Books like Under the Tuscan Sun

If you liked Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

    Anthony Bourdain · 2000

    Because shares tags: memoir, food, travel.

    Bourdain on rough kitchens, past drug use, Les Halles years, and why you should never order fish on Monday.

  2. Crying in H Mart

    Michelle Zauner · 2021

    Because shares tags: memoir, food.

    Japanese Breakfast singer Michelle Zauner remembers her Korean mother through food, grief, and growing up in Oregon.

  3. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

    Bill Bryson · 1998

    Because shares tags: travel, memoir.

    Bryson and friend Katz attempt the Appalachian Trail with blisters, bears, and laughs.

  4. Eat, Pray, Love

    Elizabeth Gilbert · 2006

    Because shares tags: memoir, travel.

    Eat, Pray, Love retold: divorce, Italy for pleasure, India for practice, Bali for balance.

  5. This Is Going to Hurt

    Adam Kay · 2017

    Because shares tag: memoir.

    Adam Kay retells his junior doctor diaries with humour and strain, from labour ward nights to leaving medicine.

  6. The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    Malcolm X · 1965

    Because shares tag: memoir.

    Malcolm X traces his life from Michigan childhood through Harlem, prison, and the Nation of Islam to Mecca in this 1965 memoir told to Alex…

  7. The 4-Hour Workweek

    Timothy Ferriss · 2007

    Because shares tag: travel.

    Ferriss's 2007 manual for escaping the nine to five: define the dream, cut fake work, automate a small income, and travel now.

  8. Smile

    Raina Telgemeier · 2010 · Smile #1

    Because shares tag: memoir.

    Raina Telgemeier retells her years of dental work and middle school friendship shifts in this 2010 graphic memoir.

  9. Shoe Dog

    Phil Knight · 2016

    Because shares tag: memoir.

    Phil Knight tells how Blue Ribbon Sports grew from a trunk of Japanese running shoes into Nike.

  10. On Writing

    Stephen King · 2000

    Because shares tag: memoir.

    Stephen King blends memoir and blunt writing advice on reading daily, drafting fast, and cutting hard.

  11. Just Kids

    Patti Smith · 2010

    Because shares tag: memoir.

    Patti Smith recalls broke young years with Robert Mapplethorpe in 1960s New York, from Brooklyn rooms to the Chelsea Hotel, art, music, and…

  12. Heaven Is for Real

    Todd Burpo · 2010

    Because shares tag: memoir.

    A Nebraska pastor's four-year-old survives a burst appendix, then describes angels, Jesus, and relatives he never met.

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