Happy Tuesday, y’all! This week, Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl has given the choice of topic to Cathy at What Cathy Read Next and Lisa of Hopewell’s Public Library of Life. And what did they come up with? Books that involve food, but not cookbooks. Why not cookbooks? Oh, wait, that would be too easy, wouldn’t it? Guess what? I didn’t have too much trouble creating a list of food-related books. Why? Because I love reading books that feature food. Who wants to see what foodies in books I’ve found?
All titles will take you to the book’s Goodreads page.
Now let’s go check out some foodies in books!
Carly Hale
- Title: Up to No Gouda
- Genre: Cozy Mystery
- Release Date: January 2022
Maddy Montgomery
- Title: Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder
- Genre: Cozy Mystery
- Release Date: August 2022
Tabitha Knight
- Title: Mastering the Art of French Murder
- Genre: Historical Cozy Mystery
- Release Date: April 2023
Lila Macapagal
- Title: Arsenic and Adobo
- Genre: Cozy Mystery
- Release Date: May 2021
Angel Tungaraza
- Title: Baking Cakes in Kigali
- Genre: Contemporary
- Release Date: August 2009
Donovan Dell
- Title: Fake It Till You Bake It
- Genre: Romance
- Release Date: June 2022
Nora Jansson & Henrik Eklund
- Title: Time to Rise
- Genre: Romance, Christmas
- Release Date: November 2021 (in Swedish), September 2024 (in English)
Nina Lyon & Leo O’Donnell
- Title: For Butter or Worse
- Genre: Romance
- Release Date: July 2022
Mona
- Title: The Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
- Genre: YA, Fantasy, Mystery
- Release Date: July 2020
Shireen Malik
- Title: The Dos and Donuts of Love
- Genre: YA, Contemporary, Romance, LGBTQ
- Release Date: June 2023
And that’s ten foodies in books; technically, it’s more than ten, but it is ten books. Have you met any of these foodies before? Who are some other foodies you’ve met in books?
Are you looking for some more books to read? Check out my other bookish lists, book reviews, and monthly reading wrap-ups.
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This is an easy and fun week! I forgot about Arsenic and Adobo!
Good fun!
I run a monthly link up for books about food. I’d love to have you join up at https://www.spiritblog.net/september-2024-foodies-read.
Thanks! I shared my post over there. I’ll have to keep this in mind as well, as I often find myself reading and reviewing books featuring food.
Pam
I’ve heard of a few of these but only read the defensive guide 😂 thanks for dropping by my post!
Good list! Can’t believe I haven’t read any of these–Kirgali is on my TBR though.
The covers for Arsenic and Adobo (also cute title for the genre!) and Time to Rise intrigue me. Makes me want to learn more about those. I think I’ve seen the former around but the latter is unfamiliar to me so it’s fun to have something new to look into. 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting my website today.
Time to Rise is a book that is coming out in English relatively soon. I was fortunate to be able to read an ARC recently. You can find my complete review here: https://readbakecreate.com/time-to-rise-by-helene-holmstrom-book-review/
Pam
I liked Arsenic and Adobo. And I realize I typed Adobe on someone’s post. Lol. I got up way early today and haven’t had much coffee and it is showing. I want to read the T. Kingfisher book.
The cozy mysteries look like a lot of fun! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thanks!
A lot of food to ‘die for’ in the early part of this list!
LOL, looks like you like food and murder 😉 Great list!
Cozy mysteries just lend themselves to having great food too.
Pam
Haven’t read any of these but love some of the puns in the titles 😄
I absolutely loved A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking! If I had gone fiction, I totally would’ve chosen that for my list as well!
Haze
https://thebookhaze.com/
This is a fun list!
Two parts sugar, one part murder is on my TBR list and the others look good too!
I think it is so interesting how many cozy mysteries are foodie themed. Such great titles. They make me chuckle. Great list!
I’m a baker, so I especially like the books you listed that focus on baking!
Ha! I love these titles: Up to No Gouda, and Arsenic and Adobo. Adding them to my list.
For Butter or Worse looks like one I would enjoy!! Great list
These all look great. I love the titles and bold covers! I have discovered that I enjoy books with food in them!
Have a great week!
These look so good! The Kingfisher book is the only one from your list that I’ve read so far, but the Grilled Cheese Cozy Mystery series is on my list to read for sure.
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2024/09/03/top-ten-tuesday-non-cookbook-foodie-books/
(Sorry I’m late! The Monday holiday messed with my sense of time.)
I hope to read The Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking soon, i always see good reviews about that book
It’s been a long time since I participated in Top Ten Tuesdays and all of these posts in Foodies Read is giving my a nudge to check back in. Thanks
Awesome list! I’ve got A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking on my TBR, and love Carly Hale. But I’ll definitely be checking out some of these cozy mysteries of yours!
Oh a cheesy book with Up to No Gouda. That sounds awesome.