Recs if you like Typhoid Mary...

histories of sickness around the globe - death, destruction, and the fight for cures and eradication

there’s a starter pack for that! here it is! i made it! i can use this interest for good! tried to include a solid variety of the books he wrote/co-wrote, + an oral biography about him and a memoir by someone else about working on one of his shows. didn’t include sequels (such as Gone Bamboo), didn’t include collections of previously published work (such as The Anthony Bourdain Reader and The Nasty Bits). happy reading!

for those situations when you don't want to talk about your own life or the world around you...here are books that will provide trivia, interesting stories, or memorable quotes to regale your friends

As much as I love the escapism of fiction, here is a collection of non-fiction and essays to pull me back into the real world