional cats for you to enjoy.
‘If you want to write, keep cats.’ ~Aldous Huxley
Saturday is known as #Caturday on the Internet. Writers have always been fascinated by cats and we’re celebrating this Saturday with these Famous Bookish Cats.
30 (or so) Famous Fictional Cats
- Bagheera from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling – ‘Everybody knew Bagheera, and nobody dared to cross his path; for he was as cunning as Tabaqui, as bold as the wild buffalo, and as reckless as the wounded elephant. But he had a voice as soft as wild honey dripping from a tree, and a skin softer than down.’
- The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
- Church from Pet Sematary by Stephen King
- Moxie from The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
- Dinah from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
- Black Cat from Cat from Hell by Stephen King
- Eureka from The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum
- Mehitabel from Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis
- Pluto from The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
- Fat Louie from Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
- Figaro from Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
- Ginger from The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis
- Graymalkin from Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- Harry the Cat from The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
- Kitty from Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Crookshanks from Harry Potter by JK Rowling
- Koko and Yum-yum from The Cat Who… series by Lilian Jackson Braun
- Lipshen from The Witches by Roald Dahl
- Richard Parker from Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss
- The cat who played the fiddle from Hey Diddle Diddle – an English nursery rhyme
- The Pussycat from The Owl and the Pussy-cat by Edward Lear
- Three little kittens who lost their mittens – a Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme
- Tom Kitten from The Tale of Tom Kitten by Beatrix Potter
- Skimbleshanks, Mr. Mistoffelees, Macavity and Old Deuteronomy! from Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
- Behemoth from The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
- Maurice from The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
- Carbonel from Carbonel by Barbara Sleigh
- Noboru Wataya from The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
- Greebo, You, and Ratbag from Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Please add your favourite fictional felines in the comments section below.
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