Welcome to Chowhound's Cookbook of the Month (COTM)! Everyone is welcome to participate, and you can join in at any time. Just go to the current month's book (click on the photo-link at left) and you can get started with cooking and posting. You are also welcome to post on the threads for the past books (see list below), and many participants continue to do so.
Here's how it works: Toward the beginning of a given month, the organizer posts a thread inviting suggestions for the next month's cookbook and members to chime in with their suggestions. The organizer gathers those responses and there's a vote amongst the most popular suggestions. Once a winner is determined, an announcement goes up so people have some time to buy or borrow the book from the library before the new month starts. For those who can't get the book itself, there are often some recipes available online.
As the new month begins, new threads are set up to discuss different parts of the book. Posters jump in with their comments and photos, discussing the recipes they've tried. When the month is over, the threads remain, a valuable resource for anyone cooking from those books in the future.
| May 2018 | "Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites" by Deb Perelman"
 | Deb Perelman | International |
| April 2018 | "A Modern Way to Eat: 200+ Satisfying Vegetarian Recipes (That Will Make You Feel Amazing)" by Anna Jones"
 | Anna Jones | Vegetarian |
| March 2018 | "Koreatown: A Cookbook" by Deuki Hong and Matt Rodbard and "Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking" by Maangchi"
 | Matt Rodbard and Maangchi | Korean |
| February 2018 | "More Mexican Everyday: Simple, Seasonal, Celebratory"
 | Rick Bayless | Mexican |
| January 2018 | "All Under Heaven: Recipes from the 35 Cuisines of China"
 | Carolyn Phillips | Chinese |
| December 2017 | "Martha Stewart's Hors d'Oeuvres Handbook and Martha Stewart's Appetizers"
 | Martha Stewart | Appetizers |
| November 2017 | "Honey & Co.: The Cookbook"
 | Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer | Middle East |
| October 2017 | "Six Seasons: A New Way With Vegetables"
 | Joshua McFadden and Martha Holmberg | Seasonal |
| September 2017 | "Small Victories"
 | Julia Turshen | International |
| August 2017 | "The Barbecue! Bible"
 | Steven Raichlen | Barbecue |
| July 2017 | "Deep Run Roots"
 | Vivian Howard | Southern |
| June 2017 | "The Malaysian Kitchen"
 | Christina Arokiasamy | Malaysian |
| May 2017 | "The A.O.C. Cookbook"
 | Suzanne Goin | International |
| April 2017 | "Dinner: Changing the Game"
 | Melissa Clark | International |
| March 2017 | "GJelina"
 | Travis Lett | American |
| Februrary 2017 | "The Tex-Mex Cookbook: A History in Recipes and Photos"
 | Robb Walsh | Tex-Mex |
| January 2017 | "Simple"
 | Diana Henry | International |
| December 2016 | "Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts)"
 | Russell Norman | Italian |
| November 2016 | "Twelve Months of Monastery Soups"
 | Victor D'Avila-Latourrette | International |
| October 2016 | "The Legendary Cuisine of Persia"
 | Margaret Shaida | Persian |
| | "The New Persian Kitchen"
 | Louisa Shafia | Persian |
| | "Food of Life"
 | Najmieh Batmanglij | Persian |
| September 2016 | "Lucky Peach Presents 101 Easy Asian Recipes"
 | Peter Meehan | Asian |
| | "Momofuku"
 | David Chang and Peter Meehan | Asian |
| August 2016 | "Sweet Myrtle and Bitter Honey: The Mediterranean Flavors of Sardinia"
 | Efisio Farris | Mediterranean |
| July 2016 | "Plenty More: Vibrant Vegetable Cooking from London's Ottolenghi"
 | Yotam Ottolenghi | Vegetarian |
| June 2016 | "The Mozza Cookbook: Recipes from Los Angeles's Favorite Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria"
 | Nancy Silverton | Italian |
| May 2016 | "Made in India: Recipes from an Indian Family Kitchen"
 | Meera Sodha | Indian |
| April 2016 | April Bloomfield Month
 | April Bloomfield | General |
| March 2016 | "Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook"
 | Anya von Bremzen and John Welchman | Russian |
| February 2016 | "Phoenix Claws and Jade Trees: Essential Techniques of Authentic Chinese Cooking"
 | Kian Lam Kho | Chinese |
| January 2016 | "The Zuni Cafe Cookbook"
 | Judy Rodgers | General |
| December 2015 | "Food52 Genius Recipes"
 | Kristen Miglore | General |
| November 2015 | "Simply French"
 | Patricia Wells | French |
| October 2015 | "Prune"
 | Gabrielle Hamilton | General |
| September 2015 | "A Gracious Plenty: Recipes and Recollections from the American South"
 | John T. Edge | Southern |
| August 2015 | "The New Spanish Table" by Anya von Bremzen and "My Kitchen in Spain" by Janet Mendel
 | | Spanish |
| July 2015 | "The Cooking of the Eastern Mediterranean"
 | Paula Wolfert | Mediterranean |
| June 2015 | "Verdura: Vegetables Italian Style"
 | Viana La Place | Italian |
| May 2015 | "Eat: The Little Book of Fast Food"
 | Nigel Slater | General |
| April 2015 | "Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts)"
| Russell Norman | Italian |
| March 2015 | "Growing Up in a Korean Kitchen"
 | Hi Soo Shin Hepinstall | Korean |
| February 2015 | "Mighty Spice Cookbook"
 | John Gregory-Smith | General |
| January 2015 | "The Hakka Cookbook: Chinese Soul Food from Around the World"
 | Linda Lau Anusasananan | Chinese |
| December 2014 | "The Essential New York Times Cookbook"
 | Amanda Hesser | General |
| November 2014 | "The Soul of a New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Foods and Flavors of Africa"
 | Marcus Samuelsson | African |
| October 2014 | "The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the Present Day"
 | Claudia Roden | Jewish |
| September 2014 | "Avec Eric"
 | Eric Ripert | General |
| August 2014 | Diana Henry Month
 | Diana Henry | General |
| July 2014 | "Radically Simple: 325 Inspiring Recipes from Award-Winning Chef Rozanne Gold"
 | Rozanne Gold | General |
| June 2014 | "My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories"
 | David Lebovitz | French |
| May 2014 | "My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking"
 | Niloufer Ichaporia King | Indian |
| April 2014 | "Pok Pok: Food and Stories from the Streets, Homes, and Roadside Restaurants of Thailand"
 | Andy Ricker with JJ Goode | Thai |
| March 2014 | "Stir: Mixing It up in the Italian Tradition"
 | Barbara Lynch | Italian |
| February 2014 | "Asian Dumplings: Mastering Gyoza, Spring Rolls, Samosas, and More"
 | Andrea Nguyen | Asian |
| January 2014 | "Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America"
 | Maricel E. Presilla | Latin American |
| December 2013 | "All About Roasting: A New Approach to a Classic Art"
 | Molly Stevens | Roasting |
| November 2013 | Marcella Hazan Month
 | Marcella Hazan | Italian |
| October 2013 | "The Food of Portugal" by Jean Anderson and "The New Portuguese Table" by David Leite
 | | Portuguese |
| September 2013 | "Smoke & Pickles"
 | Edward Lee | Southern-Korean Fusion |
| August 2013 | "Mediterranean Harvest"
 | Martha Rose Shulman | Mediterranean, Vegetarian |
| July 2013 | "Big Small Plates"
 | Cindy Pawlcyn | Small Plates |
| June 2013 | "Burma: Rivers of Flavor"
 | Naomi Duguid | Burmese |
| May 2013 | "Mexican Everyday"
 | Rick Bayless | Mexican |
| April 2013 | "Ad Hoc at Home"
 | Thomas Keller | American |
| March 2013 | "Every Grain of Rice"
 | Fuchsia Dunlop | Chinese |
| February 2013 | "Bistro Cooking at Home"
 | Gordon Hamersley | Bistro |
| January 2013 | "Jerusalem: A Cookbook"
 | Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi | Israeli |
| December 2012 | "How to Eat"
 | Nigella Lawson | General |
| November 2012 | "The Union Square Cafe Cookbook" and "Second Helpings from Union Square Cafe"
 | Danny Meyer and Michael Romano | American |
| October 2012 | "660 Curries"
 | Raghavan Iyer | Indian |
| September 2012 | "My Calabria: Rustic Family Cooking from Italy's Undiscovered South"
 | Rosetta Costantino with Janet Fletcher | Italian |
| August 2012 | "Planet Barbecue!" by Steven Raichlen and "Raising the Salad Bar" by Catherine Walthers
 | | General |
| July 2012 | "Fish Without a Doubt"
 | Rick Moonen and Roy Finamore | Seafood |
| June 2012 | "The Homesick Texan Cookbook"
 | Lisa Fain | Texan |
| May 2012 | "The Food of Spain" by Claudia Roden and "Moro: The Cookbook" by Sam and Sam Clark
 | | Spanish |
| April 2012 | "Cook This Now" and "In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite" by Melissa Clark
 | | General |
| March 2012 | "The Olive and the Caper"
 | Susanna Hoffman | Greek |
| February 2012 | "Washoku" by Elizabeth Andoh and "Japanese Cooking" by Shizuo Tsuji
 | | Japanese |
| January 2012 | "Essential Pépin"
 | Jacques Pépin | General |
| December 2011 | "The 150 Best American Recipes"
 | Fran McCullough and Molly Stevens | American |
| November 2011 | "The Gourmet Cookbook"
 | Edited by Ruth Reichl | General |
| October 2011 | "The Splendid Table"
 | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | Italian |
| September 2011 | "Tender" and "The Kitchen Diaries"
 | Nigel Slater | General |
| August 2011 | "World Vegetarian" by Madhur Jaffrey and "Paletas" by Fany Gerson
 | | General |
| July 2011 | "Molto Gusto" and "Italian Grill"
 | Mario Batali | Italian |
| June 2011 | "Seductions of Rice"
 | Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid | General |
| May 2011 | "Plenty" and "Ottolenghi"
 | Yotam Ottolenghi | European/North African |
| April 2011 | "Around My French Table" | Dorie Greenspan | French |
| March 2011 | "The Naked Chef," "The Return of the Naked Chef," "Happy Days with the Naked Chef," "Jamie's Italy" | Jamie Oliver | General |
| February 2011 | "The Essential New York Times Cookbook" | Amanda Hesser | General |
| January 2011 | "Breath of a Wok" and "Stir-Frying to the Sky's Edge | Grace Young | Asian |
| December 2010 | Gourmet Today (revisit) | Ruth Reichl | General |
| November 2010 | World of Food and The Cooking of Southwest France | Paula Wolfert | General |
| November/December 2010 | "Cookies" by Maida Heatter and "Ready for Dessert" by David Lebovitz | | Baking |
| October 2010 | The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook | Ina Garten | General |
| September 2010 | Arabesque and The New Book of Middle Eastern Food | Claudia Roden | Mediterranean |
| August 2010 | The Complete Asian Cookbook | Charmaine Solomon | Asian |
| July 2010 | Italian Easy and Italian Two Easy | Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers | Italian |
| May/June 2010 | Gourmet Today | Ruth Reichl | General |
| April 2010 | How to Cook Everything | Mark Bittman | General |
| March 2010 | The Essential Cuisines of Mexico | Diana Kennedy | Mexican |
| February 2010 | Louisiana Kitchen | Paul Prudhomme | Cajun |
| January 2010 | "Trattoria" and "Bistro Cooking" | Patricia Wells | Italian/French |
| November/December 2009 | Roast Chicken and Other Stories | Simon Hopkinson | British |
| November/December 2009 | All About Braising | Molly Stevens | Braising |
| October 2009 | Classic Indian Cooking | Julie Sahni | Indian |
| October 2009 | Indian Cooking | Madhur Jaffrey | Indian |
| September 2009 | Cookbook of the Month Authors in Residence! Martha Foose and Virgina Willis | American- Southern |
| September 2009 | Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook | Martha Hall Foose | American- Southern |
| September 2009 | Bon Appetit Y'All: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking | Virginia Willis | American- Southern |
| August 2009 | Ottolenghi: The Cookbook | Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi | Mediterranean/ General |
| July 2009 | Spice: Flavors of the Eastern Mediterranean | Ana Sortun | Mediterranean |
| June 2009 | Elizabeth David Classics: Mediterranean Food, French Country Food and Summer Cooking | Elizabeth David | Mediterranean and French |
| May 2009 | Cradle of Flavor: Home Cooking from the Spice Islands of Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia | James Oseland | Asian- Southeast |
| April 2009 | Breakfast, Lunch, Tea | Rose Carrarini | General |
| March 2009 | Fish Without a Doubt | Rick Moonen and Roy Finamore | General |
| February 2009 | A New Way to Cook | Sally Schneider | General |
| January 2008 | Zuni Café Cookbook (revisited) | Judy Rodgers | General |
| December 2008 | Sunday Suppers at Lucques (revisited) | Suzanne Goin | General |
| November 2008 | The Art of Simple Food | Alice Waters | General |
| October 2008 | Babbo, Molto Italiano, Simple Italian Cooking | Mario Batali | Italian |
| September 2008 | Into the Vietnamese Kitchen | Andrea Nguyen | Asian- Vietnamese |
| September 2008 | Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table | Mai Pham | Asian- Vietnamese |
| August 2008 | The Glorious Foods of Greece | Diane Kochilas | Greek |
| July 2008 | Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone | Deborah Madison | Vegetables |
| June 2008 | La Cocina De Mama, Tapas, The Foods and Wines of Spain, Delicioso | Penelope Casas | Spanish |
| May 2008 | The Flexitarian Table | Peter Berley | General |
| April 2008 | Roast Chicken and Other Stories | Simon Hopkinson | General |
| March 2008 | Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook and Land of Plenty | Fuchsia Dunlop | Asian- Chinese |
| February 2008 | Frank Stitt's Southern Table | Frank Stitt | American- Southern |
| January 2008 | The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen | Paula Wolfert | Mediterranean |
| December 2007 | Martha Stewart’s Baking Handbook & Martha Stewart’s Hors d’Oeuvres Handbook | Martha Stewart | Baking, Hors D' Oevres |
| November 2007 | The Silver Palate Cookbook | Julee Rosso & Sheila Lukins | General |
| October 2007 | All Julia Child Recipes | Julia Child | French |
| September 2007 | Vegetable Harvest | Patricia Wells | Vegetables |
| August 2007 | License to Grill, The Thrill of the Grill, and Let the Flames Begin | Chris Schlesinger & John Willoughby | Grilling |
| July 2007 | Forever Summer | Nigella Lawson | General |
| June 2007 | Country Cooking | Edna Lewis | American |
| May 2007 | Sunday Suppers at Lucques | Suzanne Goin | Seasonal |
| April 2007 | Arabesque | Claudia Roden | Morocco, Turkey, Lebanon |
| March 2007 | Leite's Culinaria | David Leite | General |
| February 2007 | Hot Sour Salty Sweet | Jeffrey Alford & Naomi Duguid | Asian- Southeast |
| January 2007 | Zuni Café Cookbook | Judy Rodgers | General |
| December 2006 | Baking from My Home to Yours | Dorie Greenspan | Baking |
| November 2006 | Mexico One Plate at a Time | Rick Bayless | Mexican |
| October 2006 | All About Braising | Molly Stevens | Braising |
| September 2006 | Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking | Marcella Hazan | Italian |
