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Books like Eating Animals
The best books like Eating Animals are The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food, and 80/20 Running. Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer is about factory farming, animal welfare, food ethics. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Omnivore's Dilemma
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Michael Pollan · Health
The Omnivore's Dilemma is Michael Pollan's investigation into four food chains — industrial, industrial organic, local pastoral, and hunted-and-gathered — organized around the question of what we should eat.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - In Defense of Food
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Michael Pollan · Health
In Defense of Food opens with seven words that amount to a quiet provocation: Eat food.
Both dig into eating culture.
Read the summary → - 80/20 Running
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Matt Fitzgerald · Health
80/20 Running is Matt Fitzgerald's evidence-based argument that the most common mistake recreational runners make is training too hard, too often.
A kindred health read.
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- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande · Health
Being Mortal is Atul Gawande's investigation into why modern medicine is so bad at helping people die well.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Anatomy of an Epidemic
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Robert Whitaker · Health
Anatomy of an Epidemic is Robert Whitaker's investigation into a paradox: as the use of psychiatric medication in the United States has increased dramatically over the past half-century, the number of people on disability due to mental illness has risen in parallel.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Anatomy of the Spirit
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Caroline Myss · Health
Anatomy of the Spirit is Caroline Myss's attempt to synthesize three major spiritual traditions — the Hindu chakra system, the Christian sacraments, and the Kabbalistic Tree of Life — into a unified model of human energy anatomy.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Anticancer: A New Way of Life
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David Servan-Schreiber · Health
Anticancer is David Servan-Schreiber's account of his own experience with brain cancer, diagnosed when he was thirty-one, and what he learned over fifteen years about the lifestyle and environmental factors that feed or suppress tumor growth.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Bad Pharma
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Ben Goldacre · Health
Bad Pharma is Ben Goldacre's sustained indictment of the pharmaceutical industry's manipulation of clinical trial evidence, and of the regulatory and academic institutions that have failed to stop it.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Better
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Atul Gawande · Health
Better is Atul Gawande's examination of what it means to perform well in medicine, a field where the stakes are as high as they get and where the gap between ordinary and excellent care routinely determines who lives and who dies.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Bigger Leaner Stronger
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Michael Matthews · Health
Bigger Leaner Stronger is Michael Matthews's practical guide to building a lean, muscular physique through evidence-based strength training and flexible dieting.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Born to Run
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Christopher McDougall · Health
Born to Run begins as a personal injury investigation.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Bouncing Forward
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Michaela Haas · Health
Bouncing Forward is Michaela Haas's examination of post-traumatic growth — the documented phenomenon in which people who survive severe trauma often report not just recovery but meaningful transformation.
A kindred health read.
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Books like Eating Animals: quick answers
What are the best books like Eating Animals?
The best books like Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer are The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande, Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Eating Animals, such as factory farming, animal welfare, food ethics.
What should I read after Eating Animals?
A natural next read after Eating Animals is The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. A kindred health read. Other strong choices are In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande.
What books are similar to Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer?
Eating Animals centers on factory farming, animal welfare, food ethics. Books with a similar feel include The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande, Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
