Top 100 Cookbooks to Read in a Lifetime

Top 100 Books for a Lifetime of Eating & Drinking, from the Amazon Books Editors.


1
1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die
by Mimi Sheraton
4.4 avg rating, 160 reviews, 2015-01-13

2
A Kitchen in France
by Mimi Thorisson
4.7 avg rating, 241 reviews, 2014-10-28

3
A Taste of Cowboy
by Kent Rollins, Shannon Rollins
4.8 avg rating, 577 reviews, 2015-04-07

4
Against All Grain
by Danielle Walker
4.7 avg rating, 2214 reviews, 2013-07-30

5
All Under Heaven
by Carolyn Phillips
4.5 avg rating, 57 reviews, 2016-08-30

6
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp
4.4 avg rating, 1015 reviews, 2007-05-01

7
Appetites
by Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever
4.5 avg rating, 555 reviews, 2016-10-25

8
Authentic Mexican
by Mr. Rick Bayless
4.3 avg rating, 240 reviews, 2007-04-03

9
Baking: From My Home to Yours
by Dorie Greenspan
4.5 avg rating, 312 reviews, 2006-09-25

10
Bitters
by Brad Thomas Parsons
4.7 avg rating, 196 reviews, 2011-11-01

11
Blood, Bones & Butter
by Gabrielle Hamilton
4 avg rating, 616 reviews, 2012-01-24

12
Brunch at Bobby’s
by Bobby Flay, Stephanie Banyas, Sally Jackson
4.6 avg rating, 202 reviews, 2015-09-29

13
Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook
by Alice Waters
3.7 avg rating, 28 reviews, 1995-04-18

14
Cooking for Jeffrey
by Ina Garten
4.6 avg rating, 697 reviews, 2016-10-25

15
Daniel: My French Cuisine
by Daniel Boulud, Sylvie Bigar
4.2 avg rating, 56 reviews, 2013-10-15

16
Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails
by David Kaplan, Nick Fauchald
4.8 avg rating, 334 reviews, 2014-10-07

17
elBulli 2005-2011
by Ferran Adrià, Albert Adrià, Juli Soler
4.4 avg rating, 13 reviews, 2014-03-03

18
Escoffier
by Auguste Escoffier
4.6 avg rating, 97 reviews, 2011-06-13

19
Essential Pépin
by Jacques Pépin
4.7 avg rating, 520 reviews, 2011-10-18

20
Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
by Marcella Hazan
4.7 avg rating, 566 reviews, 1905-07-04

21
Food52 Genius Recipes
by Kristen Miglore
4.3 avg rating, 335 reviews, 2015-04-07

22
Franklin Barbecue
by Aaron Franklin, Jordan Mackay
4.8 avg rating, 1650 reviews, 2015-04-07

23
Gordon Ramsay’s Home Cooking
by Gordon Ramsay
4.7 avg rating, 368 reviews, 2013-04-09

24
Heat
by Bill Buford
4.5 avg rating, 461 reviews, 2007-06-26

25
Hello, Cupcake!
by Karen Tack, Alan Richardson
4.6 avg rating, 602 reviews, 2008-04-24

26
Heritage
by Sean Brock
4.6 avg rating, 242 reviews, 2014-10-21

27
How to Be a Domestic Goddess
by Nigella Lawson
4.4 avg rating, 166 reviews, 2002-01-01

28
How to Cook Everything
by Mark Bittman
4.5 avg rating, 1682 reviews, 2008-10-03

29
Jerusalem
by Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi
4.7 avg rating, 1311 reviews, 2012-10-16

30
Joy of Cooking
by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker
4.7 avg rating, 2371 reviews, 2006-10-31

31
Joy the Baker Homemade Decadence
by Joy Wilson
4.7 avg rating, 109 reviews, 2014-10-14

32
Kitchen Confidential
by Anthony Bourdain
4.6 avg rating, 3437 reviews, 2007-01-09

33
Larousse Gastronomique
by Librairie Larousse
4.8 avg rating, 110 reviews, 2009-10-13

34
Le Bernardin Cookbook
by Eric Ripert, Maguy Le Coze
4.3 avg rating, 47 reviews, 1998-09-01

35
Lidia’s Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine
by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Tanya Bastianich Manuali
4.5 avg rating, 378 reviews, 2015-10-27

36
Liquid Intelligence
by Dave Arnold
4.7 avg rating, 228 reviews, 2014-11-10

37
Lucky Peach Presents 101 Easy Asian Recipes
by Peter Meehan, the editors of Lucky Peach
4.6 avg rating, 192 reviews, 2015-10-27

38
Maangchi’s Real Korean Cooking
by Maangchi
4.8 avg rating, 679 reviews, 2015-05-19

39
Madhur Jaffrey Indian Cooking
by Madhur Jaffrey
4.6 avg rating, 184 reviews, 2003-09-01

40
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck
4.8 avg rating, 2007 reviews, 2009-12-01

41
Mastering the Art of Japanese Home Cooking
by Masaharu Morimoto
4.6 avg rating, 81 reviews, 2016-11-08

42
Modernist Cuisine
by Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young, Maxime Bilet
4.7 avg rating, 180 reviews, 2011-03-14

43
Molto Italiano
by Mario Batali
4.4 avg rating, 173 reviews, 2005-05-03

44
Momofuku
by David Chang, Peter Meehan
4.3 avg rating, 367 reviews, 2009-10-27

45
My Life in France
by Julia Child, Alex Prud’homme
4.7 avg rating, 765 reviews, 2007-10-09

46
My Paris Kitchen
by David Lebovitz
4.8 avg rating, 472 reviews, 2014-04-08

47
Pati’s Mexican Table
by Pati Jinich
4.7 avg rating, 482 reviews, 2013-03-05

48
Peru
by Gastón Acurio
4.5 avg rating, 131 reviews, 2015-05-18

49
Please to the Table
by Anya von Bremzen, John Welchman
4.6 avg rating, 96 reviews, 1990-01-11

50
Plenty
by Yotam Ottolenghi
4.6 avg rating, 1015 reviews, 2011-03-23

51
Pok Pok
by Andy Ricker, JJ Goode
4.7 avg rating, 224 reviews, 2013-10-29

52
Polska
by Zuza Zak
4.5 avg rating, 21 reviews, 2016-09-06

53
Prune
by Gabrielle Hamilton
4.2 avg rating, 154 reviews, 2014-11-04

54
Smoke and Pickles
by Edward Lee
4.5 avg rating, 171 reviews, 2013-05-01

55
Taste of Persia
by Naomi Duguid
4.5 avg rating, 99 reviews, 2016-09-20

56
Tender at the Bone
by Ruth Reichl
4.4 avg rating, 347 reviews, 2010-05-25

57
The Apprentice
by Jacques Pépin
4.7 avg rating, 383 reviews, 2015-12-08

58
The Art of Eating
by M.F.K. Fisher
4.7 avg rating, 83 reviews, 2004-02-20

59
The Art of Simple Food
by Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan, Kelsie Kerr, Fritz Streiff
4.5 avg rating, 287 reviews, 2007-10-02

60
The Baking Bible
by Rose Levy Beranbaum
4.6 avg rating, 314 reviews, 2014-10-28

61
The Barbecue! Bible
by Steven Raichlen
4.6 avg rating, 456 reviews, 2008-05-28

62
The Bob’s Burgers Burger Book
by Loren Bouchard, Bob’s Burgers
4.9 avg rating, 1100 reviews, 2016-03-22

63
The Bread Baker’s Apprentice
by Peter Reinhart
4.7 avg rating, 965 reviews, 2016-09-06

64
The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook
by
4.7 avg rating, 1132 reviews, 2014-04-01

65
The Complete Irish Pub Cookbook
by Parragon Books, Love Food Editors
4.7 avg rating, 205 reviews, 2012-03-01

66
The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook
by
4.6 avg rating, 762 reviews, 2015-03-01

67
The Dead Rabbit Drinks Manual
by Sean Muldoon, Jack McGarry, Ben Schaffer
4.3 avg rating, 66 reviews, 2015-10-13

68
The Devil in the Kitchen
by Marco Pierre White
4.5 avg rating, 200 reviews, 2008-05-29

69
The Drunken Botanist
by Amy Stewart
4.7 avg rating, 703 reviews, 2013-03-19

70
The Fannie Farmer Cookbook
by Marion Cunningham, Fannie Farmer Cookbook Corporation, Archibald Candy Corporation, Lauren Jarrett
4.7 avg rating, 764 reviews, 1996-09-09

71
The Flavor Bible
by Karen Page, Andrew Dornenburg
4.6 avg rating, 1322 reviews, 2008-09-16

72
The Food Lab
by J. Kenji López-Alt
4.8 avg rating, 2026 reviews, 2015-09-21

73
The Food of Morocco
by Paula Wolfert
4.7 avg rating, 123 reviews, 2009-11-05

74
The Food Substitutions Bible
by David Joachim
4.5 avg rating, 130 reviews, 2010-09-02

75
The Foods of the Greek Islands
by Aglaia Kremezi
4.4 avg rating, 47 reviews, 2015-03-31

76
The Forest Feast
by Erin Gleeson
4.7 avg rating, 418 reviews, 2014-04-15

77
The French Laundry Cookbook
by Thomas Keller
4.6 avg rating, 320 reviews, 1999-11-01

78
The Making of a Chef
by Michael Ruhlman
4.6 avg rating, 155 reviews, 2009-03-31

79
The Man Who Ate Everything
by Jeffrey Steingarten
4.3 avg rating, 115 reviews, 1998-10-27

80
The Moosewood Cookbook
by Mollie Katzen
4.6 avg rating, 250 reviews, 2014-11-04

81
The NoMad Cookbook
by Daniel Humm, Will Guidara, Leo Robitschek
4.7 avg rating, 45 reviews, 2015-10-13

82
The Nordic Cookbook
by Magnus Nilsson
4.5 avg rating, 89 reviews, 2015-10-26

83
The Oh She Glows Cookbook
by Angela Liddon
4.7 avg rating, 1913 reviews, 2014-03-04

84
The Omnivore’s Dilemma
by Michael Pollan
4.5 avg rating, 1569 reviews, 2007-08-28

85
The Pioneer Woman Cooks
by Ree Drummond
4.8 avg rating, 7367 reviews, 2013-10-29

86
The Professional Chef
by The Culinary Institute of America (CIA)
4.8 avg rating, 500 reviews, 2011-09-13

87
The Red Rooster Cookbook
by Marcus Samuelsson
4.7 avg rating, 96 reviews, 2016-10-18

88
The Skinnytaste Cookbook
by Gina Homolka
4.7 avg rating, 2396 reviews, 2014-09-30

89
The Slanted Door
by Charles Phan
4.5 avg rating, 107 reviews, 2014-10-07

90
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
by Deb Perelman
4.7 avg rating, 793 reviews, 2012-10-30

91
The Taste of Country Cooking
by Edna Lewis
4.7 avg rating, 204 reviews, 2006-08-01

92
The Ultimate Bar Book
by Mittie Hellmich
4.6 avg rating, 718 reviews, 2006-06-23

93
The Vegetable Butcher
by Cara Mangini
4.6 avg rating, 156 reviews, 2016-04-19

94
The Whole Beast
by Fergus Henderson
4.5 avg rating, 111 reviews, 2004-03-01

95
The Zuni Cafe Cookbook
by Judy Rodgers, Gerald Asher
4.5 avg rating, 109 reviews, 2002-09-17

96
Thug Kitchen
by Thug Kitchen
4.6 avg rating, 5863 reviews, 2014-10-07

97
Wine and War
by Donald Kladstrup, Petie Kladstrup
4.6 avg rating, 344 reviews, 2002-04-30

98
Wine Folly
by Madeline Puckette, Justin Hammack
4.8 avg rating, 776 reviews, 2015-09-22

99
Yes, Chef
by Marcus Samuelsson, Veronica Chambers
4.5 avg rating, 610 reviews, 2013-05-21

100
Zahav
by Michael Solomonov, Steven Cook
4.8 avg rating, 322 reviews, 2015-10-06