Anyone who's gone vegan will know it makes a huge difference to get tips from the pros about how to make the plant-based life delicious. We've rounded up some of the best vegan cookbooks that will help inspire you to make tasty meat-free meals, from breakfasts [1] to sweet treats [2]. These titles cover all bases, whether you're looking for vegan Indian, Italian, or street food recipes, or you want the lowdown on how to make vegan dishes for special occasions and seasonal events.
All the big names in vegan cookery are present, including Deliciously Ella, Áine Carlin, Gaz Oakley, and many more. Start scrolling (and salivating) now, and make your life even easier with our seven-day vegan meal plan [3].
Keep It Vegan
Vegan lifestyle blog Pea Soup Eats' Áine Carlin won the 2014 PETA Award for best vegan cookbook and the 2015 Gourmand Awards for best UK vegan book and best UK blogger. With Keep It Vegan [4] (£7), she presents over 100 recipes with easy-to-find ingredients.
Vegan 100
Professional chef turned Instagram sensation Gaz Oakley (@avantgardevegan) presents over 100 recipes in Vegan 100 [5] (£16), which focus on big flavours.
Vegan Richa's Indian Kitchen
In Vegan Richa's Indian Kitchen [6] (£12) Richa Hingle offers recipes for dals, curries, flat breads, breakfasts, snacks, and desserts inspired by regional cuisines and culture.
Thug Kitchen
If you don't mind a lot of swearing, Thug Kitchen [7] (£12) will encourage you to eat more veg with this cookbook off the back of its hugely popular website. Gwyneth Paltrow [8] loves it.
Plant-Powered Families
Ideal for those preparing vegan meals for little ones, Dreena Burton's Plant-Powered Families [9] (£11) presents whole-foods recipes that have been tested by kids. It has ideas for packed lunches and kids' parties, too.
Chloe's Vegan Italian Kitchen
Don't want to give up pasta, pizza, and risotto? Let winner of Food Network's Cupcake Wars Chloe Coscarelli show you how to vegan-ize them with Chloe's Vegan Italian Kitchen [10] (£16).
Vegan Street Food
You'll get a side of travel anecdotes alongside the recipes in Jackie Kearney's Vegan Street Food [11] (£11). Winner of the PETA award for vegan cookbook of the year, it's full of street food inspired by Jackie's travels across Asia, from India to Indonesia.
15 Minute Vegan
15 Minute Vegan [12] (£12) by Katy Beskow is the one for you if you don't have hours to spend cooking your meals. It works as an introduction to vegan cooking, too, with tips, cupboard staples, and chapters covering all the dishes you need.
Bosh!
Dubbed "the vegan Jamie Olivers," Henry Firth and Ian Theasby present 140 recipes to help you get started on your plant-based eating style in Bosh! [13] (£9).
Deliciously Ella: The Plant-Based Cookbook
In the plant-based world, Ella Mills is seriously winning. Her blog got so big, she brought out a cookbook (which was the bestselling debut cookbook ever in the UK), more books, an app, a deli in London, and product lines stocked in thousands of high street stores. Place your plant-based diet in her hands with Deliciously Ella: The Plant-Based Cookbook [14] (£8).
Feed Me Vegan: For All Occasions
Made in Chelsea's Lucy Watson is making quite the name for herself in vegan food circles, opening a restaurant in London and bringing out the bestselling Feed Me Vegan [15] (£6). Her second offering, a year after her debut, is Feed Me Vegan: For All Occasions [16] (£13), which keeps the plant-based tastiness going.
The Naughtiest Vegan Cakes in Town
Ms. Cupcake's The Naughtiest Vegan Cakes in Town [17] (£13) proves that dairy-free sweet treats can be decadent and delicious. Most can be made gluten-free with simple substitutions, too.
The Homemade Vegan Pantry
Learn the art of making your own staples like pizza dough, soup stock, ice cream, and yogurt with Miyoko Schinner's The Homemade Vegan Pantry [18] (£12).
Vegan Christmas
Gaz Oakley brings his Avant Garde Vegan hand to festive favourites such as "turkey" roast and Christmas pudding with custard with Vegan Christmas [19] (£9).
Vegan in 7
If you don't want a shopping list the length of your arm, Rita Serano's Vegan in 7 [20] (£7) shows you how to cook healthy vegan recipes with seven ingredients or fewer.
Vegan on the Go
Jérôme Eckmeier and Daniela Lais' Vegan on the Go [21] (£6) shows you how to make vegan lunches you can take with you, including plant-based soups, salads, pizza, sushi, and desserts.