Further reading on rats
(ISBNs in brackets)
Baker, Harry J., Lindsey, J. Russell and Weisbroth, Steven H. – The laboratory rat. 1980
[vol. 1 Biology and diseases (0120749017). Vol 2 Research applications (0120749027)]
Balcombe, Jonathan – Pleasurable kingdom: animals and the nature of feeling good. 2005
Barnett, S. Anthony – The rat: a study in behaviour. 1963. ISBN (9780202309774)
Barnett, S. Anthony – The story of rats: their impact on us, and our impact on them. 2001. (9781865085197)
Barrett-Hamilton, G.E.H. - A history of British mammals, 1910-1921 [21 parts/volumes. Chapters on black and brown rats are in vols. 18 and 19, pp. 575-631].
Bell, Thomas – A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. 1837
Benedictow, Ole J. – The Black Death 1347-1353: the complete history. 2006 (9781843832140)
Bonhady, Tim – The enchantment of the long-haired rat: a rodent history of Australia. 2019 (9781925773934)
Boyle, C.L. (ed.) – RSPCA book of British mammals. 1983. (0002191180)
Bryant, John – Living with urban wildlife. 2002 (9780900001499)
Burt, Jonathan – Rat. 2006 (9781861892249)
Buzcacki, Stefan – Fauna Britannica. 2002 (9780600598671)
Calhoun, John B. – The ecology and sociology of the Norway rat. 1962
Campbell, Alison – The scuttling gourmet (4th ed.) 2015. (9780956623225)
Donaldson, H.H – The rat: reference tables and data for the albino rat (mus norvegicus albinus) and the Norway rat (mus norvegicus). 1915.
Ducommun, Debbie – The complete guide to rat training: tricks and games for rat fun and fitness. 2008 (9780793806515)
Ducommun, Debbie – Rats! A fun and care book.1998 (9781889540054)
Elder, Charlie – Few and far between: on the trail of Britain’s rarest animals.2015 (9781472905192)
Ewer, R.F. – The biology and behaviour of a free-living population of black rats (rattus rattus), Animal Behaviour Monographs, ed. Cullen and Beer, vol. 4 part 3, 1971.
Fitter, R.S.R. – London’s natural history. 1945. (9781870630696)
Freethy, Ron – Man and beast: the natural and unnatural history of British mammals. 1983 (0713713232)
Gregg, Charles T. – Plague: an ancient disease in the twentieth century. 1985 (0826308074)
Green, Harry (Green, Birks, Schenke, Trevis) - Worcestershire's mammals : an annotated atlas compiled from records collected between 1995 and 2007 together with historical information, 2012 (9781908832085)
Haenni, Jean-Paul & Mulhauser, Blaise – Rats.1998 [pub. Musée d’histoire naturelle Neuchatel] (9782940041053)
Hanney, Peter W. – Rodents.1975 (071536667X)
Hart, Martin – Rats. 1973 (0850312973)
Hendrickson, Robert – More cunning than Man: a social history of rats and men.1983 (1575663937)
Hodgson, Barbara – The rat: a perverse miscellany.1997 (9781550545050)
Lambert, Kelly – The lab rat chronicles: a neuroscientist reveals life lessons from the planet’s most successful mammals. 2011 (9780399536632)
Lovric, Michelle – Rat! Encounter, anecdotes and tales, compiled by Michelle Lovric, 2004 (9781903938638)
Lydekker, Richard – A hand-book to the British mammalia. 1896
McGillivray, William – British quadrupeds. 1838
Matheson, Colin - The brown and the black rat in Wales. 1931.
Matheson, Colin – Brown rats [Animals of Britain no. 16]. 1962.
Matthews, Ike – Full revelations of a professional rat-catcher after 25 years’ experience. 1898 (9781500460167)
Matthews, L. Harrison – British mammals. 1952.
Mays, Nick – The proper care of fancy rats. 1993 (9780866223409)
Millais, J.G. – The mammals of Great Britain and Ireland, (3 vols.) 1904-06.
[chapters on rats and other rodents are in vol. 2; black and brown rats pp. 203-232]
Munn, Norman L. – Handbook of psychological research on the rat. 1950.
Plummer, Brian – Tales of a rat-hunting man. 1979 (086072025X)
Pro-Rat-a (National Fancy Rat Society journal).1981 -
Rodwell, James – The rat: its history and destructive character with numerous anecdotes, 1863. (ISBN of modern reprint 9781905124299)
Rowlett, H.G.Q.- The rat as a small mammal.1960.
Shrewsbury, J.F.D. – A history of the bubonic plague in the British Isles.1970 (052107083X)
Shute, Joe – Stowaway: the disreputable exploits of the rat. 2024 (9781399402507)
Southern, H.N. – The handbook of British mammals.1964.
Stolzenburg. William – Rat island: predators in paradise and the world’s greatest wildlife rescue. 2011 (9781408825112)
Storey, Ann – The NFRS handbook part one: common diseases of the fancy rat. 2007 (9780955402500)
Sullivan, Robert – Rats: observations on the history and habitat of the city’s most unwanted inhabitants. 2004 (1582343853)
Twigg, Graham – The brown rat.1975 (071536782X)
Twigg, Graham – The Black Death: a biological appraisal.1984 (0713446188)
Vann, Michael G. – The great Hanoi rat hunt: empire, disease and modernity In French colonial Vietnam. 2018.
Wiesner, Bertold P. and Sheard, Norah M. – Maternal behaviour in the rat, 1933
Wilkinson, Florence – Wild city: encounters with urban wildlife. 2022 (9781398701854)
Wilson, F.P. – The plague in Shakespeare’s London.1927 (repr. 1963) (9780198208105)
Wishaw, Ian Q., and Kolb, Bryan – The behavior of the laboratory rat: a handbook with tests. 2005 (9780195162851)
Zinsser, Hans – Rats, lice and history.1935 (0141390301)