Author, journalist, and activist, Pollan has become a scourge of agribusiness, particularly with his books, The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifestio. In both books, he offers a manifesto for rethinking our relationship to food, predicated on a better understanding of where it comes from, and how it’s made.

Below are Michael Pollan’s favorite books, available to purchase as a set or individually.