Rewilding Our Stories: Read 25 environmental books in 2025

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21 participants (110 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

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The Solutions are Already Here: Strategies of Ecological Revolution from Below by Peter Gelderloos

The Solutions are Already Here: Strategies of Ecological Revolution from Below

Peter Gelderloos

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Zoë Schlanger

290 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy, Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Damian Duffy, Octavia E. Butler

272 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction dystopian graphic novel speculative fiction adventurous dark reflective slow-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

303 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard

Restoration Agriculture

Mark Shepard

313 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative slow-paced
Borealis by Aisha Sabatini Sloan

Borealis

Aisha Sabatini Sloan

144 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays emotional reflective fast-paced
Aerth by Deborah Tompkins

Aerth

Deborah Tompkins

179 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction
Through the Portal: Stories from a Hopeful Dystopia by Fiction › General

Through the Portal: Stories from a Hopeful Dystopia

Fiction › General

360 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction
An Orchid Astronomy by Tasnuva Hayden

An Orchid Astronomy

Tasnuva Hayden

128 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

poetry emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Windup Girl

The Windup Universe #1

Paolo Bacigalupi

359 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced