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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A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with Bumblebees by Dave Goulson

A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with Bumblebees

Dave Goulson

256 pages • 2013 • 26 editions

nonfiction nature science informative reflective slow-paced
The Nighthawk's Evening: Notes of a Field Biologist by Gretchen N. Newberry

The Nighthawk's Evening: Notes of a Field Biologist

Gretchen N. Newberry

168 pages • 1 edition

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Michael Pollan

450 pages • 2006 • 52 editions

nonfiction food and drink adventurous informative medium-paced
How to Fight a Dragon's Fury by Cressida Cowell

How to Train Your Dragon #12

How to Fight a Dragon's Fury

Cressida Cowell

416 pages • 2015 • 22 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous fast-paced
The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young

The Secret Life of Cows

Rosamund Young

136 pages • 2003 • 32 editions

nonfiction memoir nature reflective slow-paced
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate

Crenshaw

Katherine Applegate

245 pages • 2015 • 29 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous fast-paced
Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Untamed Shore

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

304 pages • 2020 • 14 editions

fiction historical mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water by Amorina Kingdon

Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water

Amorina Kingdon

324 pages • 2024 • 8 editions

nonfiction nature science informative reflective medium-paced
Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist by Jasmin Graham

Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist

Jasmin Graham

224 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction memoir science informative inspiring medium-paced
A Dragon's Chains by Robert Vane, Robert Vane

A Dragon's Chains

Robert Vane, Robert Vane

254 pages • 2021 • 1 edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced