Rewilding Our Stories: Read 25 environmental books in 2025

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24 participants (150 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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Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine

Last Chance to See

Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine

240 pages • paperback • 1990

nonfiction nature science travel adventurous funny fast-paced
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions by David Quammen

The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions

David Quammen

704 pages • paperback • 1996

nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

Eating Animals

Jonathan Safran Foer

341 pages • hardcover • 2009

nonfiction food and drink memoir philosophy challenging informative medium-paced
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey

The Monkey Wrench Gang

Monkey Wrench Gang #1

Edward Abbey

421 pages • paperback • 1975

fiction nature adventurous challenging funny medium-paced
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat

Never Cry Wolf

Farley Mowat

256 pages • paperback • 1963

nonfiction nature science adventurous informative medium-paced
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition by Marc Reisner

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

Marc Reisner

582 pages • paperback • 1986

nonfiction history science informative slow-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 • hardcover • 2006

nonfiction food and drink adventurous informative medium-paced
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart

Earth Abides

George R. Stewart

345 pages • paperback • 1949

fiction classics fantasy science science fiction adventurous reflective slow-paced
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

400 pages • paperback • 1962

nonfiction nature politics science informative reflective slow-paced
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

Migrations

Charlotte McConaghy

256 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction dystopian literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced