My Ishmael
 My Ishmael is a 1997 novel by Daniel Quinn: a sequel (though for the most part a sidequel) to Ishmael. With its time frame largely the same as Ishmael it precedes the events of its 1996 spiritual successor The Story of B also by Daniel Quinn. Like Ishmael My Ishmael largely revolves around a Socratic dialogue between the sapient gorilla Ishmael and a student involving his philosophy regarding tribal society.