Anthony Bourdain Book Recommendations
Anthony Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian.
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Total Chaos
The Story of the Stooges
by Jeff Gold
"[This book] is everything." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Ways of Escape
by Graham Greene
"A book I’ve read many times but keep coming back to." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Adios, Motherfucker
A Gentleman's Progress Through Rock and Roll
by Michael Ruffino
Anthony Bourdain's answer to "what’s the last book that made you laugh?" (Source)
The White Album
Essays
by Joan Didion
"I wish I could write like [this author]." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
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Rice, Noodle, Fish
Deep Travels Through Japan's Food Culture
by Matt Goulding
"The world needs [this book]." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
The Quiet American
by Graham Greene
"I re-read it frequently. Particularly when visiting Vietnam." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
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How to Live
Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
by Sarah Bakewell
"A book I love." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
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The Man Who Lost the War
by W. T. Tyler
"I particularly like [this book]." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Essays
by George Orwell
"The font of all wisdom. [The author] is right about nearly everything." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Ripley's Game
Ripley, Book 3
by Patricia Highsmith
"Elegant, deliciously immoral entry in series of sociopath as hero." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing, Book 1
by Hunter S. Thompson
"The book that probably influenced me more than any other." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
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The Devil All the Time
by Donald Ray Pollock
"[The author] was a revelation when I first read [this book]." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
You're Better Than Me
A Memoir
by Bonnie McFarlane
"Rejuvenating, excoriating genius." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Something to food about
Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs
by Questlove
"[The author] gets to the heart of the matter." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
by George Higgins
"The best, most realistic crime novel ever. Best dialogue in a crime novel ever." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Naked Lunch
The Restored Text
by William S. Burroughs
"Filthy, dangerous, depraved groundbreaking. And funny as Hell." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
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A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Novel
by Marlon James
"Incredible." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
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The Rogue's March
John Riley and the St. Patrick's Battalion, 1846-48 (The Warriors)
by Peter F. Stevens
"I particularly like [this book]." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Eating Viet Nam
Dispatches from a Blue Plastic Table
by Graham Holliday
"This is—and will remain—an essential account for anyone considering travel to Vietnam." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Between Meals
by A. Liebling
"[The author's] memoir of meals in Paris before and after the war, and it’s fantastic." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
"A classic I loved as a child." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
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My Last Supper
50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals / Portraits, Interviews, and Recipes
by Melanie Dunea
"[The author] managed to convince a goodly number of the world's best, and best-known, chefs to let it all go." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Thrown
by Kerry Howley
"An absolutely wonderful exploration of the poorly understood sport of MMA." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
