Miss Adventures

Travel and culture writer Melanie Renzulli is the founder of missadventures.com, which has been online since 2004. She frequently shares book recommendations on her website and social media platforms.

My Life in France
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Updated)
The Neapolitan Novels Boxed Set
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The English Patient
The Imperfectionists
Asma's Indian Kitchen: Home-Cooked Food Brought to You by Darjeeling Express
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857
A Passage to India
Shantaram
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
Dishoom: The First Ever Cookbook from the Much-Loved Indian Restaurant
A Fine Balance
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
La Cucina: The Regional Cooking of Italy
Bitter Honey: Recipes and Stories from Sardinia
Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking: Traditional Family Recipes from Italy's Best Home Cooks
Italian American: Red Sauce Classics and New Essentials: A Cookbook
Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food
Italian Food
Italians
S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome
Slim Aarons: La Dolce Vita
Gray Malin: Italy
The Neapolitan Novels Boxed Set
A+u 19:11, 590: Contemporary Sri Lanka on Geoffrey Bawa's 100th
Sri Lanka: The Cookbook
A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka
Ataturk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
Istanbul: Memories and the City
3 Am Epiphany
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Reissue)
Asma's Indian Kitchen: Home-Cooked Food Brought to You by Darjeeling Express
The Saffron Tales: Recipes from the Persian Kitchen
The Art of Mexican Cooking: Traditional Mexican Cooking for Aficionados: A Cookbook
La Cucina: The Regional Cooking of Italy
My Mexico: A Culinary Odyssey with Recipes
Forgotten Maryland Cocktails: A History of Drinking in the Free State
The Baking Bible
The Arabesque Table: Contemporary Recipes from the Arab World
Xi'an Famous Foods: The Cuisine of Western China, from New York's Favorite Noodle Shop
The World Atlas of Wine 8th Edition
Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking: Traditional Family Recipes from Italy's Best Home Cooks
The Palestinian Table
Joy of Cooking: 2019 Edition Fully Revised and Updated
Italian American: Red Sauce Classics and New Essentials: A Cookbook
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking