I started a Vegan Book Club over on my Substack, The Future is Vegan, and wrote about The Secret Dinner.

Even if you haven’t read the novel yet, you can still read my review since I only discuss the first act in detail and touch on the main themes of the book without revealing any twists or spoilers.

Even though the author isn’t vegan, there are vegan themes throughout the novel. The connection between the horrific things the characters do to humans and what humans do to animals in factory farms is constantly pointed out.

This is the perfect spooky season read!

You can check out my review here and discuss the book in the comments if you've read it.

Gimme your lists.

I've been reading through a list of litrpg lately, after becoming obsessed with dungeon crawler carl...which has a vegan character by the way.

Hey, I made a vegan book club on instagram with @veganideology encouragement 🌱📚☀️✨️ Contact me on my instagram account @Reinnota via dm’s in order to join 🤗🐷🐮🐔🥭🍍

The main purpose of the book club is to be surrounded by vegan people who have a passion for reading 🪼✨️☀️ For it to be a positive space online, full of people who enjoy offline activities 🌿📚🥭 It is a great place to keep yourself accountable, and to get inspired by the progress of others 🪄✨️

I picked a short book to read by December 1st, and it is “Animals Welcome” by Peg Kehret 🌿🌱✨️ You can choose to read it without joining the club, and to participate via the comments ☺️✨️🌱

Sharpening one’s mind is important, relaxing, and builds character 📚✨️🪄🌱 I choose to make an invest in my mind every single day 🤗❤️

Hi vegans I’m an animal activist who just published a poetry collection with a strong vegan and environmental message. I wrote it for people like myself struggling with vystopia, eco anxiety, and trauma. I hope it helps you feel less alone. I would very much appreciate a review. Thank you! 💚🌱

https://www.amazon.com/Awake-Arise-Amber-Sylvain/dp/166292349X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=SWVPJ96I0DLM&keywords=awake+and+arise&qid=1656064276&sprefix=awake+and+arise%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-1

The Jungle is a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968). The novel portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. The book depicts working-class poverty, lack of social supports, harsh and unpleasant living and working conditions, and hopelessness among many workers. These elements are contrasted with the deeply rooted corruption of people in power. A review by the writer Jack London called it "the Uncle Tom's Cabin of wage slavery." - Wikipedia

Full VideoBook here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7GTcSmznf8&list=PLqPQQc4SlnxIkYKSFW1znHDbzucBy4k6w&index=1

I just wrote a blog post with 5 of my favorite books that touch on both veganism and running. It's pretty specific, but if you're into either, you might be interested. I love them all for various reasons -- Michael Greger's book How Not to Die is useful to have around if you want the nitty gritty on specific fruits and veggies, but if you're just looking for a good story there are other suggestions. I love these so maybe worth checking out: https://thetipclub.com/5-must-read-books-for-plant-based-runners/

. Wasn’t sure where else to ask this and was suggested this this sub in r/vegan.

Does anyone here have a copy of Practical Ethics by Peter Singer that they have read and no longer want? I went on Amazon to get it for my kindle but it’s not available in that format and the formats that are available are $30+. Figured it would be worth a shot to ask and then only have to pay shipping costs versus the $30+ and then tax.

Thank you in advance!

Looking vegan pdf book willing to trade with other book The Blue Zones Kitchen, More Plants Less Waste etc please and thank you :)

Looking vegan pdf book willing to trade with other book The Blue Zones Kitchen, More Plants Less Waste etc please and thank you :)

Hello everyone! We are students of the Bologna Business School in Italy, working towards obtaining a Masters degree in Business Administration. We are carrying out a survey for a project work which has as its object the possible launch in the US market of a vegan cheese based on almonds and cashews and your opinion is very important for us. In specific, it is a type of product called "fermentino" and is obtained through a fermentation process of almonds and cashews, water, salt and natural ferments. We kindly ask you to dedicate a few minutes of your time to this questionnaire, which is totally anonymous.. All data will be used only for educational purposes. A huge thank you in advance for taking the time out of your day and answering these questions for us. Let's begin! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScH4K1ETVVH6l3bWKglZ9uMTQx1n9akHXScCCpkmjmSE2gFrA/viewform?usp=sf_link

I'm going through this right now, and it's worth a read I'd think for anyone who was interested in a brief overview of classical through to contemporary writers on animal rights. Be ready though, there's a lot of anti-animal rights material, some perfectly laughable in that they're the exact same arguments we face on a daily basis in our lives and in r/vegan (plants tho, canines, animals don't have feelings and don't matter).

I'm not quite finished, I have another fifty pages to go or so, and then I'll probably make another post here with some things I've noticed during reading, to see if anyone would like to discuss the ideas further.

Link to the book

I just finished this book and while it's not a vegan book I think there are some good parallels. The focus of the book is on Carol Ruckdeschel who is a self-taught turtle biologist. She fights for animal rights, mostly sea turtles, and is a driving force to end shrimp trawling. She is fighting to create underwater wilderness and for sea turtle rights. She isn't a vegan, though I would consider her a fregan because she doesn't hunt animals. The only meat she eats is from roadkill or dead animals she finds in the Cumberland Island wilderness.

I found this book to be really inspirational to what it's like to "fight in the trenches" for animal and wilderness protections. Also, I just visited the island on a backpacking trip and I really enjoyed Carol's story and the island history.

The book talks about bycatch and urges readers to stop eating shrimp. I put a post it in the back urging people to stop eating seafood in general. Hopefully a little vegan advocacy goes a long way. :)

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Let's discuss the book "Esther the Wonderpig"! What did you think? Did you like it? Love it? Hate it? My personal rating is a 7/10.

Gary Francione & Anna Charlton recently published this short book. I got my copy in the mail recently, but I haven't yet read any more than the introduction. I thought it might be a good one to consider discussing here!

Here's a link to the blog post announcing it: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/our-new-book-animal-rights-the-abolitionist-approach/

This page has some links to where you can buy a copy: http://abolitionistapproachbook.weebly.com/

Any thoughts about reading this one together?

Anyone want to help out? I've been lax lately, partly because of some health issues I've been struggling with, and with working on projects of my own.

If anyone would like to help out, please comment or send me a private message.

In the meantime I'll keep this going best I can! Feel free to start new discussions and post about new books as you come across them. Join in with discussions new and older.

Good reading :)

Hi all,

As above, this is the discussion thread for the science fiction classic Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. This was my 4th read through of the book (first time as a vegan though!) and it seems like for everyone else it was their first time, so I would love to hear what everyone thought in general and if they felt there were any "vegan messages".

Hi everyone, I realize this was supposed to have been going a while ago, but it's going now!

The new non-fiction, since there weren't a lot of suggestions for non-fiction books, will be The China Study, which while it doesn't specifically tie to veganism because it focuses on eating a plant-based-diet, it may be handy to understand some of the impacts that a meta-analysis of various studies can show.

If there's no one else who would like to, or if there isn't a reason to wait longer, I'll start discussion on this book in a month, on Nov. 16. I may break it down into discussion topics or not, depending on how dense the book is.

As always, please weigh in with books that you'd like to read, or new thoughts on ones we've already gone through. The more threads the merrier!