I just joined a vegan book club.

Right now they’re doing a poll to decide which book to read. The poll choices themselves make a pretty comprehensive list of vegan-related reading material. With or without the help of a book club, these books should probably find their way onto the bookshelves of anyone seriously interested in veganism or animal rights. There’s even one or two books about nutrition:

• Animal Liberation by Peter Singer
• The Dreaded Comparison Human and Animal Slavery by Marjorie Spiegel
• Babies and Beasts: The Argument From Marginal Cases by Daniel A. Dombrowski
• Introduction to Animal Rights Your Child or the Dog? by Gary L. Francione
• Thanking the Monkey Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals by Karen Dawn
• Eternal Treblinka Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust by Charles Patterson
• For the Prevention of Cruelty The History and Legacy of Animal Rights Activism in the United States by Diane L. Beers
• Between the Species A Reader in Human-Animal Relationships by Arnold Arluke
• Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
• Ethics and the Beast A Speciesist Argument for Animal Liberation by  Tzachi Zamir
• Making a Killing The Political Economy of Animal Rights by Bob Torres
• Strategic Action for Animals A Handbook on Strategic Movement Building, Organizing, and Activism for Animal Liberation by Melanie Joy
• The Way We Eat Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer
• Sins of the Flesh A History of Ethical Vegetarian Thought by Rod Preece
• The Animal Activists Handbook Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today’s World by Matt Ball
• Dominion The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy by Matthew Scully
• The Face on Your Plate The Truth About Food by J. Moussaieff Masson
• Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
• When Elephants Weep The Emotional Lives of Animals by J. Moussaieff Masson
• Vegetarian America A History by Karen Iacobbo
• Living Among Meat Eaters The Vegetarian’s Survival Handbook by Carol J. Adams
• The Heretic’s Feast A History of Vegetarianism by Colin Spencer
• Being Vegan by Joanne Stepaniak
• An Unnatural Order Uncovering the Roots of Our Domination of Nature and Each Other by Jim Mason
• Diet for a New America How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness and the Future of Life on Earth by John Robbins
• Religious Vegetarianism From Hesiod to the Dalai Lama by Lisa Portmess
• Why Animals Matter The Case for Animal Protection by Erin E. Williams
• Ethical Vegetarianism From Pythagoras to Peter Singer by Kerry S. Walters
• The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan
• Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals by Anthony J. Nocella II
• May All Be Fed ‘a Diet For A New World Including Recipes By Jia Patton And Friends by John Robbins
• Animal Rights/Human Rights by David Nibert
• Rain Without Thunder The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement by Gary L. Francione
• Animals as Persons Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation by Gary L. Francione
• Why Animal Suffering Matters Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics by Andrew Linzey
• 101 Reasons Why I’m A Vegetarian by Pamela Rice
• Vegan Freak Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World by Bob Torres
• The China Study The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health by T. Colin Campbell
• Capers in the Churchyard Animal Rights Advocacy in the Age of Terror by Lee Hall
• Slaughterhouse The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, And Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.s. Meat Industry by Gail A. Eisnitz
• Animals, Property, and the Law (Ethics and Action) by Gary L. Francione
• Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows An Introduction to Carnism by Melanie Joy

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