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Books like Fat Land

Loved Fat Land by Greg Critser? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from food & drink, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

10 books · ranked

  1. 1

    The Omnivore's Dilemma

    Michael Pollan · 2006 · Food & Drink

    Where our food really comes from, traced through four meals; the book that changed how many people eat.

  2. 2

    Kitchen Confidential

    Anthony Bourdain · 2000 · Food & Drink

    The wild, profane underbelly of professional kitchens; a memoir that made a chef a household name.

  3. 3

    Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

    Samin Nosrat · 2017 · Food & Drink

    Cook better by mastering four elements rather than memorising recipes; a modern teaching classic.

  4. 4

    Monsoon Diary

    Shoba Narayan · 2003 · Food & Drink

    The author interweaves stories about her life, family, and Indian culture with recipes.

  5. 5

    Pinkalicious

    Victoria Kann · 2003 · Food & Drink

    A little girl who is obsessed with the color pink eats so many pink cupcakes that she herself turns pink.

  6. 6

    The South Beach diet

    Arthur Agatston · 2003 · Food & Drink

    A renowned cardiologist discusses the importance of understanding the glycemic index values of foods and presents a weight-loss program that includes meal plans and recipes.

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    French Women Don't Get Fat

    Mireille Guiliano · 2004 · Food & Drink

    Stylish, convincing, wise, funny--and just in time: the ultimate non-diet book, which could radically change the way you think and live.French women don't get fat, but they do eat bread and pastry, dr

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    Don't Eat This Book

    Morgan Spurlock · 2005 · Food & Drink

    Can man live on fast food alone? Morgan Spurlock tried to do just that. For thirty days, he ate nothing but three "squares" a day from McDonald's as part of an investigation into the effects of fast f

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    The Flavor Point Diet

    David L. Katz · 2005 · Food & Drink

    Think of your most addictive foods, the ones that make you lose control--they're usually a jumble of sweet, salty, and savory flavors. Eaten alone, none of those flavors will make you fat. But when yo

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    Chew on this

    Eric Schlosser · 2006 · Food & Drink

    A behind-the-scenes look at the fast food industry. This book reveals the truth about what lurks between those sesame seed buns, what a chicken "nugget" really is, and how the fast food industry has b

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