Books

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.

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.

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.

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.

Raising Vegetarian Children by Jo Stepaniak and Vesanto Melina.

Great book answering just about every question you could have about raising children on a vegetarian/vegan diet. It not only talks about the health issues, but also about the emotional issues related to being raised on a diet different from that of most people around you. It further gives advice about raising children, which is useful for every parent, regardless of diet. And to top it off, you will find a nice section of vegan recipes especially designed for children.

Raising Vegan Children in a Non-Vegan World by Erin Pavlina

This book has been written by the founder of VegFamily.com and contains very useful information about raising children vegan. It will tell you how to transition children to a vegan diet, how to help your children handle bullies, how to deal with raising your children vegan when your spouse isn't and much more.

William Harris has been vegan since 1963 and an Emergency Room Physician for 32 years. In this book he discusses the origin of nutrients, our adaptation to animal source food, the health and behavior effects of animal protein, fat and cholesterol and much more. This book is intended for both health professionals and laypersons.

You can read the contents of this book online at this link.

Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory by Carol J. Adams

Feminist activist Carol J. Adams compares myths about meat-eating with myths about manliness and explores the connections between meat-eating and patriarchy, between vegetarianism and feminism.

Slaughterhouse Blues: The Meat and Poultry Industry in North America by Donald D. Stull and Michael J. Broadway

The authors spend more than 15 years researching the meat and poultry industry in North America where they've visited ranches, farms, feedlots, poultry houses, slaughterhouses and injured workers. They examine the industry's impact on workers and on the communities that host its plants and explore alternatives to North America's model of industrialized meat production.

Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect and Inhumane Treatment inside The U.S. Meat Industry by Gail A. Eisnitz

This book follows the author's investigation of slaughterhouses throughout America. While visiting slaughterhouses, she encounters animal abuse, awful working conditions and contaminated meat. The book also describes her battle with major television networks and her examination of USDA inspectors.