When I began my vegan journey, I read a lot of books and watched a lot of videos. Educating yourself to the facts is essential to making your vegan journey as easy and as successful as possible. The following are a list of books, videos, publications, web sites and other resources that I personally found helpful and whole-heartedly endorse. Of course, there are many more resources available but I can only endorse what I, myself, have personally experienced.
Books
Veganism
- Diet for a New America by John Robbins
- The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer and Jim Mason
- The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-vegetarian Critical Theory, 20th Anniversary Edition by Carol J. Adams
- World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony by Will Tuttle
- The Face on Your Plate: The Truth About Food by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
- The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
- Green is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege by Will Potter
- Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World (Tofu Hound Press) by Bob Torres and Jenna Torres
- Thanking the Monkey by Karen Dawn
- Beg by Rory Freedman
- Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows by Melanie Joy
Health and Nutrition
- Breaking the Food Seduction – The Hidden Reasons Behind Food Cravings and the 7 Steps to End Them Naturally by Dr. Neal Barnard
- The China Study by T. Colin Campbell
- Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition by Julieanna Hever
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Gluten-Free Vegan Cooking by Julieanna Hever
- Vegan for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Be Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diet by Jack Norris and Virginia Messina
- I’m Mad As Hell, and I’m Not Going to Eat it Anymore: Taking Control of Your Health and Your Life–One Vegan Recipe at a Time by Christina Pirello
- This Crazy Vegan Life: A Prescription for an Endangered Species by Christina Pirello
- Super Immunity: The Essential Nutrition Guide for Boosting Your Body’s Defenses to Live Longer, Stronger, and Disease Free by Joel Fuhrman
- Crazy Sexy Diet by Kris Carr
- Yoga and Vegetarianism: The Diet of Enlightenment by Sharon Gannon and Ingrid Newkirk
Memoirs and Must-Reads
- The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals by Jenny Brown with Gretchen Primack
- Mad Cowboy by Howard Lyman
- Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food by Gene Baur
- Ninety-Five: Meeting America’s Farmed Animals in Stories and Photographs by No Voice Unheard
- Vegan’s Daily Companion: 365 Days of Inspiration for Cooking, Eating, and Living Compassionately by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
- The Inner World of Farm Animals: Their Amazing Social, Emotional, and Intellectual Capacities by Amy Hatkoff, Jane Goodall and Wayne Pacelle
- Where the Blind Horse Sings: Love and Healing at an Animal Sanctuary by Kathy Stevens and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
- Animal Camp: Reflections on a Decade of Love, Hope, and Veganism at Catskill Animal Sanctuary by Kathy Stevens
- Tarra & Bella: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends by Carol Buckley
- Kind: Poems by Gretchen Primack
Magazines
VegNews
Vegetarian Times
Laika
DVDs and Videos
DVDs
Earthlings by Shaun Monson
Food Inc. by Robert Kenner
Forks Over Knives by Lee Fulkerson
Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home by Jenny Stein
The Witness: A Tribe of Heart Documentary by Jenny Stein
Vegucated by Marisa Miller Wolfson
Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead by Joe Cross
Videos
Farm to Fridge at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhqP8yOkouU
Meet Your Meat at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32IDVdgmzKA