"All books by Frans de Waal"
My Family Album: Thirty Years of Primate Photography
Hardback, 2026
An extraordinary album of photographs from one of the world’s foremost primatologists, with his characteristically humorous and enlightening observations
Minds I've Met: From Denying to Embracing the Inner Lives of Animals
Hardback, 2026
New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal traces the dramatic changes in humanity’s perception of animals over the past half-century.
Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
Paperback, 2023
Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
Hardback, 2022
Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
E Book, 2022
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
Paperback, 2020
A New York Times Bestseller and winner of the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
"Game-changing." —Sy Montgomery, New York Times Book Review
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
Hardback, 2019
A New York Times Bestseller and winner of the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
Primatologist Frans de Waal explores the fascinating world of animal and human emotions.
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
E Book, 2019
A New York Times Bestseller and winner of the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
"Game-changing." —Sy Montgomery, New York Times Book Review
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Paperback, 2017
A New York Times bestseller: "A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of nonhuman minds." —Alison Gopnik, The Atlantic
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
E Book, 2016
A New York Times bestseller: "A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of nonhuman minds." —Alison Gopnik, The Atlantic