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September 1, 2020


don’t read these on an empty stomach
posted by soe 12:43 am

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic at That Artsy Reader Girl are the top ten books that make me hungry. Ten slots weren’t enough for this week’s list, so here’s a full baker’s dozen:

  1. Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu — Adorable graphic novel featuring a gay hockey player who bakes for his team. I haven’t yet read the sequel, but am seriously hoping for end material with scone and pie recipes.
  2. Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch — A teen whose mother has recently died is sent to Italy to live with her mom’s BFF. They bond over ice cream.
  3. A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd — A girl and her family temporarily move back with her aunt to a hometown with an eccentric ice cream maker who channels feelings into his non-melting ice cream.
  4. The entire Lady Sherlock series by Sherry Thomas — Charlotte Holmes, better known by her nom de guerre Sherlock, struggles with a maximum tolerable number of chins. And she is cursed to live with and love people with really great dessert chefs. But you really want to be invited to have tea with her and Mrs. Watson.
  5. Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks — On their last night of working at the pumpkin patch their senior year of high school, our two protagonists have vowed to sample every single food stand on the property, from caramel apples to fudge to chili fries. Bonus, there’s a map of the farm inside the graphic novel’s cover with all their stops.
  6. The Bandette series by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover — Our masked heroine is a huge fan of chocolate bars. You’d do well to stock up before beginning this graphic novel heist series.
  7. The Three Pines series by Louise Penny — Inspector Gamache loves his food, and he will not let crime get in the way of a meal at the bistro (or catered by it) or a delicious dinner with friends (and potential suspects).
  8. With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo — Emoni loves to cook, imbuing her food with feeling. When her school overs a culinary course (with a trip to Europe at the end of the semester), she knows she needs to be part of it, even if it means juggling her work, her daughter’s daycare, and her responsibilities to her abuela.
  9. Chocolat by Joanne Harris — Opening a chocolate shop in a small French village just before Easter should be a slam-dunk, particularly when the confections are particularly evocative, but maybe not when you’re accused of dabbling in witchcraft by Monsiuer le Maire and the church lackeys he has at his right hand.
  10. Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev — A modern take on the Austen classic, but featuring a British-Indian chef as one of our two stubborn protagonists.
  11. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery — Okay, so I do not want to eat custard sauce in which a mouse has drowned or cake with liniment in it instead of vanilla. But other than that, I definitely want to sample raspberry cordial and hand-cranked ice cream on a hot day and even a cake that has been shoved into a story to win a writing prize by your BFF.
  12. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han — I would love to spend evenings or weekends baking with Lara Jean and frankly the Song girls’ lead-up to Christmas with their cookie baking extravaganzas are the things that dreams are made of.
  13. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling — So evocative with her food descriptions they literally made a candy line based on it. However, I could live without Nearly Headless Nick’s deathday feast.

How about you? Do you have favorite books that you just want to invite yourself to a meal in?

Category: books. There is/are 14 Comments.



Ice cream can definitely be a great bonding food.

I love that you added Anne of Green Gables and I was also thinking about Harry Potter and flavored frogs.

I have Chocolat on my list too! Here’s the rest of it: 10 Books that make me hungry

Comment by Elza Reads 09.01.20 @ 1:13 am

I had With the Fire on High on my list this week too!

Comment by Margaret Wuestenenk 09.01.20 @ 5:04 am

With the Fire on High was excellent!

I have a link up for books about food at https://www.spiritblog.net/September-2020-foodies-read. We’d love to have you link up and you might win the monthly drawing!

Comment by Heather 09.01.20 @ 5:51 am

I totally agree with your thoughts on the food from the Anne of Green Gables series.

My post .

Comment by Lydia 09.01.20 @ 10:22 am

Pumpkinheads made my list this week too. Love and Gelato seems to be popular as well. Nice List!

Comment by Brooke Lorren 09.01.20 @ 12:44 pm

Ohh!! Anne of Green Gables, yes! Great list.

Comment by Leslie 09.01.20 @ 4:53 pm

I saw the word “snicker” in that title and now I am craving a Snickers bar. Maybe next time I shop. 😉 Nice list!

Comment by Deanna @ A Novel Glimpse 09.01.20 @ 5:03 pm

Oh, well done! (Since I’ve read prob half of these and totally agree)
I started back to school today so did not get this list done. I’d add Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano series set in Sicily.
You can buy Raspberry Cordial in PEI at The Anne of Green Gables Store, just letting you know, .

Comment by raidergirl3 09.01.20 @ 7:08 pm

I really want to try A Snicker of Magic. It sounds delightful. 🙂

Lauren @ Always Me

Comment by Lauren @ Always Me 09.01.20 @ 8:51 pm

I don’t know that i”ve read any of those but my Librarian degree girl sure has.. She loved Anne of Green

Comment by Kathy Boyer 09.01.20 @ 9:35 pm

Great list! I totally forgot about Check, Please! I love that webcomic so much and the pies Yum! WTFOH is a really popular pick this week too. I should really finally pick it up! Lol

Comment by Dini @ dinipandareads 09.01.20 @ 10:57 pm

The Harry Potter series does have some great sounding food! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.

Comment by Poinsettia 09.02.20 @ 8:40 am

Yes to so many of these! Especially Pumpkinheads, Love & Gelato, and With the Fire on High! <3

Comment by Dedra @ A Book Wanderer 09.02.20 @ 11:22 am

Lara Jean is always making something delicious! Oh, and of course, Love and Gelato made my list; I’ve heard great things about A Snicker of Magic as well. 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting my post from this week. Appreciate that.

Comment by Rissi @ Finding Wonderland 09.14.20 @ 9:23 pm