While researching the ideas communicated in Foods That Lie, I read well over 500 books. This is the shortlist of some of my favorites.
Books about flavor and satiation
The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor by Mark Schatzer (2016)
Nourishment: What Animals Can Teach Us about Rediscovering Our Nutritional Wisdom by Fred Provenza (2018)
Satiation: From Gut to Brain edited by Gerard P. Smith (1998)
Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters by Gordon Shepherd (2011)
Books about behavior
Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner (1965)
The Predictive Mind by Jakob Hohwy (2014)
The Science of Consequences: How They Affect Genes, Change the Brain, and Impact Our World by Susan Schneider (2012)
This Is Your Brain On Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society by Kathleen McAuliffe (2016)
Books about addiction
Allen Carr’s Easy Way To Stop Smoking by Allen Carr (2011)
Alcohol Explained by William Porter (2015)
The Freedom Model for Addictions: Escape the Treatment and Recovery Trap by Steven Slate, Mark Scheeren, and Michelle L Dunbar (2017)
This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life by Annie Grace (2017)
Other great books
Supernormal Stimuli: How Primal Urges Overran Their Evolutionary Purpose by Deirdre Barrett (2010)
The Folly of Fools by Robert Trivers (2014)
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark (2018)
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, and Miracles by Bruce Lipton (2015)
Swallow This: Serving Up the Food Industry’s Darkest Secrets by Joanna Blythman (2015)
Food Adulteration and Food Fraud by Jonathan Rees (2020)
Civilized Man’s Eight Deadly Sins by Konrad Lorenz (1974)
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Western Price (1939)
Breaking Out of Food Jail: How to Free Yourself from Diets and Problem Eating, Once and for All by Jean Antonello (1996)
The Hundred-Year Lie: How to Protect Yourself from the Chemicals That Are Destroying Your Health by Randall Fitzgerald (2007)
(I will be writing extensive reviews about some of these books soon!)