Anthony Bourdain Recommended Books
Anthony Bourdain has recommended 29 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Anthony Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian.
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Under the Volcano
A Novel
"One of the truly great books." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Prune
"A fucking masterpiece." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Total Chaos
The Story of the Stooges
"[This book] is everything." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Ways of Escape
"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
Anthony Bourdain's answer to "what’s the last book that made you laugh?" (Source)
The White Album
Essays
"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
"The world needs [this book]." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
The Quiet American
"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
"A book I love." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
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The Man Who Lost the War
"I particularly like [this book]." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Ripley's Game
Ripley, Book 3
"Elegant, deliciously immoral entry in series of sociopath as hero." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Essays
"The font of all wisdom. [The author] is right about nearly everything." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing, Book 1
"The book that probably influenced me more than any other." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
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The Devil All the Time
"[The author] was a revelation when I first read [this book]." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Something to food about
Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs
"[The author] gets to the heart of the matter." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
You're Better Than Me
A Memoir
"Rejuvenating, excoriating genius." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
"The best, most realistic crime novel ever. Best dialogue in a crime novel ever." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Novel
"Incredible." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
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True Grit
A Novel
"A masterpiece." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Agents of Innocence
A Novel
"Very, very good." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Crash
"Violent. Twisted. Hilarious and beautiful." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Naked Lunch
The Restored Text
"Filthy, dangerous, depraved groundbreaking. And funny as Hell." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
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The Rogue's March
John Riley and the St. Patrick's Battalion, 1846-48 (The Warriors)
"I particularly like [this book]." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Eating Viet Nam
Dispatches from a Blue Plastic Table
"This is—and will remain—an essential account for anyone considering travel to Vietnam." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
The Wind in the Willows
"A classic I loved as a child." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
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Between Meals
"[The author's] memoir of meals in Paris before and after the war, and it’s fantastic." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
Dancing Bear
Anthony Bourdain tweeted about this book. (Source)
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My Last Supper
50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals / Portraits, Interviews, and Recipes
"[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
"An absolutely wonderful exploration of the poorly understood sport of MMA." - Anthony Bourdain (Source)
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