The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri: “listening to the children's librarian, Mrs. Aiken, reading The Cat in the Hat.”
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman: “Silas appeared at the front of the Owenses' cosy tomb carrying three large books – two of them brightly coloured alphabet books ('A is for Apple, B is for Ball') and a copy of The Cat in the Hat.”
The Last Supper by Rachel Cusk: “'In the car they were reading The Cat in the Hat. They read it aloud'”