THE BOOKS IN VORACIOUS AND THE RECIPES THEY INSPIRED

Jane Austen, Emma • Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice • White Garlic Soup

Lynne Reid Banks, The Indian in the Cupboard • Grilled Roast Beef

Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden • Currant Buns

Truman Capote, In Cold Blood • Cherry Pie

Michael Cunningham, The Hours • Birthday Cake

Roald Dahl, The Witches • Mussel, Shrimp, and Cod Stew

Tomie dePaola, Strega Nona • Black Pepper–Parmesan Pasta

Charles Dickens, Great Expectations • Pork Pie

Joan Didion, “Goodbye to All That” • Grilled Peaches with Homemade Ricotta

Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca • Blood Orange Marmalade

Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex • Olive Oil Yogurt Cake

Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl • Brown Butter Crêpes

Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections • Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Buttercream Frosting

Tana French, In the Woods • Chocolate-Covered Digestive Biscuits

William Golding, Lord of the Flies • Porchetta di Testa

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, “Hansel and Gretel” • Gingerbread Cake with Blood Orange Syrup

Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs • Crostini with Fava Bean and Chicken Liver Mousses

Peter Heller, The Dog Stars • Whole Roasted Trout

Homer, The Odyssey • Red Wine–Rosemary Bread

Pam Houston, “The Best Girlfriend You Never Had” • Red Flannel Hash

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables • Black Rye Bread

Washington Irving, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” • Buckwheat Pancakes

Carolyn Keene, Nancy Drew • Double Chocolate Walnut Sundae

Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion • Blackberry-Hazelnut Coffee Cake

Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird • Biscuits with Molasses Butter

Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking • Buttermilk Pancakes

Robert McCloskey, Homer Price • Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Donuts

Herman Melville, Moby-Dick • Clam Chowder

Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables • Salted Chocolate Caramels

Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye • Concord Grape Sorbet

Laura Numeroff, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie • Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London • Rib-Eye Steak

Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar • Crab-Stuffed Avocados

Edgar Allan Poe, “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether” • Goat Cheese Pumpkin Pie

Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows • Skillet Cornbread with Honey Butter

Philip Roth, American Pastoral • Hot Cheese Sandwich

J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye • Malted Milk Ice Cream

Maurice Sendak, In the Night Kitchen • Scalded and Malted Milk Cake

Isaac Bashevis Singer, “Gimpel the Fool” • Challah

Donna Tartt, The Little Friend • Peppermint Stick Ice Cream

Donna Tartt, The Secret History • Wine-Braised Leg of Lamb with Wild Mushrooms

Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina • Oysters and Cucumber Mignonette

John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces • Jelly Donuts

Virgil, The Aeneid • Honey–Poppy Seed Cake

Gertrude Chandler Warner, The Boxcar Children • Chocolate Pudding

Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited • Blinis with Caviar

E. B. White, Charlotte’s Web • Pea and Bacon Soup

Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods • Breakfast Sausage

Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway • Chocolate Éclairs