10 Books I’ve Read Lately That Confirm My Commitment to a Plant-Based Lifestyle

📚With so many great books out there, this is what's on my bookshelf …

Oct 15, 2024

I love a great list. Make it a book list, and I'm in heaven. I’m always looking for new books to read. I have books scattered all over my house. I read several books at a time, depending on the hour of the day.

Here’s what my day looks like.

I get up and perform my morning ritual. Meditation. Journaling. A little stretching and yoga. Reading for 20 minutes.

I pick up books throughout my day, depending on where my business leads me.

I sit down in the afternoon and choose from another pile in my living room. It might be a cookbook, or a productivity book, or a fiction if I’m deep into a story.

Sitting on my nightstand is almost always women’s fiction or a romance. I need something light before I go to bed. Something that takes away the stress of the day, and lets me relax into a “fluffy” story.

Maybe that’s why people often ask me for book recommendations. When they hear I easily work through 50 to 60 books a year, they want to know which books have influenced me. Which books I would recommend.

Of course, that list can morph and change depending on who I’m talking with. But you’re here because you’re on a health journey, and I have a few thoughts on the books that I include in my own library.

Each of these sections is much bigger - I tried to include books that have been published in just the past few years. I do believe there is a lot to learn from books written 20, 30 years ago or older. But I wanted to keep this fairly short, something you could get through in a year. 😉

Overall Health and Nutrition

How To Eat: All Your Food and Diet Questions Answered by Mark Bittman and David L Katz, MD

Food Fix by Mark Hyman, MD

The Blue Zones by Dan Buettner

Your Body in Balance by Neal Barnard

The Future of Nutrition by T Colin Campbell

Food and Wellness Social Issues

Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimal Health by Jo Robinson

The Good Eater: A Vegan’s Search For The Future of Food by Nina Guilbeault

Eating To Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need To Save Them by Dan Saladino

Ultra Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn’t Food by Chris Van Tulleken

The Proof Is In The Plants: How Science Shows a Plant-Based Diet Could Save Your Life (And The Planet) by Simon Hill

Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry by Austin Fredrick

Animal, Vegetable, Junk by Mark Bittman

Gardening

Kitchen Garden Revival: A Modern Guide To Creating a Stylish Small-Scale, Low-Maintenance Edible Garden by Nicole Johnsey Burke

The Complete Kitchen Garden by Ellen Ogden

A Year in the Edible Garden by Sarah Raven

Fitness

Forever Strong by Dr Gabrielle Lyon

Flex Your Age by Joan MacDonald

Money and Finances

Money: A Love Story by Kate Northrup

Mental Health and Wellness

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

A Thousand Names For Joy by Byron Katie

The Choice by Dr Edith Eva Eger

Becoming Supernatural by Joe Dispenza

Sleep

The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night At A Time by Arianna Huffington

Why We Can’t Sleep by Ada Calhoun

Midlife and Menopause

I’m Too Young For This by Suzanne Somers

The Wisdom of Menopause by Dr Christiane Northrup

Waking Up In Winter: In Search of What Really Matters in Midlife by Cheryl Richardson

The Menopause Brain by Lisa Mosconi

Longevity and Living Well

Learning To Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better With Age by Chip Conley

The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor’s Six Secrets To Health and Happiness At Every Age by Gladys McGarey

Lifespan by David A Sinclair PhD

Young Forever by Mark Hyman MD

I’ve Decided To Live 120 Years by Ilchi Lee

Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age by Chip Conley

Non-Toxic World

Fatal Conveniences by Darin Olien

The Monsanto Papers by Carey Gillam

Feeding You Lies by Vani Hari

A Healthier Home by Shawna Holman

Creativity and Purpose

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

Make Your Creative Dreams Real by SARK

Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness by Ingrid Fetell Lee

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

Spiritual Energy

You Are More Than You Think You Are by Kimberly Snyder

White Hot Truth by Danielle LaPorte

Stress Less, Accomplish More by Emily Fletcher

Happiness

The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell

10% Happier by Dan Harris

The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

Books I’m Currently Reading

Enchantment by Katherine May

Good Energy by Casey Means MD and Calley Means

Built To Move by Kelly Starrett

The Design of Books by Debbie Berne

This is my list. Now I’d love to hear yours. Have any books you’d recommend?

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