18 books like Good things

What to read after Good things — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel · 2014 · ★ 4.1 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate One snowy night Arthur Leander, a famous actor, has a heart attack onstage during a production of "King Lear." Jeevan Chaudhary, a paparazzo-turned-EMT, is in the audience and leaps to his aid. A child actress named Kirsten Raymonde watches in horror as Jeevan performs CPR, pumping Arthur's chest as the curtain drops, but Arthur is dead. That same night, as Jeevan walks home from the theater, a… Shares: Community pick

A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara · 2008 · ★ 4.3 · 730p · ≈ 24h · Moderate A Little Life is a 2015 novel by American novelist Hanya Yanagihara. The novel was written over the course of eighteen months. Despite the length and difficult subject matter, it became a bestseller. Shares: Community pick

The secret wisdom of the earth Christopher Scotton · 2014 · ★ 4.1 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate "After witnessing the death of his younger brother in a terrible home accident, 14-year-old Kevin and his grieving mother are sent for the summer to live with Kevin's grandfather. In this peeled-paint coal town deep in Appalachia, Kevin quickly falls in with a half-wild hollow kid named Buzzy Fink who schools him in the mysteries and magnificence of the woods. The events of this fateful summer… Shares: Community pick

Better cookery Aileen King · 1957 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Shares: International Cookery, English Cookery, English Cooking, Cooking

Great Dishes of the World Robert Carrier · 1963 · ★ 4.5 · 382p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares: International Cookery, International cooking, Cookery, Cooking

A Treasury of Great Recipes Mary Grant Price · 1965 · ★ 4.6 · 487p · ≈ 16h · Moderate A snapshot of Vincent and Mary Price's life. Shares: International Cookery, International cooking, Cookery, Cooking

Culinary Classics and Improvisations Michael Field · 1967 · ★ 4.0 · 223p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares: International Cookery, International cooking, Cookery, Cooking

Summer Cooking (Cookery Library) Elizabeth David · 1955 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Summer Cooking - first published in 1955 - is Elizabeth David's wonderful selection of dishes, for table, buffet and picnic, that are light, easy to prepare and based on seasonal ingredients. Elizabeth David shows how an imaginative use of herbs can enhance even the simplest meals, whether egg, fish or meat, while her recipes range from a simple salade niçoise to strawberry soufflé. Finally,… Shares: English Cookery, English Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

Family cookbook Isabella Beeton · 1907 · 880p · ≈ 29h · Challenging 'As with the commander of an army, or the leader of any enterprise, so it is with the mistress of a house.' A founding text of Victorian middle-class identity, Household Management is today one of the great unread classics. Over a thousand pages long, and written when its author was only 22, it offered highly authoritative advice on subjects as diverse as fashion, child-care, animal husbandry,… Shares: International Cookery, English Cookery, English Cooking, Cookery

The New York Times International Cook Book Craig Claiborne · 1971 · ★ 4.0 · 726p · ≈ 24h · Moderate Shares: International Cookery, International cooking, Cooking

The Forme of Cury Samuel Pegge · 1780 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Demanding The Forme of Cury (Forms of Cooking, cury being from French cuire) is an extensive recipe collection of the 14th century. Its authors are given as "the chief Master Cooks of King Richard II". The modern name was given to it by Samuel Pegge, who published an edition of it in 1791. This name has since come into usage for almost all versions of the original manuscript. Along with Le Viandier, it is… Shares: English Cookery, English Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

The experienced English housekeeper Elizabeth Raffald · 1769 · 383p · ≈ 12h · Demanding The Experienced English Housekeeper is a cookery book by the English businesswoman Elizabeth Raffald (1733–1781). It was first published in 1769, and went through 13 authorised editions and at least 23 pirated ones. Shares: English Cookery, English Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

All about cookery Isabella Beeton · 1883 · 444p · ≈ 14h · Challenging 'As with the commander of an army, or the leader of any enterprise, so it is with the mistress of a house.' A founding text of Victorian middle-class identity, Household Management is today one of the great unread classics. Over a thousand pages long, and written when its author was only 22, it offered highly authoritative advice on subjects as diverse as fashion, child-care, animal husbandry,… Shares: English Cookery, English Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

Consuming Passions Philippa Pullar · 1970 · ★ 4.0 · 278p · ≈ 9h · Moderate What is happening in this age of the broiler house, the factory-frozen, the tinned and the prepacked, to the fine tradition of English food. But then what is the fine tradition of English food? It is fashionable to look back wistfully to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and grieve for the fine ingredients, the simplicity. But, as Philippa Pullar so entertainingly shows, this nostalgia… Shares: English Cookery, English Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

The cook's oracle William Kitchiner · 1821 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Challenging The processes of cookery are very few: author has endeavoured to describe each, in so plain and circumstantial a manner, as it will be easily understood, even by the amateur, unacquainted with the practical part of culinary concerns. Shares: English Cookery, English Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

Lovers' cookbook Norman Douglas · 1952 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Moderate UNA DELICIOSA, EXCÉNTRICA Y DECADENTE COLECCIÓN DE AFRODISIACAS RECETAS LITERARIAS.Aquí hay platos y bebidas para seducir y para dejarse seducir: aceitunas de ostra, buñuelos de flor de saúco, tortilla de caviar, caracoles al Cinquecento, mermelada de claveles, un reparador cóctel para después del amor… Los más apetitosos reclamos del recetario inglés, francés e italiano conviven con insólitas y… Shares: International cooking, Cookery, Cooking

The modern cook Vincent La Chapelle · 1733 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Demanding An insider critique of the food business by award-winning chef Pam Brunton, interrogating sustainability in food culture and documenting the early days of her Green Michelin Star restaurant Inver When world-class chef Pam first opened Inver, her restaurant on the shores of Loch Fyne, she set out to discover what makes 'modern Scottish food' - or if it even existed. This book traces Pam's journey… Shares: English Cookery, English Cooking, Cooking

New York Times Cook Book Craig Claiborne · 1961 · ★ 2.7 · 717p · ≈ 23h · Moderate This is a classic cookbook for the home gourmet cook, by Craig Claiborne and the New York Times. Terrific recipes! Shares: International Cookery, International cooking, Cookery, Cooking

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