Books
Coren's first widely recognized book outside of professional psychology circles was 1993's The Left-Hander Syndrome: the causes and consequences of left-handedness, which presented data on the significant challenges faced by left-handed people in society. His research was discussed widely, and has been printed and discussed in a number of professional journals such as Psychiatric Times. His next book was Sleep Thieves, the result of his studies into sleep and the lack of it. The book examined how the reduction of sleeping time in modern society has created problems of sleep deprivation for many people.
Arguably, however, it was the 1994 publication of The Intelligence of Dogs that brought Coren to the public eye. A combination of Coren's background in psychology and his long-lasting love of dogs, the book became an international hit, and has gone through 16 printings to this point.
Since then, Coren has gone on to pen a number of other books on dog intelligence, dog learning and thinking ability, the human canine bond and its implications for people in modern society that have continued to make him a favorite among dog lovers.
Coren's books about dogs have garnered him a number of awards. His books have also been well received internationally. For example, The Intelligence of Dogs has been translated into 26 different languages.
A list of his best known books (listing the most recent editions of each) includes:
- Do Dogs Dream? Nearly Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know. (W.W. Norton & Co., 2012)
- Born to Bark: My Adventures with an Irrepressible and Unforgettable Dog. (Free Press, 2010)Winner of the Maxwell Medal of Excellence from the Dog Writers Association of America
- Dogs All-In-One for Dummies. (Wiley, 2010)
- The Modern Dog. (Free Press, 2008)
- Why do dogs have wet noses? (Kids Can Press, 2008) Winner of the Animal Behavior Society's award for Best Children's Book
- Understanding your dog for dummies. (Wiley Publishing Inc. 2007)
- Why does my dog act that way? A complete guide to your dog’s personality. (Free Press, 2006)
- The Intelligence of Dogs (Free Press,2006)
- Sensation and Perception 6th ed. (John Wiley & Sons, 2004)
- The Pawprints of history: Dogs and the course of human events. (Free Press, 2003)
- How to speak dog: Mastering the art of dog-human communication. (Fireside Books, Simon & Schuster - Free Press 2001)
- Why We Love The Dogs We Do. (Free Press, 1998)
- What Do Dogs Know? (Free Press, 1997)
- Sleep Thieves. (Free Press, 1996)
- The left-hander syndrome: the causes and consequences of left-handedness. (Vintage Books, 1993)
- Left-handedness: Behavioral implications and anomalies. (Advances in Psychology, North-Holland, 1990)
- Lateral preferences and human behavior. (Springer Verlag, 1981)
- Seeing is Deceiving: The Psycholosgy of Visual Illusions. (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1978).
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