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

All books added
The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

The River Between

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

152 pages • paperback • 1965

fiction classics historical reflective slow-paced
Poison Ivy, Volume 1: The Virtuous Cycle by G. Willow Wilson

Poison Ivy, Volume 1: The Virtuous Cycle

Poison Ivy (2022) #01-06

G. Willow Wilson

160 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction comics lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark reflective fast-paced
Ultimatum Orangutan by Khairani Barokka

Ultimatum Orangutan

Khairani Barokka

80 pages • paperback • 2021

poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Wild Philly: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Philadelphia by Michael Weilbacher

Wild Philly: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Philadelphia

Michael Weilbacher

367 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction nature informative medium-paced
A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet by Sarah Jaquette Ray

A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet

Sarah Jaquette Ray

216 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction science informative reflective slow-paced
Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer

Absolution

Southern Reach #4

Jeff VanderMeer

464 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Death by Landscape by Elvia Wilk

Death by Landscape

Elvia Wilk

320 pages • paperback • 2022

nonfiction essays memoir nature challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

314 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction memoir nature informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes

The Alternatives

Caoilinn Hughes

352 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Akzeptanz by Jeff VanderMeer

Akzeptanz

Southern Reach #3

Jeff VanderMeer

335 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction horror science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced