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
Borealis by Aisha Sabatini Sloan

Borealis

Aisha Sabatini Sloan

144 pages • 2021 • 2 editions

nonfiction essays emotional reflective fast-paced
Through the Portal: Stories from a Hopeful Dystopia by Fiction › General

Through the Portal: Stories from a Hopeful Dystopia

Fiction › General

360 pages • 1 edition

fiction
An Orchid Astronomy by Tasnuva Hayden

An Orchid Astronomy

Tasnuva Hayden

128 pages • 2022 • 2 editions

poetry emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Windup Universe #1

The Windup Girl

Paolo Bacigalupi

359 pages • 2009 • 40 editions

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
Utopias of the Third Kind by Vandana Singh

Utopias of the Third Kind

Vandana Singh

128 pages • 2022 • 2 editions

fiction essays fantasy science fiction short stories speculative fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Private Rites by Julia Armfield

Private Rites

Julia Armfield

327 pages • 2024 • 20 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary speculative fiction dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins

Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

331 pages • 2015 • 25 editions

nonfiction history nature politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk

The Empusium

Olga Tokarczuk

300 pages • 2022 • 50 editions

fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice

The Whitesky Saga #2

Moon of the Turning Leaves

Waubgeshig Rice

312 pages • 2023 • 12 editions

fiction dystopian thriller adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Troubled Waters by Mary Annaïse Heglar

Troubled Waters

Mary Annaïse Heglar

384 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced