Rewilding Our Stories: Read 25 environmental books in 2025

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25 participants (163 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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Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins

Gold Fame Citrus

Claire Vaye Watkins

339 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction dystopian science fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Word for World is Forest

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

160 pages • paperback • 1972

fiction science fiction dark reflective medium-paced
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

The Mountain in the Sea

Ray Nayler

456 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction science fiction thriller challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
Wild Girls by Tiya Miles

Wild Girls

Tiya Miles

187 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction feminism history nature adventurous informative fast-paced
The Age of Loneliness: Essays by Laura Marris

The Age of Loneliness: Essays

Laura Marris

208 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction essays literary nature emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Wo wir uns treffen by Anna Hope

Wo wir uns treffen

Anna Hope

445 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction literary emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Orbital

Samantha Harvey

207 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction literary science fiction inspiring reflective slow-paced
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

433 pages • hardcover • 2006

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
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 • hardcover • 2022

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 • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced