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 Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales

The Brilliant Abyss

Helen Scales

288 pages • 2021 • 14 editions

nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
Otherlands: Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds by Thomas Halliday

Otherlands: Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds

Thomas Halliday

416 pages • 2022 • 29 editions

nonfiction history nature science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff by Fred Pearce

Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff

Fred Pearce

276 pages • 2008 • 4 editions

nonfiction science informative medium-paced
Where Do Camels Belong? by Ken Thompson

Where Do Camels Belong?

Ken Thompson

262 pages • 2014 • 6 editions

nonfiction nature science adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
2047: Short Stories from Our Common Future by Ruth Mundy, L X Nishimoto, Isaac Yuen, Tanja Rohini Bisgaard, David Zetland, John A. Frochio, Kimberly Christensen, Richard Friedman, Lene K Kristoffersen, Alison Halderman

2047: Short Stories from Our Common Future

Ruth Mundy, L X Nishimoto, Isaac Yuen, Tanja Rohini Bisgaard, David Zetland, John A. Frochio, Kimberly Christensen, Richard Friedman, Lene K Kristoffersen, Alison Halderman

171 pages • 2017 • 2 editions

fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival by Bernd Heinrich

Winter and Summer Worlds #1

Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival

Bernd Heinrich

368 pages • 2003 • 7 editions

nonfiction nature science adventurous informative slow-paced
Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love by Simran Sethi

Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love

Simran Sethi

352 pages • 5 editions

nonfiction food and drink history science technology informative slow-paced
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey

The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean

Susan Casey

326 pages • 2010 • 13 editions

nonfiction nature science adventurous slow-paced
Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization by Roy Scranton

Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization

Roy Scranton

144 pages • 2015 • 4 editions

nonfiction philosophy science challenging reflective slow-paced
Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World by Martin Keogh

Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World

Martin Keogh

320 pages • 2010 • 1 edition

nonfiction essays nature informative reflective slow-paced