Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolver

Like so many people around the world, I felt like I really knew Anthony Bourdain despite never having met him. His open and honest writing style and magnanimous TV personality are charismatic, endearing, and—according to his friend and longtime assistant Laurie Woolever—not too far off from how he actually was. Woolever spent years interviewing 91 people, from his mother to Anderson Cooper, who knew Bourdain at different times in his life and she has managed to weave these many interviews into a narrative that will hold your attention from start to finish. Fans of Bourdain will not be disappointed, and even those who have read and watched his entire body of work will find something new within this book.—Jade