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Food Industry Books

Books selected for readers looking for food industry books.

30 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·1 crossover shelf·141% reader overlap with Agribusiness Books

1. Barons
Austin Frerick, Eric Schlosser - foreword by
Fits this list for its focus on food and industry.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
2. The Next Supper
Corey Mintz, PublicAffairs
Fits this list for its focus on food and industry.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
3. Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser
Fits this list for its focus on food and industry.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
4. Feed the People!
Jan Dutkiewicz, Gabriel N. Rosenberg
Fits this list for its focus on food and industry.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
5. Animal, Vegetable, Junk
Mark Bittman
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
6. The Secret Life of Groceries
Benjamin Lorr, Blackstone Publishing
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
7. Raw Deal
Chloe Sorvino
Fits this list for its focus on industry.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
8. Grocery
Jonathan Todd Ross, Michael Ruhlman
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
9. Real Food/fake Food
Larry Olmsted
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
10. Food, Inc. 2
Participant, Karl Weber
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
11. The Fate of Food
Amanda Little
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
12. The Chain
Ted Genoways
Fits this list for its focus on food and industry.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
13. Lentil Underground
Liz Carlisle
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: Sustainable Agriculture
14. The Meat Racket
Christopher Leonard
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
15. The Good Food Revolution
Will Allen, Charles Wilson
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: Sustainable Agriculture
16. Drive-thru Dreams
Adam Chandler
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
17. A Bold Return to Giving a Damn
Will Harris, Penguin Audio
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: Sustainable Agriculture
18. The Food and Beverage Magazine Guide to Restaurant Success
Michael Politz
Fits this list for its focus on food and industry.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
19. Eating to Extinction
Dan Saladino, Macmillan Audio
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
20. Stuffed and Starved
Raj Patel
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
21. The Last Supper
Sam Kass
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
22. Feeding the Future
Nicole Negowetti
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: Sustainable Agriculture
23. The Untold Story of Milk, Revised and Updated
Ron Schmid, Sally Fallon Morell
Fits this list for its focus on food and industry.
Shelf signal: The Food Business
24. The End of Food
Paul Roberts
Fits this list for its focus on food.
Shelf signal: The Food Business