General Interest

• Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Susan Cain, Quiet: Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking
• Robert Cialdini, Influence: Psychology of Persuasion
• Alain De Botton, The Art of Travel
• Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein
• Jack Kerouac, On the Road
• Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
• Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air
• Alexander Maksik, You Deserve Nothing
• Christopher McDougall, Born To Run
• Donald Norman, The Design of Everyday Things
• George Orwell, 1984
• Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
• David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

Food Writing

• Lisa Abend, The Sorcerer's Apprentices
• Grant Achatz, Life, on the Line
• Tamar Adler, An Everlasting Meal
• Elizabeth Bard, Lunch in Paris
• Joseph Bastianich, Restaurant Man
• Daniel Boulud, Letters to A Young Chef
• Anthony Bourdain, A Cook's Tour
• Laurie Colwin, Home Cooking
• Trevor Corson, The Story of Sushi
• Tyler Cowen, An Economist Gets Lunch
• Phoebe Damrosch, Service Included
• Jonathan Dixon, Beaten, Seared and Sauced
• John Donohue, Man with a Pan
• Fuchsia Dunlop, Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper
• Jenni Ferrari-Adler, Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant
• MFK Fisher, The Art of Eating
• Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals
• A. A. Gill, Table Talk
• Adam Gopnick, The Table Comes First
• Gourmet Magazine, Endless Feasts
• David Lebovitz, The Sweet Life in Paris
• Jennifer 8. Lee, Fortune Cookie Chronicles
• David Leffman, Ultimate Food Journeys
• Tom Mueller, Extra Virginity
• Jacques Pepin, The Apprentice: Life in the Kitchen
• Julie Powell, Cleaving
• George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London
• Ruth Reichl, Comfort Me with Apples
• Ruth Reichl, Tender at the Bone
• Alan Richman, Fork It Over
• Michael Ruhlman, Ratio
• Michael Ruhlman, The Soul of a Chef
• Marcus Samuelsson, Yes, Chef
• Nigel Slater, Appetite
• Niger Slater, Eating for England
• Nigel Slater, Kitchen Diaries
• Nigel Slater, Toast
• Jeffrey Steingarten, It Must've Been Something I Ate
• Jeffrey Steingarten, The Man Who Ate Everything
• Patricia Volk, Stuffed
• Marco Pierre White, Devil in the Kitchen
• Molly Wizenberg, A Homemade Life
• Robert Wolke, What Einstein Told His Cook

Cookbooks

• Ferran Adria, The Family Meal
• Michael Ruhlman, Ruhlman's Twenty

Exercise Writing

• Christopher McDougall, Born to Run
• Dean Karnazes, Ultramarathon Man
• Scott Jurek, Eat and Run