9 must-read biography memoir books like Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier by Victoria James

Cover of Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier by Victoria James

Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier

By: Victoria James

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An affecting memoir from the country’s youngest sommelier, tracing her path through the glamorous b…

"The most important thing was something that I saw when I saw them for dinner that evening and what I still see today - it's the way they look at each other, the way they act around each other. They make each other happy. They love each other. They are good to each other. As long as you make each other happy, as long as you are good to one another, he is everything I could ever want."

-Victoria James, Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier by Victoria James , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Tippi: A Memoir by Tippi Hedren

1. Tippi: A Memoir

By: Tippi Hedren

3.69

Format: 288 pages, ebook

In this absorbing and surprising memoir, one of the biggest names of classic Hollywood—the star of … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Wine. All the Time.: The Casual Guide to Confident Drinking by Marissa A. Ross

2. Wine. All the Time.: The Casual Guide to Confident Drinking

By: Marissa A. Ross

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A fresh, fun, and unpretentious guide to wine from Bon Appetit columnist Marissa A. Ross Does the… read more

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  • wine
  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • food and drink
  • audiobook
Cover of Natural Wine: An introduction to organic and biodynamic wines made naturally by Isabelle Legeron

3. Natural Wine: An introduction to organic and biodynamic wines made naturally

By: Isabelle Legeron

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Wine-making has become ever-more unnatural, from the use of blanket crop-spraying in vineyards, to … read more

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  • wine
  • food
  • nonfiction
Cover of Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson

4. Yes, Chef

By: Marcus Samuelsson

3.00

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his gran… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Vino Business: The Cloudy World of French Wine by Isabelle Saporta, Kate Deimling

5. Vino Business: The Cloudy World of French Wine

By: Isabelle Saporta , Kate Deimling

3.00

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Already provoking debate and garnering significant attention in France and within the wine world, V… read more

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  • wine
  • nonfiction
Cover of After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search by Sarah    Perry

6. After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search

By: Sarah Perry

3.89

Format: 7 pages, Hardcover

"Stunning." --Entertainment Weekly |"Raw and perfect." --Laura Miller, Slate "Heartbreaking yet hop… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

7. After This

By: Alice McDermott

3.86

Format: 302 pages,

A vivid portrait of an American family in the middle decades of the twentieth century. Alice McDerm… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer’s Tour of France by Kermit Lynch, Gail Skoff

8. Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer’s Tour of France

By: Kermit Lynch , Gail Skoff

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

Kermit Lynch's recounting of his experiences on the wine route and in the wine cellars of France ta… read more

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  • wine
  • memoir
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • food and drink
Cover of Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste by Bianca Bosker

9. Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste

By: Bianca Bosker

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For readers of Anthony Bourdain, Susan Orlean, and Mary Roach, a surprising, entertaining and hilar… read more

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  • wine
  • memoir
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • food and drink
  • audiobook
Cover of Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure by Don Kladstrup, Petie Kladstrup

10. Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure

By: Don Kladstrup , Petie Kladstrup

3.83

Format: None pages,

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  • wine
  • food
  • nonfiction

11. Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter

By: Phoebe Damrosch

3.68

Format: None pages,

Kitchen Confidentialmeets Sex and the Cityin this delicious, behind-the-scenes memoir from the firs… read more

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12. The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It

By: Tilar J. Mazzeo

3.97

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

The Widow Clicquotis the New York Times bestselling business biography of the visionary young widow… read more

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13. Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine

By: George M. Taber , Robert G. Mondavi

4.11

Format: 288 pages,

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14. The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine

By: Benjamin Wallace

4.00

Format: None pages,

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Cover of Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D' by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

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

By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential from a career maître d’hotel who manned the front of the … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It never fails, the most awful human beings, the power hungry, those with the least personality, kindness, and humanity, are general managers in restaurants."

-Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

Cover of Wine Simple: A Totally Approachable Guide from a World-Class Sommelier by Aldo Sohm

16. Wine Simple: A Totally Approachable Guide from a World-Class Sommelier

By: Aldo Sohm

4.46

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

From the world-renowned sommelier Aldo Sohm, a dynamic, essential wine guide for a new generation N… read more

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  • wine
  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • food and drink
  • audiobook
Cover of If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury by Geraldine DeRuiter

17. If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury

By: Geraldine DeRuiter

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the James Beard Award–winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Wine People by Michelle Wildgen

18. Wine People

By: Michelle Wildgen

3.50

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A rich, intoxicating escape into the hedonistic and cutthroat world of wine and what happens when t… read more

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  • food
  • food and drink
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom by Nancy  Goldstone

19. The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom

By: Nancy Goldstone

3.93

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

The riveting true story of mother-and-daughter queens Catherine de' Medici and Marguerite de Valois… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier by Victoria James

20. Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier

By: Victoria James

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An affecting memoir from the country’s youngest sommelier, tracing her path through the glamorous b… read more

Similar categories in Victoria James's Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier book and Victoria James's Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier

  • wine
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • cookbooks
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • food and drink
  • audiobook
"The most important thing was something that I saw when I saw them for dinner that evening and what I still see today - it's the way they look at each other, the way they act around each other. They m…"

-Victoria James, Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier

Cover of Sweet Home Alaska (Wild Coast #1) by Jennifer Snow

21. Sweet Home Alaska (Wild Coast #1)

By: Jennifer Snow

3.62

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

When old feelings resurface, will the truth bring them back together? Skylar Beaumont never want… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Triple Sec by T.J.   Alexander

22. Triple Sec

By: T.J. Alexander

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A jaded bartender is wooed by a charmingly quirky couple in this fresh and sizzling polyamorous rom… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The McAvoy Sisters Book of Secrets by Molly Fader

23. The McAvoy Sisters Book of Secrets

By: Molly Fader

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

What drove their family apart just might bring them back together...It's been seventeen years since… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Truffle Hound: On the Trail of the World’s Most Seductive Fungus, with Dreamers, Schemers, and Some Extraordinary Dogs by Rowan Jacobsen

24. Truffle Hound: On the Trail of the World’s Most Seductive Fungus, with Dreamers, Schemers, and Some Extraordinary Dogs

By: Rowan Jacobsen

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A captivating exploration into the secretive and sensuous world of truffles, the elusive food that … read more

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  • food
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Off Season by Amber Cowie

25. The Off Season

By: Amber Cowie

3.36

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

For fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware, a destination thriller about a woman who accompanies her new … read more

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Cover of Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much by Natalie MacLean

26. Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much

By: Natalie MacLean

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A powerful memoir of how one woman resurrects her life and career in the gla… read more

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  • wine
  • biography
  • memoir
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • food and drink
"I'm prone to tangential digressions, but I've never regretted being remarkably inconsistent:it's led me to fascinating people and interesting stories."

-Natalie MacLean, Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much

"The marketing message is that women need to have a reason to drink, whether it’s girls’ night, a fancy occasion, or just getting through another day of exhaustion. It’s implied that we need permissio…"

-Natalie MacLean, Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much

Cover of You Had Me at Pet-Nat: A Natural Wine-Soaked Memoir by Rachel Signer

27. You Had Me at Pet-Nat: A Natural Wine-Soaked Memoir

By: Rachel Signer

3.74

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A natural wine-soaked memoir about finding your passion -- and falling in love -- by the publisher … read more

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  • wine
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Big in Sweden by Sally Franson

28. Big in Sweden

By: Sally Franson

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A charming, wise, and laugh-out-loud funny novel following an American woman competing on a Swedish… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family by Olivia Williams

29. The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

By: Olivia Williams

3.61

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed bir… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America by Julie Dicaro

30. Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America

By: Julie Dicaro

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Shrill meets Brotopia in this personal and researched look at women's rights and issues through the… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The New French Wine [Two-Book Boxed Set]: Redefining the World's Greatest Wine Culture by Jon Bonne

31. The New French Wine [Two-Book Boxed Set]: Redefining the World's Greatest Wine Culture

By: Jon Bonne

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first definitive guide to contemporary French wines and producers, from a two-time James Beard … read more

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  • wine
  • cookbooks

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Tippi: A Memoir

Tippi Hedren

3.69

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Wine. All the Time.: The Casual Guide to Confident Drinking

Marissa A. Ross

4.12

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Yes, Chef

Marcus Samuelsson

3.00

Transform Your Habits

After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search

Sarah Perry

3.89

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One Perfect Couple

Ruth Ware

3.68

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Bad Tourists

Caro Carver

3.69

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The Midnight Feast

Lucy Foley

3.64

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Pip Drysdale

3.73

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