The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerMastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia ChildBetter Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by Better Homes and GardensHow to Cook Everything by Mark BittmanThe New Best Recipe by Cook's Illustrated
Best Cookbooks
18th out of 1,449 books — 1,109 voters
Love Soup by Anna ThomasThe Food Lab by J. Kenji López-AltGood Meat by Deborah KrasnerThe Blue Chair Jam Cookbook by Rachel SaundersHow to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
James Beard Award Cookbooks
7th out of 102 books — 28 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
2618th out of 9,853 books — 22,123 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Flavor Bible by Andrew DornenburgPeace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat HanhHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Just Six Books
3rd out of 6 books — 7 voters

The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerThe New Basics Cookbook by Julee RossoThe Fannie Farmer Cookbook by Marion CunninghamThe Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie KatzenBarefoot Contessa Family Style by Ina Garten
Best Cookbooks Ever
101st out of 544 books — 215 voters
The Babbo Cookbook by Mario BataliJames Beard's Simple Foods by James   BeardJames Beard’s Theory & Practice of Good Cooking by James   BeardThe Simple Art of Perfect Baking by Flo BrakerBakeWise by Shirley O. Corriher
Salt, Fat, Acid, & Heat Bibliography
8th out of 22 books — 1 voter

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleySalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
Taste in Titles
560th out of 749 books — 57 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
779th out of 1,228 books — 1,635 voters

The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserSavage Inequalities by Jonathan KozolThe Wordy Shipmates by Sarah VowellRelish by Lucy KnisleyWaiter Rant by Steve Dublanica
All Non-Fiction on Goodreads with 10,000 to 24,999 ratings
751st out of 919 books — 39 voters
The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerBetter Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by Better Homes and GardensHow to Cook Everything by Mark BittmanBarefoot Contessa Back to Basics by Ina GartenLet's Cook It Right by Adelle Davis
how to cook
113th out of 203 books — 6 voters

Goya's Graphic Imagination by Mark McDonaldImaginary Maps by Jennifer K. Heath40 Days for Life - Expanded Edition by David BereitBodies in the Bog and the Archaeological Imagination by Karin SandersTales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe
Imaginary Imagination
160th out of 214 books — 7 voters
Dressing the Man by Alan FlusserMeditations by Marcus AureliusAn Art Lover's Guide to Florence by Judith Anne TestaStudies in the History of the Renaissance by Walter PaterLeonardo da Vinci by Leonardo da Vinci
Dr. Hannibal Lecter's Library
7th out of 71 books — 2 voters

Capitalist Realism by Mark FisherNostalgia by Barbara CassinThe Flavor Bible by Andrew DornenburgEmotional First Aid by Guy WinchBarracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
Philological Circles of Discord
3rd out of 19 books — 1 voter
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanNever Caught by Erica Armstrong DunbarA Woman of No Importance by Sonia PurnellCitizens of London by Lynne OlsonLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Books That Linger
23rd out of 77 books — 2 voters