Best Selling Animal-Friendly Books

The Amazon sales ranking is an indication of how many copies a book has sold. Let's compare the rankings for some animal rights books. Perhaps from there we can draw a conclusion about what kinds of books are more appealing, and thus what kinds of animal rights arguments are most persuasive, or at least what kinds of animal rights arguments are most well known:

1. Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World by Bob Torres & Jenna Torres
   #22,225 in All Books, #1 in Animal Rights
2. Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Revolution in America by Nathan J. Winograd
   #23,881 in All Books, #2 in Animal Rights
3. Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood by Taras Grescoe
   #25,531 in Books, #3 in Animal Rights
4. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer
   #27,212 in All Books, #4 in Animal Rights
5. Meat Market: Animals, Ethics, and Money by Erik Marcus
   #28,745 in All Books, #5 in Animal Rights
6. Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human by Elizabeth Hess
   #32,209 in All Books, #6 in Animal Rights
7. Best Friends: The True Story of the World's Most Beloved Animal Sanctuary by Samantha Glen
   #36,253 in Books, #8 in Animal Rights
8. Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals by Karen Dawn
   #41,392 in All Books, #9 in Animal Rights
9. Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy by Matthew Scully
   #54,405 in All Books, #14 in Animal Rights
10. Making A Killing: The Political Economy of Animal Rights by Bob Torres
    #117,099 in All Books, #33 in Animal Rights
11. Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism by Mark Hawthorne
    #264,227 in All Books, #72 in Animal Rights
12. The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan
    #290,776 in Books, #80 in Animal Rights

Some basic "genres" of thought from the list above:

• Theory: Animal Liberation, Making a Killing, The Case for Animal Rights, Dominion
  
• Practical: Striking at the Roots, Bottomfeeder, Vegan Freak
• Stories: Best Friends, Nim Chimpsky
  

But take a look at this:

1. Skinny Bitch by Kim Barnouin & Rory Freedman
   #131 in All Books, not listed in Animal Rights section
2. The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World by John Robbins
   #15,316 in All Books, not listed in Animal Rights section

Even though these 'diet' books are in the food section, they have a clear animal rights and environmental perspective. And they SELL BETTER.

Regardless of what is most compelling for us personally, we ought to be aware of the other perspectives, particularly if they're more popular. This way we can tailor our discussions and activism for the audience.