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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Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation by Tiya Miles

Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation

Tiya Miles

192 pages • 2023 • 7 editions

nonfiction feminism history nature adventurous informative fast-paced
The Age of Loneliness: Essays by Laura Marris

The Age of Loneliness: Essays

Laura Marris

208 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

nonfiction essays literary nature emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Wo wir uns treffen by Anna Hope

Wo wir uns treffen

Anna Hope

445 pages • 2025 • 10 editions

fiction literary emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Orbital

Samantha Harvey

207 pages • 2023 • 61 editions

fiction literary science fiction inspiring reflective slow-paced
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

433 pages • 2006 • 118 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Solutions are Already Here: Strategies of Ecological Revolution from Below by Peter Gelderloos

The Solutions are Already Here: Strategies of Ecological Revolution from Below

Peter Gelderloos

256 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Zoë Schlanger

290 pages • 2024 • 18 editions

nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy

Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy

272 pages • 1993 • 7 editions

fiction dystopian graphic novel speculative fiction adventurous dark reflective slow-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

303 pages • 2024 • 59 editions

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard

Restoration Agriculture

Mark Shepard

313 pages • 2013 • 5 editions

nonfiction nature science informative slow-paced