Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Books that make me hungry.
Yum. I’m not a foodie, but I do love to eat — and I love it when books I’m reading feature delicious-sounding food.
My top ten picks:
1. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han: Lara Jean is always baking, and I want to try everything!
2. The Chocolate Thief by Laura Florand: I didn’t love the book all that much, but the artisan chocolates sounded amazing.
3. Chocolat by Joanne Harris: How can I not love a book about a chocolaterie?
4. Like Water for Chocolate: Are we detecting a theme yet?
5. All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin: Okay, one more chocolate book! This story is set in a world where chocolate and caffeine are illegal, but there’s enough black market chocolate around to make me crave it really badly.
6. Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev: The story takes place at a reality show cooking competition, and every single dish sounds amazing!
7. The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais: The story of a chef’s quest to establish a gourmet Indian fusion restaurant in France is full of absolutely mouth-watering descriptions of the food.
8. The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs: In times of stress, Mercy bakes… and since she’s always in the middle of some supernatural conflict or dangerous adventure, there are chocolate chip cookies and snickerdoodles galore.
9. Outlander Kitchen by Theresa Carle-Sanders: A non-fiction choice, this is actually a cookbook. If you knew me IRL, you’d think this was hilarious, since I absolutely don’t cook. So why do I have this book? Because it’s Outlander, and it’s so pretty! I really enjoy looking at all the Outlander-themed food, even if I’ll never try the recipes.
10. Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan: There are so many Jenny Colgan books I could include here, especially since she kindly includes recipes in her food-themed books. I love this one especially because I have such a sweet tooth for baked goods, and the cupcakes in this book all sound amazing.
What’s on your TTT list this week? Please share your links!
Bookshelf Fantasies 
As a chocoholic those books look delectable. I seen the movie Chocolat, it was good. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2020/08/ttt-090120.html
I liked the movie too!
I really need to eat some chocolate now. Ha!
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Me too. Sadly, there is absolutely none in my house.
I haven’t read any of these. Which one would you recommend most?
It depends what you’re in the mood for, but I always like Jenny Colgan’s books for when I need something light and fun to read.
I’m all about chocolate, too! Yum.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Chocolate makes the world a better place. Books too!
Ooh I want that Outlander cookbook, that looks so good! And I completely agree about the Hundred Foot Journey – I didn’t really enjoy the book but I can’t stop thinking about the food
I didn’t love the book, although I actually liked the movie version. There’s a 2nd Outlander cookbook out now (or maybe coming out soon), focusing on recipes from the “New World” — it also looks terrific!
Ha. To All the Boys was on my list too. And the Chocolat cover always makes me want to eat, despite never having read it. Great post!
Thanks! To All the Boys is just so adorable, and when you add in all the baked goods, it’s even better! 🙂
Very true! Baked goods make a lot of things better. 😁
Oooh so much chocolate in this post! Good thing I have a bag of Hershey’s Kisses in the fridge:-)
I have no chocolate in the house, and writing this post gave me the worst cravings!
I’ve looked at that Outlander cookbook and it has a lot of great looking recipes in it. 🙂
Lauren @ Always Me
The food does all look amazing! I like it for the pictures, even if I’m not a cook. 🙂
Omgoodness, all of these look wonderful! That Outlander cookbook though 😱 Ugh, the cover alone looks good enough to eat! Also, what a throwback with Like Water for Chocolate! I remember loving that book so much when I was in school. Great list 🙂
Same for me about Like Water for Chocolate — I read it so many years ago!
Great list! I had a feeling Outlander Kitchen might appear on your list. 😉 I still haven’t read or watched Outlander, and I don’t cook, but every time I see that cookbook I want a copy of it.
I just couldn’t resist! Although I’m not planning to get the 2nd cookbook… even though it’s just as tempting!
Chocolat could win the award for most hunger inducing for me. I haven’t read it, but I saw the movie and I can remember it making me want some BAD.
Oh yes, the movie was great, and all that chocolate gave me serious cravings!
Right? Too much eye candy.
Books on delicious foods…Lisa , that’s so good to know about. Hoping to read all those books some day.
You’re in for a treat! 🙂
I’ll love it for sure
The one recently that made me hungry was the Italien section of Eat, Pray, Love – all the pasta and pizza! Pity next two sections of the book were not as good.
I never read it — but I do love pasta and pizza!