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Books like Relish
A warm, mouth-watering celebration of growing up, finding yourself, and eating really good cheese along the way. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Relish.
- cozy
- mouth-watering
- comforting
- joyful
- 01
Displacement
Lucy Knisley
A tender, watercolor-washed journey through the choppy waters of caregiving, memory, and generational love.
- 02
Tender at the bone
Ruth Reichl · 1998
A warm, mouth-watering journey that proves the best way to understand the people around you is to watch what they eat.
- 03
Comfort Me with Apples
Ruth Reichl · 2001
A sensory, sun-drenched journey through the messy, delicious intersections of food, love, and finding oneself.
- 04
Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton
A fierce, sensory journey through the grit of professional kitchens and the hunger for a place to call home.
- 05
Fun Home
Alison Bechdel · 2006
A darkly funny, deeply literary graphic memoir that dissects the complicated legacy of a closeted parent and a daughter's own queer awakening.
- 06
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Roz Chast
A hilariously neurotic and deeply moving graphic memoir about the messy reality of watching your parents grow old.
- 07
Good Talk
Mira Jacob
A sharp, tender, and deeply relatable exploration of the impossible questions we ask the people we love.
- 08
Seconds
Bryan Lee O'Malley
A frantic, magical-realist spiral into the chaotic consequences of trying to edit your own life into perfection.
- 09
Many love
Sophie Lucido Johnson
A warm, illustrated invitation to rethink everything you know about romance, jealousy, and the shape of a happy life.
- 10
Medium Raw
Anthony Bourdain
A profane, passionate, and surprisingly tender late-night rant about the soul of the culinary world and the messy business of growing up.
- 11
Tomboy
Liz Prince
A funny, heartfelt exploration of the messy middle ground between boyhood and girlhood, fueled by punk rock and adolescent angst.
- 12
The Arab of the future
Riad Sattouf
A visually striking and candid graphic memoir that filters the chaos of political idealism and cultural displacement through the wide eyes of a nomadic child.
