The Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time

Best vegan cookbooks, #74 through #50

74 This Cheese is Nuts!

In This Cheese is Nuts!, which hit shelves in 2017, Julie Piatt repurposes on-hand tools such as spring molds and ice cream scoopers to turn your kitchen into a nut-based cheese factory capable of cranking out spreads, sauces, aged wedges, and creamy dishes with a “wow” factor.
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73 The Vegan Baking Bible

Karolina Tegelaar, who has authored 15 cookbooks in her time, pours hundreds of tips, tricks, and techniques into this cookbook, released in 2022, which is aptly titled The Vegan Baking Bible. With Tegelaar’s expertise, you’ll be confident experimenting with everything from cupcakes to layer cakes to amaretti.
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72 Nistisima

Take a trip to the sun-drenched Mediterranean through the pages of Georgina Hayden’s “Nistisima,” published in 2022. The book includes recipes for dishes like roasted garlic dressing and broad bean falafel and is a celebration of the natural simplicity of delicious, flavor-laden Greek and Cypriot cooking.
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71 Crazy Good Vegan

Crazy Good Vegan, released in 2022 and written by Lloyd Rose, is packed with 60 plant-based recipes, all of which are designed to make cooking easy, fun, and, most importantly, cheap. But don’t worry, you won’t sacrifice variety. Recipes include everything from smoky carrot lox to banana fritters to smoked paprika mac and cheese. Our mouths are watering already.
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70 Vegan Holiday Kitchen

Veteran author Nava Atlas filled 2011’s Vegan Holiday Kitchen with more than 200 delicious recipes for festive occasions. From Thanksgiving dinner to holiday brunches, every recipe is sure to convince skeptics that vegan cooking is worth celebrating.
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69 Plant-Based India

It’s no surprise that Indian cuisine is vegan-friendly, as the country is home to the world’s first vegetarian city. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or are looking to try something new, look no further than Dr. Sheil Shukla’s Plant-Based India, from 2022, which is filled with more than 100 recipes celebrating centuries of tradition.
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68 Liv B’s Vegan on a Budget

If you love Olivia Biermann’s blog and social media, and admire her quick, low-effort cooking style, you will definitely appreciate her Vegan on a Budget cookbook, which hit shelves in 2019. Using simple ingredients, you’ll learn how to make more than 110 dishes, including half-baked cookie dough pancakes, spicy mango salsa, and deep-dish apple pie.
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67 The How Not to Die Cookbook

Michael Greger, MD, FACLM, is the author of the New York Times bestseller How Not to Die, which focuses on the link between diet and disease. In this accompanying cookbook, The How Not to Die Cookbook, released in 2017, he guides readers through healthy plant-based recipes—like spaghetti squash puttanesca and superfood breakfast bites—that “put science into action.”
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66 The Vegan Baker

If you’ve always wanted to make your own croissants, The Vegan Baker is the cookbook for you. But it’s not just about delicious flaky French pastries, this handy guide from Zacchary Bird, launched fall 2023, will also walk you through how to make simple chocolate chip cookies, cakes, pies, and even cannoli and millefeuille, too.
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65 500 Vegan Recipes

Explore a diverse and flavorful range of vegan dishes in 500 Vegan Recipes, which have each been carefully designed by Joni Marie Newman and Celine Steen to suit every craving. The cookbook, released in 2009, offers a wide array of meals, including hearty mains, indulgent desserts, and nourishing soups.
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64 The Homemade Vegan Pantry

If you’re worried about all that packaging waste that comes from constantly buying store-bought foods, then why not consider making your own pantry staples? The Homemade Vegan Pantry, written by Miyoko Schinner in 2015, will talk you through how to make everything from granola to pizza dough to ice cream. And honestly, it’ll taste way better, too, because it was made by you.
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63 The Vegan Week: Meal Prep Recipes to Feed Your Future Self

A great way to reduce food waste is to prep and plan for your week. The Vegan Week, which hit shelves in 2022 by blogger Gena Hamshaw will show you how to do just that—without missing out on tasty, nourishing meals, like goulash, pasta, and noodle bowls.
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62 Simple and Delicious Vegan

Michaela Vais of the popular vegan cooking blog ElaVegan has poured all of her genius culinary ability into this cookbook, and the best part is, each hearty, nutritious recipe is easy to follow and bursting with flavor. In Simple and Delicious Vegan, released in 2023, look out for delicious dishes like zucchini brownies and lentil stew.
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61 Black Rican Vegan

In Black Rican Vegan, which launched in July 2023, Lyana Blount blends together her Puerto Rican and Black American heritage to create flavorful, succulent vegan dishes, like Chicharrón Sin Carne, for example, and even a mouthwatering NYC Bacun Eggin Cheeze.
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60 Isa Does It

Isa Chandra Moskowitz has another cookbook for you, this time dedicated to showing you how to make delicious vegan meals, like sweet potato red curry and bistro beet burgers, in under 30 minutes. The pages of Isa Does It, released in 2013, are packed with 150 recipes, so you’ll never be short of quick, easy meal ideas.
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59 Mississippi Vegan

Southern cuisine is usually thought of as being meat- and dairy-heavy, but Mississippi Vegan from Timothy Parkon, launched in 2018, twists that assumption on its head. Parkon drew on his own Mississippi roots to create the book, which features influences from Cajun, Creole, and other classic Southern dishes.
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58 VBQ The Ultimate Vegan Barbecue Cookbook

Barbecues are usually a meat-heavy affair, but you can have all the flavor and none of the animal products by embracing ingredients like eggplant, cauliflower, pulled mushrooms, and tofu. Grilling isn’t just for the carnivores among us, and VBQ The Ultimate Vegan Barbecue Cookbook, released in 2018 by Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer, is the proof.
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57 Vegan Chocolate 

Indulgent, decadent, delicious vegan desserts—like chocolate truffles and Brooklyn blackout layer cake—are waiting for you in the pages of the 2013 cookbook Vegan Chocolate by baking instructor Fran Costigan. If you’ve got a sweet tooth, you need this in your kitchen.
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56 Hot For Food All Day

Whether you’re craving fast food (Buffalo Chicken Crunch Wraps), trying to cook through your pantry (Corn Chowder Hollandaise), or throwing a dinner party (Ragu Bolognese), Hot For Food All Day, released in 2021 by Lauren Toyota, will always come to the rescue.
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55 The Garden of Vegan

Explore enticing recipes in Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer’s The Garden of Vegan. The pair were also the acclaimed authors of How It All Vegan! (which we’ll come to later on this list). This sequel, published in 2003, offers delectable, original dishes for a sophisticated palate, making vegan cooking fun, flavorful, and accessible.
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54 PlantYou: Scrappy Cooking

If you’re concerned about food waste, let Carleigh Bodrug’s signature scrappy cooking inspire you. Through more than 150 plant-based whole food recipes, including broccoli stem summer rolls and orange peel vegan chicken, the social media star will teach you how to get the best out of every single ingredient in PlantYou: Scrappy Cooking, which is set for release in spring 2024.
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53 Vegan Brunch

Yup, it’s another entry from Isa Chandra Moskowitz. In Vegan Brunch, which hit the shelves in 2009, the legendary vegan chef transforms traditional brunch favorites and introduces unique delights, offering over 75 recipes, including gluten-free and soy-free options to boot.
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52 ¡Salud! Vegan Mexican Cookbook

Discover a healthful, vegan twist on beloved Mexican dishes in ¡Salud! Vegan Mexican Cookbook, released in 2016. Chef and former VegNews Food Editor Eddie Garza combines innovative techniques with traditional flavors, providing nourishing, plant-based versions of classic favorites.
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51 Rachel Ama’s Vegan Eats

In Rachel Ama’s Vegan Eats—written by popular YouTuber and recipe developer Rachel Ama and released in 2019—vibrant African prints and hand-painted serveware show off a beautiful aesthetic while serving as the background to some of the most colorful, delectable food we’ve ever seen.
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50 Unbelievably Vegan

Charity Morgan—who appeared in the 2018 documentary The Game Changers—is known for cooking for celebrities, but in Unbelievably Vegan, published in 2022, she has taken all of her expert knowledge and crafted more than 100 recipes just for us. Learn how to make flavor-packed dishes like Jerk-Spiced Lentils with Coconut Rice and Salted Caramel Apple Crisp.
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