Thread: Reading List

Quote: Originally Posted by VeganKosmos It's really surprising to see many vegans including The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan on their favorite reading lists. It's an awful book full of pathetic excuses and rationalizations for eating meat. Pollan along with the 'happy-meat' advocates are what Colleen Patrick Goudreau calls appropriately the 'excuse-itarians'. There is an excellent review of this book...

Quote: Originally Posted by VeganKosmos There is an excellent review of this book and "the gourmet’s ongoing failure to think in moral terms" by Brian Reynolds Myers: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200709/omnivore . Ah, that review is simply excellent. The actual book seems like ****, but the review is deliciously snarky in pointing out all the superficialities of the book __________________ Have the courage to object. Let...

I have looked at the website for the guy who wrote Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. He is definitely NOT vegan. So never mind. I will not be reading it because I have so many others I would rather read instead.

"Diet for a New America" by John Robbins is the book that turned me veg. Although that book should have been enough to make me go vegan after reading, it took internet forums and meeting other "real live vegans!" to help me make the true connection. *shrug* I've heard that there's more or less a revised version of this book entitled "The Food Revoluntion: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your...

Holy hell. I kept just typing "VB" in the box and it was treating my post as if it was ALLCAPS, and making the B lowercase. I would like to take this opportunity to say it amuses me when the board filter works against the board. P.S. - It's not as funny when the post doesn't just say "VB" and nothing else.

This is always something I'm looking for on these forums, but can never find it. What books did you read that made you switch to veganism? What books are you reading now as inspiration or as a reminder? What would you Highly Recommend to people? Right now, I've got these on my 'to do' list: "Farm Sancuary" by Gene Baur "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair "The China Study" by...

I wasn't too fond of Skinny Bitch for some reason. It seemed to be like some sort of fad that they were trying to wire into people. "Think for the animals, lose weight, go vegan". Then again, that is my take on that. Anyways, this is a great thread, because I'm looking to get some more books to read too. I highly recommend Making a Killing by Bob Torres, and Gail Eznitz's Slaughterhouse . Hum, I can't...

After the Natalie Portman thing I am adding Eating Animals to my reading list.

Anything by John Robbins influences me and encourages me to stay vegan. I've also read The China Project and highly recommend that. A relatively new book that I recommend is "The Face On Your Plate" by J. Masson. It speaks to animal cruelty, animal feelings, and has a great chapter on the fishing industry.

Lots of good materials already mentioned. My additions to the list: Food for Life , by Neal Barnard 101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian , by Pamela Rice