Read 30 Books Centered Around Animals

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Overview

Whether it's nature writing, anthropomorphized animals in folklore, children's literature, or something else, this challenge encourages participants to read 20 books about 30 different animals.

Think Watership Down by Richard Adams or Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung for a rabbit. And for a book about a cat, it could be anything from Warriors by Erin Hunter to Kafka by the Shore by Haruki Murakami. HIstorical fiction books like Horse by Geraldine Brooks to comedic parodies like Shakespeare for Squirrels by Christopher Moore, the number of books about animals, featuring animals, is endless.

Challenge Books

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The Road to Balinor by Mary Stanton

The Road to Balinor

Unicorns of Balinor #1

Mary Stanton

138 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction childrens fantasy adventurous slow-paced
We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida

We'll Prescribe You a Cat

We'll Prescribe You a Cat #1

Syou Ishida

297 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke

Bitch: On the Female of the Species

Lucy Cooke

400 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction nature science funny informative inspiring medium-paced
The Horse: A Natural History by Catrin Rutland
The Horse: A Natural History
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Catrin Rutland

The Horse: A Natural History

Catrin Rutland

224 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history nature science adventurous medium-paced
A Dragon's Chains by Robert Vane, Robert Vane

A Dragon's Chains

Robert Vane, Robert Vane

254 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

adventurous mysterious slow-paced
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

A Snake Falls to Earth

Darcie Little Badger

10 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Witchy Whiskers by Danielle Garrett

Witchy Whiskers

Nine Lives Magic #1

Danielle Garrett

5 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy mystery funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
The Frog Prince by Jenni James

The Frog Prince

Faerie Tale Collection #8

Jenni James

170 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous fast-paced
H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

H Is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald

11 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir nature emotional reflective sad slow-paced
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

War Horse

War Horse #1

Michael Morpurgo

181 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade adventurous emotional medium-paced