14 Best biography books like My Last Supper by Jay Rayner

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My Last Supper

By: Jay Rayner

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

You're about to die. What would your final meal be? This question has long troubled Jay Rayner. As …

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1. The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef

By: Marco Pierre White , James Steen

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What do Mario Batali and Gordon Ramsay have in common? They survived tours of duty in the kitchen … read more

Similar categories in Marco Pierre White's The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
"If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you."

-Marco Pierre White, The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef

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2. What Doesn't Kill Us: The New Psychology of Posttraumatic Growth

By: Stephen Joseph

3.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For the past twenty years, pioneering psychologist Stephen Joseph has worked with survivors of trau… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Joseph's What Doesn't Kill Us: The New Psychology of Posttraumatic Growth book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • nonfiction

3. Last Orders

By: Graham Swift

3.82

Format: 287 pages,

Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to h… read more

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4. Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger

By: Nigel Slater

3.69

Format: 496 pages,

'My mother is scraping a piece of burned toast out of the kitchen window, a crease of annoyance acr… read more

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5. The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District

By: James Rebanks

4.18

Format: 578 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James … read more

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6. Bournville

By: Jonathan Coe

3.81

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Middle England comes a profoundly moving, brutally fu… read more

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  • audiobook
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7. And Away...

By: Bob Mortimer

4.33

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a hear… read more

Similar categories in Bob Mortimer's And Away... book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Always enter your shoes before wearing them."

-Bob Mortimer, And Away...

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8. Other Plans (McGarry Stateside Book #4)

By: Caimh McDonnell

4.51

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans. How much trouble can you possibly get… read more

Similar categories in Caimh McDonnell's Other Plans (McGarry Stateside Book #4) book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • humor
  • audiobook
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9. A Bookshop In Algiers

By: Kaouther Adimi

3.70

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

'If you're in a bookshop browsing, then A Bookshop In Algiers is for you, by definition. A beautifu… read more

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10. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun

By: Chris Broad

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more

Similar categories in Chris Broad's Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Absolutely and Forever

By: Rose Tremain

3.90

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more

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  • audiobook
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12. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

By: Chris van Tulleken

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more

Similar categories in Chris van Tulleken's Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Taste: My Life Through Food

By: Stanley Tucci

4.21

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of … read more

Similar categories in Stanley Tucci's Taste: My Life Through Food book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"And anyway one is never drinking alone. Someone else is always drinking somewhere."

-Stanley Tucci, Taste: My Life Through Food

"Cooking for her is at once a creative outlet and a way of feeding the family well."

-Stanley Tucci, Taste: My Life Through Food

"Losing a beloved family heirloom is a very real personal loss; they're things that cannot ever be replaced or re-created. But perhaps the most precious heirlooms are family recipes. Like a physical h…"

-Stanley Tucci, Taste: My Life Through Food

"It is the connection between customer and purveyor that makes our interactions stronger, to me eating well is not just about what tastes good but about the connections that are made through the food …"

-Stanley Tucci, Taste: My Life Through Food

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14. A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

By: Edward Chisholm

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young w… read more

Similar categories in Edward Chisholm's A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • biography
  • memoir
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Straight Outta Crawley: Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being

By: Romesh Ranganathan

3.87

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

At the age of 9, Romesh Ranganathan delivered his first ever stand-up set at a Pontin's holiday cam… read more

Similar categories in Romesh Ranganathan's Straight Outta Crawley: Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape

By: Henry Dimbleby

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

You may not be aware of this - not consciously, at least - but you do not control what you eat. Eve… read more

Similar categories in Henry Dimbleby's Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Red Sauce Brown Sauce

By: Felicity Cloake

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

If there's one thing that truly unites this country from Aberdeen to Abernethy, St Ives to St Pancr… read more

Similar categories in Felicity Cloake's Red Sauce Brown Sauce book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • humor
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Mad Woman

By: Bryony Gordon

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

What if our notion of what makes us happy is the very thing that's making us so sad? Ten years o… read more

Similar categories in Bryony Gordon's Mad Woman book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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19. Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter

By: Angela Hui

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening memoir revealing the stories behind living in and running a Chinese takeaway. Gro… read more

Similar categories in Angela Hui's Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Money Men: A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth by Dan McCrum

20. Money Men: A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth

By: Dan McCrum

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

'The financial investigation of the decade... Money Men instantly enters the canon of great financi… read more

Similar categories in Dan McCrum's Money Men: A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well by Tim Spector

21. Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well

By: Tim Spector

4.27

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Spoon-Fed and The Diet Myth , a comprehensive guide to the new scien… read more

Similar categories in Tim Spector's Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s by Sarah Ditum

22. Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s

By: Sarah Ditum

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000s, and the sexist, expl… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ditum's Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News by Emily Maitlis

23. Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News

By: Emily Maitlis

4.10

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

The things that are said on camera are only part of the story. Behind every interview there is a… read more

Similar categories in Emily Maitlis's Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family by Daniel Finkelstein

24. Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family

By: Daniel Finkelstein

4.63

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Finkelstein's Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Scoff: A History of Food and Class in Britain by Pen Vogler

25. Scoff: A History of Food and Class in Britain

By: Pen Vogler

3.78

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Avocado or beans on toast? Gin or claret? Nut roast or game pie? Milk in first or milk in last? And… read more

Similar categories in Pen Vogler's Scoff: A History of Food and Class in Britain book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Step by Step: The Life In My Journeys by Simon Reeve

26. Step by Step: The Life In My Journeys

By: Simon Reeve

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

TV documentary maker Simon Reeve has dodged bullets on frontlines, hunted with the Bushmen of the K… read more

Similar categories in Simon Reeve's Step by Step: The Life In My Journeys book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out by William Sitwell

27. The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out

By: William Sitwell

3.57

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Journeying 2,000 years into the past, food critic and writer William Sitwell artfully traces the ea… read more

Similar categories in William Sitwell's The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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28. Hungry

By: Grace Dent

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From an early age, Grace Dent was hungry. As a little girl growing up in Currock, Carlisle, she yea… read more

Similar categories in Grace Dent's Hungry book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Are you hungry?' I say, slightly mischievously. 'Very, he says, unfurling his napkin. This is a shame, because we're sitting down for a tasting menu that will not be a meal, but more a random collect…"

-Grace Dent, Hungry

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29. The Suspect

By: Rob Rinder

3.96

Format: 400 pages, ebook

**THE GRIPPING SECOND NOVEL FROM ROB RINDER AND FOLLOW-UP TO NO. 1 BESTSELLER THE TRIAL**When Hanna… read more

Similar categories in Rob Rinder's The Suspect book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • audiobook
Cover of My Last Supper by Jay Rayner

30. My Last Supper

By: Jay Rayner

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

You're about to die. What would your final meal be? This question has long troubled Jay Rayner. As … read more

Similar categories in Jay Rayner's My Last Supper book and Jay Rayner's My Last Supper

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

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Other Plans (McGarry Stateside Book #4)

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4.51

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