2026 Reading Challenge

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Born Free by Joy AdamsonGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyThe Wilderness Family by Kobie KrügerSwimming with Orca by Ingrid VisserThe Spotted Sphinx by Joy Adamson
Studying the Wild: Memoirs of Animal Research in the Field
239 books — 47 voters
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead GeorgeWhite Fang by Jack LondonThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonNever Cry Wolf by Farley MowatA Wolf Called Romeo by Nick Jans
Books about Wild Canines
163 books — 42 voters

The Snow Leopard by Peter MatthiessenThe Rhino Crash by Nick NewmanNo Word for Wilderness by Roger ThompsonExplorer's Guide to Wildlife Adventures by J.Z. HuntVoices in the Ocean by Susan Casey
In Decline: Threatened or Vulnerable Species
120 books — 42 voters
Born Free by Joy AdamsonWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe Spotted Sphinx by Joy AdamsonBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownO Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Plains, Savannahs, Prairies, and Grasslands,
347 books — 38 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Republic by PlatoAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Books Inclined To Stimulate Your Mind
104 books — 35 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonNo Word for Wilderness by Roger ThompsonSave the Arctic by Bethany StahlThe Quest Begins by Erin HunterLittle Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Books about Bears
163 books — 32 voters

The Tree by Colin TudgeThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenThe Wild Trees by Richard PrestonA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Golden Spruce by John Vaillant
Deciduous and Coniferous Forests
237 books — 27 voters
The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaParasite Rex by Carl ZimmerIn the Shadow of Man by Jane GoodallThe Blind Watchmaker by Richard DawkinsThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Biology
162 books — 26 voters

The Daily Coyote by Shreve StocktonGod's Dog by Hope RydenCoyote America by Dan FloresMoon Called by Patricia BriggsNew Coyote by Michael Bergey
Books about Coyotes
68 books — 25 voters
The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaThe Vital Question by Nick LaneLife Ascending by Nick LaneLife's Ratchet by Peter M. HoffmannSnowball Earth by Gabrielle Walker
Best Books On the Origins of Life
36 books — 23 voters

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameThe Wolverine Way by Douglas H. ChadwickTarka the Otter by Henry WilliamsonMy Otter Half by Michelle SchustermanTaggerung by Brian Jacques
Books about Weasels, Ferrets, Otters, Wolverines, and Other Mustelids
141 books — 22 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Jungle Book by Rudyard KiplingTiger Moon by Antonia MichaelisThe Tiger by John VaillantIn the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Books about Tigers
58 books — 21 voters

In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonRed by Terry Tempest WilliamsDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyTracks by Robyn DavidsonTrack of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Deserts of the World
116 books — 20 voters
Eyes Like a Hurricane by Taryn NikolicStony Kill by Marie White SmallRiver Notes by Barry LopezThe Great Lakes by Wayne GradyJourney of the Pink Dolphins by Sy Montgomery
Waterfalls, Rivers, Steams, Lakes, and Ponds
162 books — 20 voters

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeH Is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldWesley the Owl by Stacey O'BrienThe Capture by Kathryn LaskyThe Last Eagle by Daniel P. Mannix
Books about Birds of Prey
93 books — 16 voters
Beauty by Shea CullenIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonTasmanian Devil by David OwenInto That Forest by Louis NowraDiary of a Wombat by Jackie French
Books about Marsupials and Monotremes
88 books — 16 voters

Neanderthal Man by Svante PääboWho We Are and How We Got Here by David ReichThe Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeA Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived by Adam RutherfordDNA Nation by Sergio Pistoi
Human Population Genetics
68 books — 16 voters
The Snow Leopard by Peter MatthiessenThe African Leopard by Theodore N. BaileyWild Animal School by Jenny LynneWarrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies OkungbowaMan-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag by Jim Corbett
Books for Leopard Lovers
37 books — 15 voters

The White Puma by R.D. LawrenceThe Ghost Walker by R.D. LawrenceCougar by Alan RabinowitzThe Beast in the Garden by David BaronTrack of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Books about Mountain Lions
52 books — 14 voters
The White Panther by Theodore J. WaldeckJaguar by Alan RabinowitzJaguar's Shadow by Richard MahlerThe Jaguar Princess by Clare BellThe Tribe of Tiger by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Books about Jaguars (Cats)
18 books — 13 voters

The Spotted Sphinx by Joy AdamsonTomorrow's Sphinx by Clare BellChasing Cheetahs by Sy MontgomeryI...AM...CHEETAH! by Stephanie J. TeerThe Tribe of Tiger by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Books about Cheetahs
14 books — 13 voters
Hyena by Mikita BrottmanCrow by Boria SaxTurtle by Louise M. PrykeScorpion by Louise M. PrykeWhale by Joe Roman
Reaktion Animal Books
104 books — 13 voters

The Blood Jaguar by Michael H. PayneTrooper by Forrest Bryant JohnsonChia, the Wildcat by Joyce StrangerIn Search of the Scottish Wildcat by Morris AllanBobcat by Kevin Hansen
Books about Small Wild Cats
41 books — 11 voters
Rats by Robert SullivanLily Pond by Hope RydenThe Irish Wildlife Book by Fergus O'GormanPaddy by R.D. LawrenceEager by Ben Goldfarb
Natural History of Rodents
39 books — 8 voters

God's Amazing Creatures & Me! by Helen C. HaidleDarwinian Religion by Keith SimpsonOur Created Moon by Donald DeYoungGive Me Five for Fangs, Feathers, and Faith! by Victoria Peace GreenWhere the Garden Begins by J. Suthern Hicks
Evolution Free Homeschool Resources
40 books — 7 voters
Finding Esme by Suzanne CrowleyMary Anning's Curiosity by Monica KullingMy Daniel by Pam ConradFanny and the Monsters and Other Stories by Penelope LivelyA Bone from a Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson
Paleontology in Children's Fiction
37 books — 7 voters

Monarchs and Milkweed by Anurag AgrawalWild Migrations by Matthew J. KauffmanThe Homing Instinct by Bernd HeinrichFour Wings and a Prayer by Sue HalpernA World on the Wing by Scott Weidensaul
Animal Migration
35 books — 7 voters
Spotted Hyena by Hans KruukKings of the Jungle by Daniel S. William FletcherThe Bolds by Julian ClaryEmperor Mage by Tamora PierceThe hunter's reflection by Bálint Makai
Misunderstood: Hyenas
14 books — 6 voters

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