6 must-read psychology books like Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters by Melanie Joy

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Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters

By: Melanie Joy

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Vegans, vegetarians, and meat eaters can feel like they’re living in different worlds. Many vegans …

"What we learn to call "natural" is actually just the dominant culture's interpretation of history."

-Melanie Joy, Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters

"What we learn to call "natural" is actually just the dominant culture's interpretation of history."

-Melanie Joy, Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters

"What we learn to call "natural" is actually just the dominant culture's interpretation of history."

-Melanie Joy, Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters

If you liked the psychology plot in Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters by Melanie Joy , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

By: Greg McKeown

3.80

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underuti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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2. How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach

By: Tobias Leenaert

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this thought-provoking book, Tobias Leenaert leaves well-trodden animal advocacy paths and takes… read more

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  • animals
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • vegan
  • activism
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3. Gift from the Sea

By: Anne Morrow Lindbergh

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In this inimitable, beloved classic--graceful, lucid and lyrical--Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help

4. The Second Sex

By: Simone de Beauvoir , Deirdre Bair , H.M. Parshley

3.60

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Newly translated and unabridged in English for the first time, Simone de Beauvoir's masterwork is a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. 80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good

By: Benjamin Todd

3.75

Format: 148 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
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6. Of Human Bondage

By: W. Somerset Maugham , Maeve Binchy , Benjamin DeMott

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

The first and most autobiographical of Maugham's masterpieces. It is the story of Philip Carey, an … read more

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7. Eating Animals

By: Jonathan Safran Foer

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Brilliantly synthesizing philosophy, literature, science, memoir and his own detective work, Eating… read more

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8. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

By: Michael Greger , Gene Stone

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

From the physician behind the wildly popular website NutritionFacts.org, How Not to Die reveals the… read more

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9. Revenge

By: Yōko Ogawa , Stephen Snyder

4.26

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Sinister forces draw together a cast of desperate characters in this eerie and absorbing novel from… read more

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10. How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

By: Jordan Ellenberg

5.00

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

The Freakonomics of math--a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world a… read more

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11. Animal Liberation

By: Peter Singer

3.80

Format: 220 pages,

The Book That Started A Revolution Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work… read more

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12. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

By: Abhijit V. Banerjee , Esther Duflo

4.07

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the Year Award Billions of g… read more

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13. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

By: Cal Newport

3.36

Format: 96 pages, ebook

In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is… read more

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14. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

By: Robert C. Martin

4.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

Programmers who endure and succeed amidst swirling uncertainty and nonstop pressure share a common … read more

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15. The Vegetarian

By: Han Kang , Deborah Smith

4.00

Format: 204 pages,

Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood… read more

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16. Felix Ever After

By: Kacen Callender

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Stonewall and Lambda Award-winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a … read more

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"It's easier to accept hurt and pain, sometimes, than love and acceptance."

-Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After

"It's easier, sometimes, to love when you know it's a love you can't have."

-Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After

"For trans and nonbinary youth: You're beautiful. You're important. You're valid. You're perfect."

-Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After

"Yeah. I don’t know, I always feel like I can’t figure out how to just stop watching and actually join."

-Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After

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17. Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

By: Agata Romaniuk

4.31

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

O pierwszych miłościach powiedziano prawie wszystko – powstało już wiele filmów, piosenek i wierszy… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Póki ktoś na nas patrzy z czułością, póty istniejemy."

-Agata Romaniuk, Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

"- Byliśmy we dwoje. Razem można wszystko przetrwać - mówi Luba, a Dmytro potwierdza, kiwając głową."

-Agata Romaniuk, Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

"Problemy zaczęły się, kiedy Wiesława, pięćdziesięcioletnia księgowa z Iławy, wybrała ciało Zdzisława zamiast ciała Chrystusa."

-Agata Romaniuk, Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

"Wtedy i ona się zdenerwowała. Żeby tak ją naciskać? Zapadło milczenie. Zacięli się oboje, jak potrafią tylko dzieci i uparci starsi ludzie. A na pewno, niezależnie od wieku - zakochani."

-Agata Romaniuk, Krótko i szczęśliwie. Historie późnych miłości

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18. Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena

By: Philomena Cunk

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the star of the “deeply funny, unexpectedly informative” (The Daily Beast) Netflix mockumentar… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

19. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

By: Caroline Criado Pérez

4.35

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and… read more

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  • nonfiction
"When planners fail to account for gender, public spaces become male spaces by default."

-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

"It's not always easy to convince someone a need exists, if they don't have that need themselves."

-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

"You don’t have to realise you’re being discriminated against to in fact be discriminated against."

-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

"There is no such thing as a woman who doesn’t work. There is only a woman who isn’t paid for her work."

-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

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20. The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

By: Ryder Carroll

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

For years Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"It's part organization, part soul-searching, part dream-weaving."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"In the most connected time in history, we're quickly losing touch with ourselves."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"Prioritize the items you feel strongest about or are the most time sensitive, and strike off the items you feel “meh"

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"No matter how bleak or menacing a situation may appear, it does not enitrely own us. It can't take away our freedom to respond, our power to take action."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

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21. Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

By: Rainn Wilson

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

**New York Times  Bestseller** Comedic actor, producer, and writer Rainn Wilson, cofounder of th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
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22. Turbulence

By: David Szalay

3.62

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of All That Man Is, a stunning, virtuosic n… read more

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23. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

By: Angela Chen

4.36

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attra… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"Representation not only reflects, but actually changes reality."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"It is a failure of society if anyone needs to say “I have a partner"

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"Loving another person should never mean forfeiting bodily autonomy."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"Aces aren't a puzzle with a missing piece. Everyone is their own full puzzle."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

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24. Dorośli

By: Marie Aubert

3.55

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Dorośli to opowieść o nadszarpniętych więzach rodzinnych, zazdrości, poszukiwaniu siebie, a przede … read more

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25. This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)

By: Ed Winters

4.64

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Every time we eat, we have the power to radically transform the world we live in. Our choices ca… read more

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  • health
  • animals
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • vegan
"Why do dairy farmers deserve public support but oat farmers who produce oat milk don't?"

-Ed Winters, This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)

"We have destroyed millions of years of evolution in the blink of an eye, quite literally bulldozing our way around this finite planet."

-Ed Winters, This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)

"It is ironic that we believe that empathy and complex emotions only really exist in humans but we then fail to empathize with the animals who suffer at our hands."

-Ed Winters, This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)

"Furthermore, it seems back to front to worry about the extinction of animals who have been selectively bred and don't exist naturally to begin with when our current system of animal agriculture is th…"

-Ed Winters, This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)

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26. Skärmhjärnan

By: Anders Hansen

3.92

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Den psykiska ohälsan håller på att ta över som det stora hälsohotet i vår tid. Ett högt tempo, kons… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • health
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27. De mens is een plofkip

By: Teun van de Keuken

3.75

Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition

Echt voedsel met herkenbare ingrediënten heeft de afgelopen decennia grotendeels plaatsgemaakt voor… read more

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  • food
  • nonfiction
  • health
Cover of Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy by Rachel  Krantz

28. Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy

By: Rachel Krantz

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning journalist delves into the growing trend toward relationships--including her own--… read more

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  • relationships
  • nonfiction
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29. Socrates op sneakers

By: Elke Wiss

3.60

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Met Socrates op sneakers tackelt praktisch filosoof Elke Wiss de kunst van een goed gesprek. In een… read more

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  • communication
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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30. The Buddhist and the Ethicist: Conversations on Effective Altruism, Engaged Buddhism, and How to Build a Better World

By: Peter Singer

3.79

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Eastern spirituality and utilitarian philosophy meet in these unique dialogues between a Buddhist m… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters by Melanie Joy

31. Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters

By: Melanie Joy

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Vegans, vegetarians, and meat eaters can feel like they’re living in different worlds. Many vegans … read more

Similar categories in Melanie Joy's Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters book and Melanie Joy's Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters

  • communication
  • relationships
  • health
  • animals
  • psychology
  • food
  • vegan
  • nonfiction
  • activism
  • self help
"What we learn to call "natural" is actually just the dominant culture's interpretation of history."

-Melanie Joy, Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters

18 Top nonfiction books like Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters by Melanie Joy

Transform Your Habits

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Greg McKeown

3.80

Transform Your Habits

How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach

Tobias Leenaert

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Gift from the Sea

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

3.86

The Second Sex

Simone de Beauvoir , Deirdre Bair , H.M. Parshley

3.60

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6 Best nutrition books like This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You) by Ed Winters

Transform Your Habits

Plant-Based on a Budget: Delicious Vegan Recipes for Under $30 a Week, in Less Than 30 Minutes a Meal

Toni Okamoto

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Proof is in the Plants

Simon Hill

4.60

Transform Your Habits

How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older

Michael Greger

4.29

Transform Your Habits

This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)

Ed Winters

4.64

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