THE FIRST ANIMAL PROTECTION AND VEGAN BOOKS I READ
Sue Coe, Dead Meat
Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina, Becoming Vegan
Gail Eisnitz, Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry
Howard Lyman, Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat
Jim Mason, An Unnatural Order: Roots of Our Destruction of Nature
Charles Patterson, Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust
Tom Regan, The Case for Animal Rights
John Robbins, Diet for a New America
Matthew Scully, Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy
Peter Singer, Animal Liberation
Peter Singer, Ethics into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement
Marjorie Spiegel, The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery
Steven M. Wise, Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals
THE FIRST COOKBOOKS I BOUGHT
Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer, How It All Vegan
Mari Fujii, The Enlightened Kitchen
Nicola Graimes, The Vegan Cookbook
Louise Hagler, Tofu Cookery
Donna Klein, The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen
Donna Klein, Vegan Italiano
Judy Krizmanic, The Teen’s Vegetarian Cookbook
Jennifer Raymond, The Peaceful Palate
Robin Robertson, Vegan Planet
Joanne Stepaniak, Vegan Vittles
Eric Tucker, The Millennium Cookbook
Susan Walter, Vegetarian Cooking at the Academy
OTHER RECOMMENDED READING
I’ve included these books here because they have either shaped my thinking related to my work and life or because I think they may be helpful for you on your journey.
Jonathan Balcombe, Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals
Jonathan Balcombe, What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
Diane Beers, For the Prevention of Cruelty: The History and Legacy of Animal Rights Activism in the United States
Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce, Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals
Craig Childs, The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
Stanley Cohen, States of Denial: Knowing About Atrocities and Suffering
Stephanie Feldstein, The Animal Lover’s Guide to Changing the World
Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals
Ted Genoways, The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food
Maya Gottfried, Vegan Love: Dating and Partnering for the Cruelty-Free Gal, with Fashion, Makeup, and Wedding Tips
Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Mark Hawthorne, Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism
Margaret Heffernan, Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril
Karen Iacobbo and Michael Iacobbo, Vegetarian America: A History
Melanie Joy, Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters
Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism
Tobias Leenaert, How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach
Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Stephen Mitchell (translator), Bhagavad Gita
Stephen Mitchell (translator), Tao Te Ching
George Monbiot, Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea, and Human Life
Sy Montgomery, How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
Sy Montgomery, The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood
Tai Moses, Zooburbia: Meditations on the Wild Animals Among Us
Lani Muelrath, The Mindful Vegan: A 30-Day Plan for Finding Health, Balance, Peace, and Happiness
Marion Nestle, Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
Richard Oppenlander, Comfortably Unaware: Global Depletion and Food Responsibility . . . What You Choose to Eat Is Killing Our Planet
Timothy Pachirat, Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight
Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Jennifer Skiff, Rescuing Ladybugs: Inspirational Encounters with Animals That Changed the World
Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
Colin Spencer, The Heretic’s Feast: A History of Vegetarianism
Tristram Stuart, The Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times
Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony
Frans de Waal, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?