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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Wally's World: Life with Wally the Wonder Dog by Marsha Boulton

Wally's World: Life with Wally the Wonder Dog

Marsha Boulton

288 pages • hardcover • 2008

nonfiction memoir adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
The Great Penguin Rescue: 40,000 Penguins, a Devastating Oil Spill, and the Inspiring Story of the World's Largest Animal Rescue by Dyan Denapoli

The Great Penguin Rescue: 40,000 Penguins, a Devastating Oil Spill, and the Inspiring Story of the World's Largest Animal Rescue

Dyan Denapoli

307 pages • paperback

nonfiction nature adventurous hopeful slow-paced
The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks by Susan Casey

The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks

Susan Casey

291 pages • paperback • 2005

nonfiction nature science adventurous fast-paced
The Wolves of Isle Royale: A Broken Balance by Rolf Peterson

The Wolves of Isle Royale: A Broken Balance

Rolf Peterson

192 pages • paperback • 1995

nonfiction science informative medium-paced
Death at Seaworld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity by David Kirby

Death at Seaworld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity

David Kirby

469 pages • paperback • 2012

nonfiction nature science dark informative slow-paced
The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra by Alex Messenger

The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra

Alex Messenger

304 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction memoir nature travel adventurous informative slow-paced
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

360 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction literary magical realism mystery emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa

The Cat Who Saved Books

The Cat Who... #1

Sōsuke Natsukawa

5 hours, 8 minutes • audio • 2017

fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Hiro Arikawa

208 pages • digital • 2012

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Where the Red Fern Grows

Wilson Rawls

304 pages • hardcover • 1961

fiction childrens classics middle grade adventurous emotional medium-paced