Long Books
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainMy Life in France by Julia ChildJulie and Julia by Julie PowellRelish by Lucy KnisleyGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
Cooking Memoirs
53rd out of 408 books — 66 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
1721st out of 6,310 books — 6,997 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertJourney to the West by Biao Wang
Life in a Foreign Country
190th out of 813 books — 416 voters
Reckless Traveler by Walter RheinThe Kurdish Bike by Alesa LightbourneOut of Africa by Isak DinesenThe Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten TroostA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Ex-Pats
43rd out of 142 books — 59 voters

Illegal by John DennehyThe Sorrows of Young Mike by John ZelaznyLeaving the Atocha Station by Ben LernerChasing Athens by Marissa TejadaThe Kurdish Bike by Alesa Lightbourne
Contemporary Expat Novels
19th out of 33 books — 63 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Sink into British-ness
209th out of 749 books — 125 voters

Oliver Twist by Charles DickensBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Books Set in London
273rd out of 789 books — 319 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens1984 by George OrwellA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
London Calling
490th out of 1,236 books — 647 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
614th out of 2,169 books — 1,893 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
627th out of 1,242 books — 1,648 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelBlackberry Pie Murder by Joanne FlukeTender at the Bone by Ruth ReichlUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances MayesThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Books that Cook (stories with recipes)
119th out of 498 books — 79 voters
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
2023: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2023
3080th out of 6,961 books — 516 voters


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