5 must-read nonfiction books like Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing by Ruth Reichl

Cover of Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing by Ruth Reichl

Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing

By: Ruth Reichl

3.94

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

“Food writing spans centuries and philosophies. . . . At long last there’s a Norton Anthology with …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing by Ruth Reichl , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The House on Mango Street

By: Sandra Cisneros

3.31

Format: None pages,

Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schoo… read more

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2. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

By: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm , Joseph Campbell , James Stern , Padraic Colum , Josef Scharl , Margaret Raine Hunt

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been pa… read more

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3. Night Sky with Exit Wounds

By: Ocean Vuong

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Ocean Vuong's first full-length collection aims straight for the perennial "big"--and very human--s… read more

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4. Deaf Republic

By: Ilya Kaminsky

4.40

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Ilya Kaminsky's astonishing parable in poems asks us, What is silence?Deaf Republic opens in an occ… read more

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"A man should smell better than his country"

-Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic

"At the trial of God, we will ask: why did you allow all this? And the answer will be an echo: why did you allow all this?"

-Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic

"I do not hear gunshots, but watch birds splash over the backyards of the suburbs. How bright is the sky as the avenue spins on its axis. How bright is the sky (forgive me) how bright."

-Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic

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5. Victory City

By: Salman Rushdie

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Hidden in a clay pot. Sealed with wax. Buried at the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of o… read more

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"History is a consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"History is the consequence not only of people’s actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"fHistory is the consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"In death do triumph and failure humbly meet. We learn far less from victory than from defeat."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

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6. Tomboyland: Essays

By: Melissa Faliveno

3.98

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

A fiercely personal and startlingly universal essay collection about the mysteries of gender and de… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. The Best American Essays 2023

By: Vivian Gornick

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A collection of the year’s best essays, selected by award-winning writer Vivian Gornick. Vivian Gor… read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. The Cousins

By: Karen M. McManus

3.77

Format: 337 pages, Library Binding

Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they barely know each other, and they've never even… read more

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"It feels erratic ... But Alison knew what the problem was with her mother's heart: it was broken."

-Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

"this dress is the most perfect article of clothing I've ever worn - not only because it's beautiful and fits me like a dream, but also because it has deep pockets that hold a phone and some lipstick …"

-Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

"You have a very interesting look. Where are you from?' Ugh. That's marginally better than the What are you? question I get sometimes, but still gross. 'New York,' I say pointedly. 'You?' 'I mean orig…"

-Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

"It's been creeping up on me ever since I got to the island what my relationship with Thomas really is: something that should've ended a few months after it began in eighth grade, when he started trea…"

-Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

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9. The Best American Essays 2022

By: Alexander Chee

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A collection of the year's best essays, selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee. Alexand… read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. The Best American Food Writing 2023

By: Mark Bittman

3.63

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A collection of the year's top food writing, selected by prolific food writer and author of How to … read more

Similar categories in Mark Bittman's The Best American Food Writing 2023 book and Ruth Reichl's Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing

  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
Cover of Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing by Ruth Reichl

11. Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing

By: Ruth Reichl

3.94

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

“Food writing spans centuries and philosophies. . . . At long last there’s a Norton Anthology with … read more

Similar categories in Ruth Reichl's Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing book and Ruth Reichl's Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing

  • history
  • culinary
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • food and drink
  • food writing

10 Top contemporary books like Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky

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Louise Glück

4.18

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Ilya Kaminsky

4.40

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4.50

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