A FRESH York Times bestseller about how pet cats conquered the world and our hearts within this “deep and illuminating perspective on our favorite household friend” (Huffington Post).

House cats guideline bedrooms and back again alleys, deserted Antarctic islands, even cyberspace. And unlike canines, cats offer human beings no practical advantage. The truth is they are unfortunately incompetent mouse-catchers and now cause a threat to numerous ecosystems. However, we like them still.

In the “eminently readable and gently funny” (Library about The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World Journal, starred examine) The Lion in the Living Room, Abigail Tucker travels through world history, natural science, and pop culture to meet up breeders, activists, and scientists who’ve dedicated their lives to cats. She visits the labs where people sort through feline bone fragments unearthed through the first human being settlements, treks through the Floridian wilderness in search of house cats-turned-hunters for the loose, and hangs out with Lil Bub, one of the world’s biggest celebrities-who just happens to be a cat.

“Fascinating” (Richmond Times-Dispatch) and “lighthearted” (The Seattle Occasions), Tucker displays how these tiny felines have utilized their relationship with humans to become probably one of the most powerful pets on the planet. A “energetic go through that pounces backwards and forwards between evolutionary research and popular tradition” (The Baltimore Sun), The Lion in the Living Area shows that we learn that the correct reaction to a residence cat, it seems, may not be aww but awe.