Helpful Books

Below are books that I have found to be helpful or informative, organized into categories such as:  Humane Education, Personal Finance, Tiny Houses and/or Simple Living, Minimalism, and Writing.  Please note that any or all of these links may be affiliate links, meaning that I will earn a certain percentage of your purchase (it costs you nothing extra!)

I’ve then arranged them in alphabetical order by last name of the author.  I’m a voracious reader, so remember to check back here often for new suggestions.   If you have a suggestion for a book to add to this page, I’d love to hear about it, so please fill out the form at the bottom of this page, and it’ll send me a note!

Also, be sure to check out my GoodReads profile! (I plan to add book reviews there soon!)

Factory Farming

• Slaughterhouse:  The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry, by Gail Eisnitz

Humane Education: Animal Welfare and Protection

• Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence, by Marc Bekoff

Humane Education, Environmental Issues

• Drawdown:  The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, by Paul Hawken
• Field Notes from a Catastrophe:  Man, Nature and Climate Change, by Elizabeth Kolbert
• Dude Making a Difference: Bamboo Bikes, Dumpster Dives and Other Extreme Adventures Across America, by Rob Greenfield (actually could also belong in my category of “Inspiration for the Human Race” too!!)
• The Big Swim:Coming Ashore in a World Adrift , by Carrie Saxifrage

Humane Education: General Coverage

• World Peace and other 4th Grade Achievements, by John Hunter
• Most Good, Least Harm, by Zoe Weil
• The World Becomes What We Teach, by Zoe Weil

Inspiration for the Human Race:

• Walking to Listen: 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time, by Andrew Forsthoefel
• The Kindness of Strangers: Penniless Across America, by Mike McIntyre

Personal Finance

• Your Money or Your Life, by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin

Tiny Homes and Simple Living

• The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living, by Mark Boyle
• Microshelters, by Deek Diedrickson
• Little Big Life, by Michele Laforest Gray
• Put Your Life on a Diet:  Lessons Learned from Living in 140 Square Feet, by Gregory Paul Johnson (2008)
• Tiny Homes, Simple Shelter, by Lloyd Khan
• Tiny Homes on the Move:  Wheels and Water, by Lloyd Khan
• Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid & Beyond the American Dream, by William Powers
• Little House on a Small Planet, by Shay Salomon
• You Can Buy Happiness and it’s Cheap:  How One Woman Radically Simplified Her Life and How You Can Too, by Tammy Strobel
• The Big Tiny, by Dee Williams

Writing

• Bird by Bird:  Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott