18 Top cooking books like Open Kitchen: Inspired Food for Casual Gatherings by Susan Spungen

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Open Kitchen: Inspired Food for Casual Gatherings

By: Susan Spungen

3.63

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Simple, stylish recipes for fearless entertaining from the renowned food stylist, New York Times co…

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1. Watchers

By: Dean Koontz

4.19

Format: 624 pages, Paperback

They escape from a secret government: two mutant creatures, both changed utterly from the animals t… read more

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"life is more than intelect"

-Dean Koontz, Watchers

"the worst happens when you least expect it"

-Dean Koontz, Watchers

"he knew that fate was only a mythological concept"

-Dean Koontz, Watchers

"people have a natural tendency to anthropomorphize their pets, to ascribe human perceptions and intentions to the animal where none exist"

-Dean Koontz, Watchers

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2. Pat the Bunny

By: Dorothy Kunhardt

4.08

Format: 20 pages, Board Book

The timeless children’s classic full of interactive fun—a perfect gift for new babies and first bir… read more

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3. Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living

By: Brené Brown , Shauna Niequist

4.26

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

LIVE A LIFE OF MEANING AND CONNECTION Instead of pushing for perfection A few years ago, I found my… read more

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4. My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories

By: David Lebovitz

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A collection of stories and 100 sweet and savory French-inspired recipes from popular food blogger … read more

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  • food
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5. The Model Bakery Cookbook: 75 Favorite Recipes from the Beloved Napa Valley Bakery

By: Frankie Frankeny , Rick Rodgers , Karen Mitchell , Sarah Mitchell Hansen

4.16

Format: 331 pages,

This definitive baking guide is the much-anticipated cookbook from the Model Bakery, a mother-daugh… read more

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6. Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South

By: Vivian Howard

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Vivian Howard, star of PBS's A CHEF'S LIFE, celebrates the flavors of North Carolina's coastal plai… read more

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7. The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001-2010

By: America's Test Kitchen

3.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Since its debut in 1999, America's Test Kitchen has been public television's most-watched cooking s… read more

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8. The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem

By: Marcus Samuelsson

3.71

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Southern comfort food and multicultural recipes from the New York Timesbest-selling superstar chef … read more

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9. Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World

By: Gretchen Rubin

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a … read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd

By: Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos

3.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The dramatic and deliciously swashbuckling story of Sarah Kidd, the wife of the famous pirate Capta… read more

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Cover of How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told by Harrison Scott Key

11. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

By: Harrison Scott Key

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells … read more

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"He was "as deep as bro country and possessed all the charm of an unsalted potato."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"I play the drums, an instrument that has caused more divorces than any other musical instrument in history, after the banjo."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"The memories do not dissolve. They cohere into captivating art films that play endlessly in the International Infidelity Film Festival of my mind."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"Coco will be gone in less than two years and Pippi and Ginsburg not long after, and then it'll just be the two of us again and this weird-ass marriage."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

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12. I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working

By: Shauna Niequist

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When everything we've been clinging to falls apart, how do we know what to keep and what to let go … read more

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13. Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files

By: Deb Perelman

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A collection of essential recipes for meals you'll want to prepare again and again, from Cozy Chick… read more

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14. Things to Look Forward To: 52 Large and Small Joys for Today and Every Day

By: Sophie Blackall

4.19

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Everyone needs things to look forward big things and small things, on good days and on bad days, w… read more

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15. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

By: Barbara Kingsolver

4.05

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Author Barbara Kingsolver and her family abandoned the industrial-food pipeline to live a rural lif… read more

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"This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

"Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

"When moral superiority combines with billowing ignorance, they fill up a hot-air balloon that’s awfully hard not to poke."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

"Even feigning surprise, pretending it was unexpected and saying a ritual thanks, is surely wiser than just expecting everything so carelessly."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

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16. Cook This Book: Techniques That Teach and Recipes To Repeat

By: Molly Baz

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

If you seek out, celebrate, and obsess over good food but lack the skills and confidence necessary … read more

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17. 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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18. Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals: A Cookbook

By: Melissa Clark

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

100 all-new super-simple and incredibly delicious one-pot, one-pan, one-sheet--one-everything!--rec… read more

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  • cooking
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Cover of What's for Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People: A Baking Book by Claire Saffitz

19. What's for Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People: A Baking Book

By: Claire Saffitz

4.33

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A love letter to dessert by the New York Ti… read more

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Cover of Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten

20. Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook

By: Ina Garten

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • America’s favorite home cook presents delicious, crowd-pleasing, go-… read more

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21. Friends Like These

By: Kimberly McCreight

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Six college friends have reunited for a glamorous weekend in the Catskills, a decade after a fatal … read more

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22. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

By: Jamie Ford

3.87

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living. As Washington’s former poet laureate, that’s how sh… read more

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"Don't change. Instead change the world."

-Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

"We don't have to grieve only those we know. Sometimes we grieve for that which was lost. That which was never allowed to be."

-Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

"The bandleader sang 'Every time I see a crowd of people, just like a fool, I stop and stare. It's really not the proper thing to do, but maybe you'll be there."

-Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

"Karma is more like a suitcase. You have to be unafraid to open it up and look at what's inside, to unpack the things you do not need. Karma is the climate of the past which shapes how much leeway we …"

-Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

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23. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

By: Lisa See

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seve… read more

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"Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

"The problem with living so long is that you see too many people pass before you."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

"It took me me many years to realize that my perceptions at this time was completely wrong."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

"You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

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24. Salad Freak: Recipes to Feed a Healthy Obsession

By: Jess Damuck

3.66

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Offering more than 100 inspired recipes, recipe developer and food stylist Jess Damuck shares her p… read more

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25. Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou

By: Melissa M. Martin

4.49

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner, James Beard Award for Best Book in U.S. FoodwaysWinner, IACP Book of the YearWinner, IACP B… read more

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Cover of Cook It Up: Bold Moves for Family Foods: A Cookbook by Alex Guarnaschelli

26. Cook It Up: Bold Moves for Family Foods: A Cookbook

By: Alex Guarnaschelli

3.45

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 75 family favorites get leveled up to be even bolder, saucier, cheesier… read more

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Cover of Company: The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others by Amy Thielen

27. Company: The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others

By: Amy Thielen

3.61

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

One of Food & Wine's Best Cookbooks of Fall 2023 From beloved writer and cook Amy Thielen comes a … read more

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Cover of Tiffy Cooks: 88 Easy Asian Recipes from My Family to Yours: A Cookbook by Tiffy Chen

28. Tiffy Cooks: 88 Easy Asian Recipes from My Family to Yours: A Cookbook

By: Tiffy Chen

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The wildly popular blogger and TikTok sensation behind Tiffy Cooks shares 88 of her favorite easy, … read more

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Cover of Brilliant Bites: 75 Amazing Small Bites for Any Occasion by Maegan Brown

29. Brilliant Bites: 75 Amazing Small Bites for Any Occasion

By: Maegan Brown

3.98

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

WOW your family and friends with miniature versions of all their favorite foods! These 75 appetizer… read more

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Cover of Open Kitchen: Inspired Food for Casual Gatherings by Susan Spungen

30. Open Kitchen: Inspired Food for Casual Gatherings

By: Susan Spungen

3.63

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Simple, stylish recipes for fearless entertaining from the renowned food stylist, New York Times co… read more

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Cover of The Little Pine Cookbook: Modern Plant-Based Comfort by Moby

31. The Little Pine Cookbook: Modern Plant-Based Comfort

By: Moby

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Musician and plant-based ambassador Moby shares his favorite creative and delicious vegan dishes M… read more

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23 best-selling nonfiction books like Open Kitchen: Inspired Food for Casual Gatherings by Susan Spungen

Transform Your Habits

Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living

Brené Brown , Shauna Niequist

4.26

Transform Your Habits

My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories

David Lebovitz

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The Model Bakery Cookbook: 75 Favorite Recipes from the Beloved Napa Valley Bakery

Frankie Frankeny , Rick Rodgers , Karen Mitchell , Sarah Mitchell Hansen

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South

Vivian Howard

3.63

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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Happiness Falls

Angie Kim

3.75

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Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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3.99

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