Veganism - Essential Reading List (48 books)

This is a list of books to understand Vegan Philosophy.
This will help Vegans to strengthen their knowledge on ethics of Veganism.
And this will help non-vegans to learn about Vegan philosophy (yes! it is a philosophy, not a diet)

P.S The list is updated on daily basis
P.P.S I am in the process of reading all the books. Some books are added basis recommendation. If after reading I find that a specific book is not in line with ethics of veganism, I will remove it. Feel free to DM on suggestions to add or delete books.
P.P.P.S There are no diet/health books in this list. While there are benefits of plant based diet, that's not what veganism is about.

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1	This is Vegan Propaganda by Ed Winters 4.61 avg rating — 5,072 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Why Veganism Matters: The Moral Value of Animals by Gary L. Francione 3.86 avg rating — 56 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach by Gary L. Francione 4.34 avg rating — 225 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan 4.17 avg rating — 566 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Motivational Methods for Vegan Advocacy: A Clinical Psychology Perspective by Casey T. Taft 4.23 avg rating — 101 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Animal Liberation by Peter Singer (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 11,324 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation by Sunaura Taylor 4.56 avg rating — 717 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights by Tom Regan 4.21 avg rating — 326 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery by Marjorie Spiegel 4.02 avg rating — 303 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	How To Argue With Vegans: An Analysis of Anti-vegan Arguments (Vegan Philosophy Book 1) by Benny Malone (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?: Reflections on the Liberation of Animals by Steven Best 4.26 avg rating — 164 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Mind if I Order the Cheeseburger?: And Other Questions People Ask Vegans by Sherry F. Colb 4.14 avg rating — 321 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory by Carol J. Adams really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,497 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Speciesism by Joan Dunayer 3.92 avg rating — 60 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Veganism in an Oppressive World: A Vegans-of-Color Community Project by Julia Feliz Brueck 4.12 avg rating — 255 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance by Jason Hribal 3.74 avg rating — 221 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Advocate for Animals!: An Abolitionist Vegan Handbook by Gary L. Francione 4.38 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy by Matthew Scully 4.17 avg rating — 1,460 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Beating Hearts: Abortion and Animal Rights by Sherry F. Colb 3.37 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement by Ernest Freeberg 4.16 avg rating — 183 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Animal Question: Why Nonhuman Animals Deserve Human Rights by Paola Cavalieri 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Animal Equality: Language and Liberation by Joan Dunayer 4.38 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Anthropocentrism and Its Discontents: The Moral Status of Animals in the History of Western Philosophy by Gary Steiner 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 80,732 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation? by Gary L. Francione 4.13 avg rating — 99 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Rain Without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement by Gary L. Francione 4.26 avg rating — 152 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? by Gary L. Francione 4.33 avg rating — 348 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Eat Like You Care: An Examination of the Morality of Eating Animals by Gary L. Francione 4.16 avg rating — 1,122 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Struggle for Animal Rights by Tom Regan 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Animal Rights and Human Obligations by tom-regan-peter-albert-david-singer 3.79 avg rating — 47 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Animal Rights, Human Wrongs: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy by Tom Regan 3.92 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Defending Animal Rights by Tom Regan 3.89 avg rating — 45 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Animal Oppression and Capitalism [2 volumes] by David A. Nibert (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Animal Oppression and Human Violence: Domesecration, Capitalism, and Global Conflict by David A. Nibert 4.39 avg rating — 84 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Ecofeminism: Feminist Intersections with Other Animals and the Earth by Carol J. Adams (Editor) 4.01 avg rating — 107 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Human Use of Animals: Case Studies in Ethical Choice by Tom L. Beauchamp 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Killing Happy Animals: Explorations in Utilitarian Ethics (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series) by Tatjana Višak really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Sentientist Politics: A Theory of Global Inter-Species Justice by Alasdair Cochrane 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Should Animals Have Political Rights? by Alasdair Cochrane 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Until Every Animal is Free by Saryta Rodriguez 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Animal Ethics and the Nonconformist Conscience (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series) by Philip J. Sampson 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Feminist Care Tradition in Animal Ethics by Josephine Donovan (Goodreads Author) (editor) 4.08 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect by Marc Bekoff (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 208 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	A Rational Approach to Animal Rights: Extensions in Abolitionist Theory by Corey Lee Wrenn 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Animal Revolution: Changing Attitudes Towards Speciesism by Richard D. Ryder 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Millennial Vegan - Tips for Navigating Relationships, Wellness, and Everyday Life as a Young Animal Advocate by Casey T. Taft 4.18 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Ethical Vegan: A Personal and Political Journey to Change the World by Jordi Casamitjana (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	How to Argue With a Meat Eater by Ed Winters 4.58 avg rating — 1,117 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars