Reading List
These powerful books will expand your circle of compassion
“To protest about bullfighting in Spain, the eating of dogs in South Korea, or the slaughter of baby seals in Canada while continuing to eat eggs from hens who have spent their lives crammed into cages, or veal from calves who have been deprived of their mothers, their proper diet, and the freedom to lie down with their legs extended, is like denouncing apartheid in South Africa while asking your neighbors not to sell their houses to blacks.” Peter Singer, Animal Liberation
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Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat
Marta Zaraska
Beyond cages
Justin Marceau
Introduction aux études animales
Émilie Dardenne
Animalkind
Ingrid Newkirk, Gene Stone
Animal Liberation
Peter Singer
Zoopolis
Sue Donaldson
The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory
Carol J. Adams.
Making a stand for animals
Oscar Horta
We animals
Jo-Anne McArthur
Defending Animals
Tom Regan
Personalities on the Plate: The Lives & Minds of Animals We Eat
Barbara J. King
The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman
Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism
Mark Hawthorne
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
Peter Godfrey-Smith
Eat like you care
Gary L. Francione
Ethics into action
Peter Singer
Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy
Matthew Scully
How to Create a Vegan World: a Pragmatic Approach
Tobias Leenaert
What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
Jonathan Balcombe
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
Carl Safina
HIDDEN: Animals in the Anthropocene
Jo-Anne McArthur
Vegan Propaganda
Ed Winters
Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life
Edward O. Wilson
La philosophie de l'abattoir
Christiane Bailey, Jean-François Labonté,
How To Go Vegan: The why, the how, and everything you need to make going vegan easy
Veganuary
Strategic Action for Animals
Melanie Joy
Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved
Frans de Waal, Peter Singer, Others
The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation? (Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science, and Law)
Gary Francione
The Moral Status of Animals
Stephen R. L. Clark
Personalities on the Plate
Barbara J. King
Beyond cages
Justin Marceau
Introduction aux études animales
Émilie Dardenne
Animalkind
Ingrid Newkirk, Gene Stone
Animal Liberation
Peter Singer
This is Vegan Propaganda (& Other Lies the Meat Industry tells you)
Ed Winters
Zoopolis
Sue Donaldson
The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation?
Gary L. Francione, Robert Garner
Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism
Mark Hawthorne, John Hunt
The Sexual Politics of Meat
Carol J. Adams.
What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
Jonathan Balcombe
Ethics Into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement
Peter Singer
Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy
Matthew Scully
Half-Earth Our Planet's Fight for Life
Edward O Wilson
The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman
Motivational Methods for Vegan Advocacy: A Clinical Psychology Perspective
Casey T. Taft
Strategic Action for Animals
Melanie Joy
Wildhood: The Epic Journey from Adolescence to Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals
Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Kathryn Bowers
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Frans de Waal
Other Minds The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
Peter Godfrey-Smith
The moral status of animals
Stephen R.L. Clark
Primates and philosophers
Frans de Waal, Stephen Macedo
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
Carl Safina
Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat
Marta Zaraska
Making a stand for animals
Oscar Horta
We animals
Jo-Anne McArthur
Defending Animal Rights
Tom Regan
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
Melanie Joy