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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Horse by Geraldine Brooks

Horse

Geraldine Brooks

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

The Art of Racing in the Rain

Garth Stein

321 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Poor Deer by Claire Oshetsky

Poor Deer

Claire Oshetsky

226 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced
Sweet Tooth Compendium by Jeff Lemire

Sweet Tooth Compendium

Sweet Tooth #1-6

Jeff Lemire

920 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction dystopian graphic novel science fiction adventurous dark medium-paced
A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond

A Bear Called Paddington

Paddington Bear #1

Michael Bond

159 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

fiction childrens classics funny lighthearted medium-paced
Where's My Cow? by Terry Pratchett

Where's My Cow?

Discworld #34.5

Terry Pratchett

32 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction childrens fantasy funny lighthearted fast-paced
Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth

Barn 8

Deb Olin Unferth

7 hours, 34 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary funny reflective medium-paced
Going Bovine by Libba Bray

Going Bovine

Libba Bray

480 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous funny sad medium-paced
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

All the Pretty Horses

The Border Trilogy #1

Cormac McCarthy

320 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional slow-paced
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

467 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced