This page contains a list of chocolate-related books which are organized loosely by genre. The Cocopedia staff is working on reading each and every one of these books so that they can provide you with entertaining and useful book reviews (and let you know just how each books rates on the "makes-you-hungry-for-chocolate" scale). If you have a favorite chocolate-themed book that isn't on our list, send us an e-mail about it. Please note: some of the fiction books may have chocolate in the title, but not really be about chocolate at all.
Biography
- Chocolate by Hershey: A Story About Milton S. Hershey by Betty Burford (1994)
- Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams by Michael D'Antonio (2006)
Fiction for Children and Young Adults
- Beyond the Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (1985)
- Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause (1997)
- The Case of the Chocolate Fingerprints by Parker C. Hinter (1995)
- Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964)
- Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator: The Further Adventures of Charlie Bucket and Willie Wonka, Chocolate-Maker Extraordinare by Roald Dahl (1972)
- Chocolate Covered Ants by Stephen Manes (1990)
- Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith (1978)
- A Chocolate Moose for Dinner by Fred Gwynne (1976)
- The Chocolate Sunday Mystery (Boxcar Children) by Gertrude Chandler Warner (1995)
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (1974)
- Mary Marony and the Chocolate Surprise by Suzy Kline (1995)
- Sorcery and Ceclia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country by Patricia Wrede (2003)
General Fiction
- Big Chocolate Cookies: A Novel by E.S. Goldman (1988)
- Chocolat: a Novel by Joanne Harris (1999)
- A Chocolate Affair by Shiela Copeland (2001)
- Chocolate Days, Popsicle Weeks by Edward Hannibal (1970)
- Chocolate Star by Shiela Copeland (1997)
- Crazy as Chocolate by Elisabeth Hyde (2002)
- Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romance, and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel (1995)
General Non-Fiction
- The Book of Chocolate: Revised and Updated Edition by Jean Bourin; et. Al. (2005)
- Chocolate Tree: A Natural History of Cacao by Allen M. Young (1994)
- Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Light and Dark by Mort Rosenblum (2004)
- Chocolate: An Illustrated History by Marcia Morton (1986)
- The Discovery of Chocolate by James Runcie (2001)
- The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars by Joël Glenn Brenner (2000)
- The New Taste of Chocolate: A Cultural and Natural History of Cacao with Recipes by Maricel Presilla (2001)
Health and Wellness
- From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything you Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs by Andrew Weil (1993)
- Naked Chocolate by David Wolfe and Shazzie (2005)
Memoir
- Bittersweet Journey: A Modestly Erotic Novel of Love, Longing, and Chocolate by Enid Futterman (1998)
- Indulgence: Around the World in Search of Chocolate by Paul Richardson (2004)
- Candyfreak: a Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve Almond (2004)
Mystery
- Death by Chocolate by G.A. McKevett (2003)
- Dying for Chocolate by M. Davidson (1992)
- Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith (2005)
Non-Fiction for Children and Young Adults
- Chocolate: Riches from the Rainforest by Robert Burleigh (2002)
- Chocolate from Start to Finish by Samuel G. Woods (1999)
- How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Food and Medicines from the Rainforests by Adrian Forsyth (1995)
- Roald Dahl: The Champion Storyteller by Andrea Shavick (1998)
Poetry
- Need for Chocolate and Other Poems by Mary Cheever (1980)
Reference
- Chocolate Fads, Folklore, & Fantasies: 1,000+ Chunks of Chocolate Information by Linda K. Fuller (1994)
Romance
- Chocolate Kisses by Francis Ray; Maryanne Reid; Renee Luke (2006)