11 must-read memoir books like Anthony Bourdain Remembered by CNN

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Anthony Bourdain Remembered

By: CNN

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A moving and insightful collection of quotes, memories, and images celebrating the life of Anthony …

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1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)

By: Ian Fleming

3.97

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

Description: A Lancia Spyder with its hood down tore past him, cut in cheekily across his bonnet an… read more

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"The World Is Not Enough"

-Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)

"When the odds are hopeless, when all seems to be lost, then is the time to be calm, to make a show of authority – at least of indifference"

-Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)

"She explained to me later that she must have been possessed by a subconscious desire to be raped. Well she found me in the mountains and she was raped - by me."

-Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)

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2. Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock, #1)

By: Faith Hunter

3.87

Format: 260 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First in a brand new series from the author of the Rogue Mage novels Jane Yellowrock is a supernatu… read more

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3. Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical

By: Anthony Bourdain

4.33

Format: 25 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of Kitchen Confidential comes this true, thrilling tale of pursuit thr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • food
  • biography

4. Dream More

By: Dolly Parton

3.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The legendary Dolly Parton shares for the first time her deeply held philosophy of life and her hea… read more

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5. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

By: Anthony Bourdain

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary tra… read more

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6. The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones

By: Anthony Bourdain

4.15

Format: 384 pages,

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7. Appetites: A Cookbook

By: Anthony Bourdain

4.00

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Anthony Bourdain is a man of many appetites. And for many years, first as a chef, later as a world-… read more

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8. No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach

By: Anthony Bourdain

4.40

Format: None pages,

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9. A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines

By: Anthony Bourdain

4.60

Format: 645 pages, Paperback

From the star of No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain's New York Times-bestselling chronicle of travel… read more

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10. Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking

By: Anthony Bourdain , None , None , None

4.35

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

Before stunning the world with his bestselling Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain spent years s… read more

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11. Get Jiro!

By: Anthony Bourdain , Langdon Foss , Joel Rose

4.90

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A #1 NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER In a not-too-distant future L.A. where master chefs rule the town lik… read more

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12. Havana: A Subtropical Delirium

By: Mark Kurlansky

3.96

Format: 288 pages,

Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant, tattered cit… read more

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13. My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy

By: Clint Hill

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me reveal … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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14. Eat a Peach

By: David Chang

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In 2004, David Chang opened a noodle restaurant named Momofuku in Manhattan's East Village, not exp… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • food and drink
"NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING, SO DO WHAT YOU WANT."

-David Chang, Eat a Peach

"Just know that this is as honest and true a story as I can offer."

-David Chang, Eat a Peach

"In other words, we may not be able to reject our fortune or fate, but we can reject how we approach it."

-David Chang, Eat a Peach

"I was going to either fail or thrive, and I was going to do it in full view of everyone I respected and resented."

-David Chang, Eat a Peach

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15. In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain

By: Tom Vitale

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

**Nominated for the 2022 BookTube Prize in Nonfiction** Anthony Bourdain's long time director and … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • foodie
  • biography memoir
  • cooking
  • nonfiction
  • food
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16. Mimi's Tales of Terror

By: Hirokatsu Kihara

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Experience real-life chills as Junji Ito brings these “true” horror series to life! University s… read more

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17. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide

By: Anthony Bourdain

3.64

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, televisi… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
"You know, I'll tell you honestly: if you like food and you haven't come here to eat, you're really missing the fucking boat. This is world-class food; this is world-class wine; this is world-class ch…"

-Anthony Bourdain, World Travel: An Irreverent Guide

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18. The Finnish Way: Finding Courage, Wellness, and Happiness Through the Power of Sisu

By: Katja Pantzar

3.70

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

An engaging and practical guided tour of the simple and nature-inspired ways that Finns stay happy … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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19. BRZRKR, Volume 1

By: Keanu Reeves

3.76

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Keanu Reeves makes his comic book writing debut alongside New York Times bestselling co-writer Matt… read more

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20. Half Baked Harvest Super Simple: More Than 125 Recipes for Instant, Overnight, Meal-Prepped, and Easy Comfort Foods: A Cookbook

By: Tieghan Gerard

4.31

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - There's something for everyone in these 125 easy, show-stopping recipes… read more

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  • cooking
  • food
  • foodie
  • nonfiction
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21. Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography

By: Laurie Woolever

4.21

Format: 442 pages, Hardcover

An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
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22. Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain

By: Charles Leerhsen

3.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling, “unvarnished” ( The New York Times ), “engrossing” ( The Guardian ), “gritty, well… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • food and drink
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23. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

By: Anthony Bourdain

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A lot has changed since Kitchen Confidential. For the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restau… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
"You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese."

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

"That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund."

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

"There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub."

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

"I am not a fan of people who abuse service staff. In fact, I find it intolerable. It’s an unpardonable sin as far as I’m concerned, taking out personal business or some other kind of dissatisfaction …"

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

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24. Anthony Bourdain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

By: Helen Rosner

3.99

Format: 138 pages, ebook

The New York Times Bestseller The brilliant intellect and candor of Anthony Bourdain is on full di… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • foodie
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • food and drink
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25. Anthony Bourdain Remembered

By: CNN

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A moving and insightful collection of quotes, memories, and images celebrating the life of Anthony … read more

Similar categories in CNN's Anthony Bourdain Remembered book and CNN's Anthony Bourdain Remembered

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • photography
  • foodie
  • biography memoir
  • cooking
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • food and drink
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26. Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

By: Brianna Madia

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning and triumphant memoir, the author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Ver… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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27. Jackie

By: Dawn Tripp

4.34

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In this mesmerizing novel about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, acclaimed author Dawn Tripp has crafted… read more

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"not only because of the pleasure it will bring, but because the power of ideas, and the ability to express them, is the greatest power we have."

-Dawn Tripp, Jackie

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28. The Two Lives of Sara

By: Catherine Adel West

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young mother finds refuge and friendship at a boardinghouse in 1960s Memphis, Tennessee, where fa… read more

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"There's no such thing as a perfect so make peace with that now. Save yourself a lot of tears later."

-Catherine Adel West, The Two Lives of Sara

"Will made me say it. Worse, he made me feel it. What will that do to me, to him, to all of us? How dangerous is my love?"

-Catherine Adel West, The Two Lives of Sara

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29. Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts (#1-4)

By: Anthony Bourdain

3.52

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Hungry Ghosts is cooked up by the best selling author and veteran chef, Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen C… read more

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  • food
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30. Beholden

By: Lesley Crewe

4.25

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

The story begins with Nell, the “spinster on the hill” near St. Peter’s, Cape Breton. Scarred by he… read more

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31. Islas: A Celebration of Tropical Cooking―125 Recipes from the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Ocean Islands

By: Von Diaz

4.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An intimate reflection on tropical island cooking's bold flavors and big stories, with 125 recipes,… read more

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  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction

14 Best nonfiction books like Anthony Bourdain Remembered by CNN

Transform Your Habits

Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical

Anthony Bourdain

4.33

Transform Your Habits

My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy

Clint Hill

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Eat a Peach

David Chang

3.89

Transform Your Habits

In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain

Tom Vitale

4.25

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9 must-read audiobook books like Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain

Transform Your Habits

32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

Eric Ripert

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat

Grant Achatz , Nick Kokonas

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Eat a Peach

David Chang

3.89

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