Lakeland Public Library discussion

For this week's reading challenge we're asking you to read a book that features the untamed world as a major element. That could be anything from Michael Punke's The Revenant to The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman, or Wild by Cheryl Strayed to The Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

You can also choose a book with a wild animal in the title. We've listed some below to show the possibilities (and because it was a fun challenge), but there are lots more out there. Have a great title we missed? Share it with other readers in the comments.

Remember, any time spent reading for this challenge counts towards your goal of 5 to 10 hours of reading a week.

FICTION:


The Ape House by Sara Gruen
 

Bad Monkey by Carl Hiassen


Bear and the Nightingale by Kathrine Arden

 
Beartown by Fredrik Backman

 
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James


Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore
 

Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth


The Deer Leap by Martha Grimes

 
Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie

 
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith


In a Badger Way by Shelly Laurenston
 

The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis

 
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

 
The Panda of Death by Betty Webb
 

Rhino Ranch by Larry McMurtry
 

Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
 

Waypoint Kangaroo by Curtis C. Chen

 
West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
 

White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
 

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
 
 
 
 NON-FICTION:

 
American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West by Nate Blankslee


Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace by Carl Safina
 

Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo by Vanessa Woods


Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther by Craig Pittman


Catching the Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort


Filthy Beasts: A Memoir by Kirkland Hamill


The Loneliest Polar Bear: A True Story of Survival and Peril On the Edge of a Warming World by Kale Williams

 
No Beast So Fierce: The Terrifying Story of the Champawat Tiger by Dane Huckelbridge


The Photo Ark: One Man's Quest to Document the World's Animals by Joel Sartore


Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur
 
 
YA & KIDS:
 

Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi


Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
 

Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa


Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George


The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
 

The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis


Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Bill Martin

 
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendek