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Rewilding Our Stories: Read 25 environmental books in 2025

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25 participants (170 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Welcome to the 2025 Reading Challenge hosted by Rewilding Our Stories, a group of ecofiction readers who are interested in climate and ecological themes in contemporary and speculative arts and literature. The goal of this year's reading challenge is to read up to 25 new-to-you books with environmental themes in 2025. The books you choose can be any genre or length: a slim poetry collection counts just as much as a lengthy speculative fiction novel or a dense academic monograph. 

This is a drop-in challenge that anyone can join, regardless of whether you read 5 environmental books this year or 25. The point of the challenge is to encourage us to diversify our eco-reading, share recommendations, and have fun. 

You are welcome to join our Discord server to share your progress and discuss what you've read: https://discord.gg/hXQWTEgpbT 

Challenge Books

All books added
Nature Obscura: A City's Hidden Natural World by Kelly Brenner

Nature Obscura: A City's Hidden Natural World

Kelly Brenner

206 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction nature science informative reflective slow-paced
North Woods by Daniel Mason

North Woods

Daniel Mason

372 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical literary emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

H is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald

300 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction essays memoir nature emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

The Terraformers

Annalee Newitz

352 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous hopeful medium-paced
Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

224 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction memoir nature emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Schreibers Naturarium by Jasmin Schreiber

Schreibers Naturarium

Jasmin Schreiber

350 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction nature informative medium-paced
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

Creation Lake

Rachel Kushner

407 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction literary mystery thriller challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Call of the Wild by Jack London

The Call of the Wild

Jack London

172 pages • paperback • 1903

fiction classics adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

277 pages • paperback • 1951

fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

496 pages • hardcover • 1939

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced