17 must-read nonfiction books like Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries by Oscar Farinetti

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Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries

By: Oscar Farinetti

2.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Eataly founder Oscar Farinetti reveals the accidental, serendipitous discoveries that gave birth to…

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1. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Shelby Foote's The Civil War: A Narrative book and Oscar Farinetti's Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries

  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza

By: Ken Forkish

3.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From Portland's most acclaimed and beloved baker comes this must-have baking guide, featuring recip… read more

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  • food
  • nonfiction
  • culinary

3. Tartine Bread

By: Chad Robertson , Eric Wolfinger

3.87

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For the home or professional bread-maker, this is the book of the season. It comes from a man many … read more

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4. Paper: Paging Through History

By: Mark Kurlansky

3.00

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millen… read more

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5. How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes

By: Cody Cassidy

4.06

Format: 195 pages, Paperback

A detailed guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to maki… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

By: Elise Loehnen

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considere… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"When you don't stop, you don't have to feel."

-Elise Loehnen, On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

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7. Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset)

By: Jon Acuff

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Overthinking isn't a personality trait. It's the sneakiest form of fear. It steals time, creativit… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Your brain is waiting for you each day. It's waiting to be told what to think. It's waiting to see what kind of soundtracks you'll choose. It's waiting to see if you really want to build a different …"

-Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset)

"This time though, I didn't listen to that. There was a new soundtrack in town that told me, "Everything's always working out for me? I didn't know how that was going to become true, but I decided to …"

-Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset)

".........Frederickson discovered a more reasonable goal. "Aim for a positivity ratio of at least 3 to 1. This means that for every heart-wrenching negative emotional experience you endure, you experi…"

-Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset)

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8. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

By: James Patterson

3.92

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Different books speak to us at different times."

-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

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9. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

By: Jonathan Kennedy

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

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10. The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

By: Dwight Garner

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal … read more

Similar categories in Dwight Garner's The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading book and Oscar Farinetti's Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries

  • food
  • nonfiction
"There's no verb for traveling while hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Perhaps "cheevering" would suffice."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

"A friend once told her that he had seen graffiti in a restaurant's men's room that read, "Gael Greene uses a thesaurus."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

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11. Small Game

By: Blair Braverman

3.51

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A gripping debut novel about a survival reality show gone wrong that leaves a group of strangers s… read more

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12. Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life

By: Vivian Tu

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When Vivian Tu started working on Wall Street fresh from undergrad, all she knew was that she was m… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Because a lack of basic financial literacy keeps our working class working."

-Vivian Tu, Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life

"No, you're not going to be able to save your way to rich. But you can save yourself out of a paycheck-to-paycheck cycle. And that is the very first step to feeling truly confident in your personal fi…"

-Vivian Tu, Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life

"If this is you, think of what truly makes you feel good, happy, safe, healthy. Remind yourself that you earn money to be able to make those feelings a reality, and while you do have to spend to get t…"

-Vivian Tu, Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life

"If you find yourself enacting this "nothing matters, so why bother" attitude toward money, first, you need to recognize that, as a human being, you have agency and you have value. YYou can do things …"

-Vivian Tu, Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life

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13. The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (The Shortest History Series)

By: Michael Scott-Baumann

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

An accessible, balanced chronicle of how the Israel-Palestine conflict originated and developed ove… read more

Similar categories in Michael Scott-Baumann's The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (The Shortest History Series) book and Oscar Farinetti's Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries

  • history
  • nonfiction
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14. A Simpler Life

By: The School of Life

4.05

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

This book explores ideas around minimalism, simplicity and how to live comfortably with less. Th… read more

Similar categories in The School of Life's A Simpler Life book and Oscar Farinetti's Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries

  • nonfiction
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15. The Backyard Adventurer

By: Beau Miles

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

After years of adventuring around the globe – running, kayaking, hitchhiking, exploring – Beau Mile… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Backyard adventuring is about concocting meaningful events and experiments that challenge me, that redefine my childhood sense of the hero’s journey, that force me to look intimately in everyday plac…"

-Beau Miles, The Backyard Adventurer

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16. Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House

By: Alex Prud'Homme

4.04

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

A wonderfully entertaining, often surprising narrative history of presidential food: from Washingto… read more

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  • history
  • food
  • nonfiction
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17. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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18. Charm City Rocks

By: Matthew Norman

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When a single dad meets the former rock star crush of his youth, everything they thought they knew … read more

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19. Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence: A Baking Book

By: Claire Saffitz

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In her first cookbook, Bon Appétit and YouTube star of the show Gourmet Makes offers wisdom, proble… read more

Similar categories in Claire Saffitz's Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence: A Baking Book book and Oscar Farinetti's Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries

  • food
  • nonfiction
  • culinary
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20. Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries

By: Oscar Farinetti

2.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Eataly founder Oscar Farinetti reveals the accidental, serendipitous discoveries that gave birth to… read more

Similar categories in Oscar Farinetti's Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries book and Oscar Farinetti's Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries

  • history
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • culinary
Cover of First Generation: Recipes from My Taiwanese-American Home [A Cookbook] by Frankie Gaw

21. First Generation: Recipes from My Taiwanese-American Home [A Cookbook]

By: Frankie Gaw

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

ABOUT FIRST GENERATION In this stunning exploration of identity through food, the blogger behind L… read more

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  • food
  • nonfiction

9 must-read history books like Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries by Oscar Farinetti

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Shelby Foote

3.41

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Cody Cassidy

4.06

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On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

Elise Loehnen

3.80

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The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

James Patterson

3.92

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15 Best audiobook books like The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (The Shortest History Series) by Michael Scott-Baumann

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Daniel Gordis

4.31

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Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé

4.25

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Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

Noa Tishby

4.34

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