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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Almanac for the Anthropocene: A Compendium of Solarpunk Futures by Phoebe Wagner, Brontë Christopher Wieland

Almanac for the Anthropocene: A Compendium of Solarpunk Futures

Phoebe Wagner, Brontë Christopher Wieland

208 pages • paperback

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy

The Sapling Cage

Margaret Killjoy

343 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation

Southern Reach #1

Jeff VanderMeer

195 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl by Jonathan C. Slaght

Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl

Jonathan C. Slaght

368 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction nature adventurous informative slow-paced
The Secret Lives of Glaciers by M. Jackson

The Secret Lives of Glaciers

M. Jackson

292 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction nature science informative reflective relaxing slow-paced
Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark by Leigh Ann Henion

Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark

Leigh Ann Henion

288 pages • hardcover

nonfiction nature informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey

Desert Solitaire

Edward Abbey

337 pages • paperback • 1968

nonfiction memoir nature travel adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

319 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Climate Optimism: Celebrating Systemic Change Around the World by Zahra Biabani

Climate Optimism: Celebrating Systemic Change Around the World

Zahra Biabani

256 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction nature self help challenging informative medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

390 pages • paperback • 2013

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced