15 best-selling nonfiction books like My Life in Recipes: Food, Family, and Memories by Joan Nathan

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My Life in Recipes: Food, Family, and Memories

By: Joan Nathan

4.27

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A new cookbook from the best-selling and award-winning author that uses recipes to look back at her…

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1. The Wake Up

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.28

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde comes a hauntingly emotional novel of ho… read more

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2. A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York

By: Liana Finck

3.92

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

In an illustrative style that is a thrilling mash-up of Art Spiegelman's deft emotionality, Roz Cha… read more

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3. The Witches of Eastwick (Eastwick #1)

By: John Updike

4.29

Format: None pages,

Toward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers ha… read more

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4. Skin Tight (Mick Stranahan, #1)

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.83

Format: 266 pages,

New York Times bestselling author Carl Hiaasen serves up a humorous helping of "taut, fast-paced ac… read more

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5. Double Whammy

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

R.J. Decker, star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte private eye is fishing for a killer… read more

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6. Star Island (Skink, #6)

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.54

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (nee Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen--and … read more

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7. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

By: Dara Horn

4.36

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating ess… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Evil' may or may not be banal, but killing Jews sure is."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"between the raindrops" - a Hebrew expression for evading repeated disaster."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"Sometimes your body is someone else's haunted house. Other people look at you and can only see the dead."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"There are so few Jews in the world: even in the United States, we are barely 2 percent of the population, a minority among minorities... Statistically speaking, nothing that happens to Jews should be…"

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

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9. The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World

By: Sharon Brous

4.54

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community bas… read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs

By: Mary Louise Kelly

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Operating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly… read more

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  • nonfiction
"In his book "Being Mortal", the surgeon Atul Gawande accurately describes the joy that flows from being good at your work. 'You become a doctor for what you imagine to be the satisfaction of the work…"

-Mary Louise Kelly, It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs

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11. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By: Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman… read more

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12. Real Americans

By: Rachel Khong

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more

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"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

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13. Table for Two

By: Amor Towles

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more

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"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

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14. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

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"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

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15. Kissing Kosher

By: Jean Meltzer

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Step 1: Get the secret recipe. Step 2: Don’t fall in love… Avital Cohen isn’t wearing underpants… read more

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16. No Two Persons

By: Erica Bauermeister

4.09

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s N… read more

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"All that matters is that we try. pg. 79"

-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons

"Guilt is easier to drown in than any sorrow. pg. 245"

-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons

"Always start with words. Words last. Tell me a secret from your day."

-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons

"Did you know that otters sleep holding hands? All night long, so they don't lose each other."

-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons

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17. 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

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  • 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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18. We Need to Talk About Antisemitism

By: Rabbi Diana Fersko

4.36

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A millennial rabbi explores why we’re reluctant to discuss antisemitism—and empowers us to fight ag… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz

By: Heather Dune Macadam

4.54

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A PEN America Literary Award Finalist A Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee An Amazon Best of the Yea… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours

By: Adeena Sussman

4.36

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Instant New York Times bestseller Named a Best Cookbook for Fall 2023 by Food & Wine, Eater, and S… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
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21. The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

By: Zipora Klein Jakob

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Born in fire and died in fire."

-Zipora Klein Jakob, The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

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22. Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome's Jewish Kitchen

By: Leah Koenig

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

One of Food & Wine's Best Cookbooks of Fall 2023 A captivating tour through Rome’s centuries-old… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
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23. The Assignment

By: Liza M. Wiemer

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of the classic The Wave and inspired by a real-life incident, this riveting novel explo… read more

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"HumanKIND Welcome Here!"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

"This much I've learned, and I want to shout it to the world instead of in my head: THERE ARE NO DIFFERENT RACES OF HUMAN BEINGS! The idea of inferior or superior races is a human construct. It's made…"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

"For students, speaking out against any injustice, especially when adults are involved, can be a formidable task. But it's crucial, life-changing, and perhaps even life saving. Here is what I hope you…"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

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24. The Prison Minyan

By: Jonathan Stone

4.31

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Otisville, America's only Jewish prison...where a new celebrity inmate is about to shatt… read more

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25. Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir

By: Sara Glass

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A moving coming-of-age memoir in the vein of Unorthodox and Brazen , about one young woman’s desper… read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. My Life in Recipes: Food, Family, and Memories

By: Joan Nathan

4.27

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A new cookbook from the best-selling and award-winning author that uses recipes to look back at her… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
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27. Hot Sheet: Sweet and Savory Sheet Pan Recipes for Every Day and Celebrations

By: Olga Massov

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Transform everyday meals into extraordinary ones , with more than 100 recipes harnessing the power … read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
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28. La Vita è Dolce: Italian–Inspired Desserts

By: Letitia Clark

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

La Vita e Dolce is an exciting take on Italian baking by food writer and trained pastry chef, Letit… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
Cover of Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food by Dolly Parton

29. Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food

By: Dolly Parton

3.94

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

You’re invited to pull up a chair to a year of meals, friends, and fun with the Partons, as Dolly a… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
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30. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns … read more

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31. Brenda Gantt Live Each Little Moment Y'all, Recipes & Fellowship from My Kitchen, Cookbook

By: Brenda Gantt

4.71

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Brenda Gantt's "Live Each Little Moment Y'all" is a delightful cookbook that invites you to savor l… read more

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Adeena Sussman

4.36

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Leah Koenig

4.27

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Joan Nathan

4.27

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3.53

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David Baddiel

4.21

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Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

Mike Rothschild

3.84

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People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Dara Horn

4.36

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Noa Tishby

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