Rewilding Our Stories: Read 25 environmental books in 2025

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17 participants (95 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
All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall

All the Water in the World

Eiren Caffall

304 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction thriller dark emotional tense medium-paced
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

Housekeeping

Marilynne Robinson

219 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Peak Beyond Peak: The Unpublished Scottish Journeys of Isobel Wylie Hutchison by Isobel Wylie Hutchison

Peak Beyond Peak: The Unpublished Scottish Journeys of Isobel Wylie Hutchison

Isobel Wylie Hutchison

249 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature travel adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future by Rebecca Scott, Zane McNeill

Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future

Rebecca Scott, Zane McNeill

231 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ politics
The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions by Greta Thunberg

The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions

Greta Thunberg

446 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction nature politics science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

Monk & Robot #2

Becky Chambers

3 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane

Underland: A Deep Time Journey

Robert Macfarlane

488 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
Chlorophobia: An Eco-Horror Anthology by A.R. Ward

Chlorophobia: An Eco-Horror Anthology

A.R. Ward

260 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror poetry short stories dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

4 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Cien años de soledad by Gabriel Garcia Marquez by Gabriel García Márquez, Gabriel García Márquez

Cien años de soledad by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Gabriel García Márquez, Gabriel García Márquez

422 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced