Vegan & Animal Rights Books

Living Among Meat Eaters: The Vegetarian's Survival Handbook by Carol J. Adams

In this books you can find many helpful tips for dealing with (mis)conceptions of vegetarians. The book also contains recipes, a letter to parents of vegetarians, an international vegetarian card and resources.

Mad Cowboy: The Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat by Howard Lyman

Eye-opening book exposing all the dangers of eating meat. Written by a former cattle rancher who turned vegan. After the author appeared on the 'Oprah Winfrey Show', Oprah declared that she would never eat a burger again.

Making Kind Choices by Ingrid Newkirk

This book is a practical handbook full of resources that will help you choose a more compassionate lifestyle. It contains information on hidden animal ingredients in cosmetics and household products, information on how to raise ecologically aware and animal-friendly children, information on dealing kindly with mice, insects and other 'pests' in home or garden and much more.

Meat Market: Animals, Ethics, and Money by Erik Marcus

This book is a personal guide on how to become an effective activist. It focuses especially on animal cruelty issues and the importance of having convincing arguments and knowing the facts before discussing veganism in public. The book also contains inspiring essays from activists.

Metamorphosis is a beautiful book with poems focusing on veganism, animal rights, deep ecology, environmentalism and human consciousness-raising. The book is written by 30 year vegan M. Katz. The 50 thought-provoking poems are accompanied by 50 lovely color photographs.

Peace to All Beings: Veggie Soup for the Chicken's Soul by Judy Carman

Peace to All Beings explores the interconnectedness of animal rights, ecology, world peace and social justice. It shows how animal rights and liberation are an essential part of any movement that is working to make the world a better place. It is a valuable aid for anyone seeking to live in harmony with the values of compassion, nonviolence and reverence for all life.

 Plant Peace Daily: Everyday Outreach for People Who Care by Rae Sikora and Jim Corcoran.

Rae Sikora and Jim Corcoran have decades of experience as activists. Their outreach has been focused on vegan, animal, health, human rights, environmental and consumerism issues. Over the years they have learned what does and doesn't work and have offered very popular workshops. They've collected all their ideas in this book to inspire you to help create a more compassionate world. This book can be downloaded for free on their website Plant Peace Daily.

Pleasurable Kingdom by Jonathan Balcombe

Animal suffering has been acknowledged by legislation in many countries even though it was once controversial. This book however, presents new evidence that animals not only can suffer, but also have the ability to feel pleasure. While most people think that animals merely struggle for survival, this book suggests that they can also feel good thanks to play, sex, touch, food, comfort and more. The author of this book is an animal behavioral expert whose proposal of the possibility of positive feelings in animals can have important ethical ramifications.

 The Pornography of Meat by Carol J. Adams

How does someone become a piece of meat? Carol J. Adams answers this question in this book by finding hidden meanings in the culture around us. The Pornography of Meat uncovers startling connections: why pornography demonstrates such a fascination with slaughtering and hunting. Animals to be eaten as meat presented in seductive poses and sexy clothing, implying that women - especially women of color - are like animals: insatiable. The Pornography of Meat shows exactly how harm to others parades as fun.

Rain Without Thunder by Gary L. Francione

In this book law professor and animal rights advocate Gary Francione argues that there are profound theoretical and practical differences between animal rights and animal welfare. He is critical of what he calls "new welfarism", or the position that incremental improvements in animal welfare will lead to the abolition of animal exploitation.