A grey haired Bourdain sits on a leather couch, leering at the camera. The photo is black and white.

Books

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Novels, Memoirs, and Cookbooks

Black book cover with Bone in the Throat title and a large cartoon chef's knife.
Yellow book cover with Bourdain posing in chef's whites with knife and sharpener in hand.
Orange book cover featuring a photo of Bourdain on a small fishing boat.

Bone in the Throat

The first book Bourdain would write, a crime novel set in 1990's New York. The story follows an ambitious line cook involved with the Italian mob.

Kitchen Confidential

The memoir that would become an instant classic and a New York Times bestseller, propelling Bourdain into superstardom.

A Cook's Tour

Bourdain's first travel book and the inspiration for his first travel show on the Food Network, known by the same name.

Cookbook cover featuring semi-abstract art, very creepy and unpleasant to look at.
Comic book cover featuring Japanese ghosts, cartoon food, and violent scenes.
A cartoon rendition of an elderly Bourdain perched on a park bench.

Appetites: A Cookbook

Bourdain's second cookbook, published in 2016.

Hungry Ghosts

Ever the renegade, Bourdain published a series of food-related graphic novels, collaborating with some of his favorite artists.

World Travel: An Irreverent Guide

His last full-length publication, a complete guide to the world as seen by the legend himself.


A Note from Drew:

Despite beginning his writing career well into his forties, Bourdain was a prolific writer, penning 4 novels, 13 nonfiction books, several graphic novels, and two cookbooks. Over the years, I have been able to read and collect everything Bourdain has written. The list above is a compilation of some of my favorite work, not a comprehensive list of everything he has written.