Animal Rights Books

A collection of books with a vegan and animal advocacy message

Animal Rights Community
Animal Rights and Vegan Books top 10! Books on Animal Rights Philosophy; Books on Animal Rights History; Books on Animal Rights and Relgion; Books about Diet Ethics/Vegan Books; Vegetarian/Vegan Cookbooks.
1. Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust (2002)
Eternal Treblinka explores the similar attitudes and methods behind modern society's treatment of animals and the way humans have often treated each other, most notably during the Holocaust.
2. Making A Killing: The Political Economy of Animal Rights by Bob Torres (2007)
Making a killing explores the intersections between human and animal oppressions in relation to the exploitative dynamics of capitalism.
3. The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan (1983, 1985, 2004)
The Case for Animal Rights makes the case--clearly, forcefully and thoroughly--that animals have a basic moral right to be treated in ways that show respect for their independent value.
4. Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? by Gary Francione (2000)
Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? provides a guidebook to examining our social and personal ethical beliefs. It takes us through concepts of property and equal consideration to arrive at the basic contention of animal rights: that everyone-human and non-human-has the right not to be treated as a means to an end.
5. Speciesism by Joan Dunayer (2004)
Speciesism spells out an abolitionist animal rights position. It seriously challenges the animal rights movement to clarify stances and claims-making about human-nonhuman relations.
6. Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based Diet by Brenda Davis, Vesanto Melina (2000)
Two of North America's foremost vegetarian dietitians present up-to-date findings on how to meet all of your nutritional needs eating a nutritious, vegan diet. From infants and toddlers to seniors - as well as the special needs of athletes and pregnant women, -you'll discover the information you need to stay healthy and enjoy a balanced diet.
7. Animals As Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation. by Gary Francione (2008)
Unlike Peter Singer, Francione maintains that we cannot morally justify using animals under any circumstances, and unlike Tom Regan, Francione's theory applies to all sentient beings, not only to those who have more sophisticated cognitive abilities.
8. Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?: Reflections on the Liberation of Animals by Steven Best, Ph.D. and Anthony J. Nocella, II (2004)
The first anthology of writings on the history, ethics, politics and tactics of the Animal Liberation Front, Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? features both academic and activist perspectives and offers powerful insights into this international organization and its position within the animal rights movement.
9. Christianity and the Rights of Animals. by Andrew Linzey (1987)
The first systematic attempt to relate the notion of animal rights to biblical insights and to provide a theological grounding for the rights of the creature.
10. Animals, Property, and the Law by Gary Francione (1995)
Francione argues that the current legal standard of animal welfare does not and cannot establish fights for animals. As long as they are viewed as property, animals will be subject to suffering for the social and economic benefit of human beings.
11. Drawing the Line: Science and the Case for Animal Rights by Steven Wise (2003)
In Drawing the line, Steve Wise advocates the acceptance of a legal status for nonhuman animals that allows them to be treated as something more than property. Wise presents examples of animal intelligence and behavior, recounting his personal experiences with some of the world's most famous animal experts and the remarkable creatures they work with.
Strict Vegetarian / Vegan Cookbooks
Vegan Cookbook: Over 90 Mouthwatering New Dairy Free Recipes for All Occasions by Tony Weston
Vegan Fusion World Cuisine: Healing Recipes and Timeless Wisdom from our Hearts to Yours by Mark Reinfeld and Bo Rinaldi
Vegan with a Vengeance : Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen by Donna Klein
Vegan Cooking for One by Leah Leneman
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