Great Ape Books

[panGH]

What great ape books has everyone read? Which would you recommend?

I've been slowly growing a little great ape library over the years. My list of books I've read is currently:

Chimpanzees
"In the Shadow of Man"- Jane Goodall
"Through a Window"- Jane Goodall
"Next of Kin"- Roger Fouts
"Chimpanzee Politics- Power and Sex Among Apes"- Frans de Waal
"The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary"- Andrew Westoll

Gorillas
"Gorillas in the Mist"- Dian Fossey
"My Gorilla Journey"- Helen Attwater
"In the Kingdom of Gorillas"- Bill Weber and Amy Vedder

Orangutans
"Orangutans- Wizards of the Rainforest"- Anne Russon
"Reflections of Eden"- Birute Galdikas

Bonobos
"Bonobo Handshake"- Vanessa Woods

Various
"Jeremy and Amy"- Jeremy Keeling
"The Wauchula Woods Accord" ("Roger's World" in Australia)- Charles Siebert


My top 5 would probably be:
1."In the Shadow of Man"
1."Next of Kin"
3."The Chimpanzees of Fauna Sanctuary"
4."Gorillas in the Mist"
5."Through a Window"

[greenseas]

Hi...I just finished reading Ape House by Sara Gruen....she also wrote Water for Elephants. It's not a research book or anything, it's a story, but does mention a couple truths about happenings in the research world.

[panGH]

That sounds interesting, a friend of mine has that but I don't think has read it yet so they haven't given me their review! You don't see that many fiction stories about apes around, it sounds worth a read. I imagine it would be a good way of the general public to learn a bit about apes in research, which is always a good thing!

[pululah]

Fictionwise I read Brazzaville Beach and one of the themes in that is about the main character following a group of chimpanzees that have split from the main group which is being studied. Not for the faint hearted!

I started Will Self's "Great Ape" where a man wakes up and finds the world populated by chimps, I only got to about page 2 but I must give it another go.