The leading authority on the science of feline communication explains how you can understand what your cat is trying to tell you — and how you can talk back — for fans of The Lion in the Living Room and The Inner Life of Animals. Have you ever wondered what your cat is saying? Cat sounds have a purpose, and they can carry important messages, whether for us or other cats. In The Secret Language of Cats, Schötz offers a crash course in cat phonetics. Let’s face it, cats and books go together like peanut butter and jelly, like Tango and Cash, like yin and yang. And when a book features a cat? Even better! And like people, literary cats have many temperaments. Take this quiz to find out which literary cat you align with. You may or may not get a purrfect match. But as a wise animated cat once sang, “Everybody wants to be a cat. Because a cat’s the only cat who knows where it’s at.”