the news of chef and author anthony bourdains death at age 61 shook his fans worldwide on june 8 2018 since 2011 anthony bourdain books released several nonfiction titles through ecco books an imprint of harpercollins and now after his death the associated press reported that anthony bourdain books will be discontinued after the remaining works under contract come outaccording to publisher harpercollins website bourdains imprint publishes books by people with strong voices who are good at something and speak with authority some of the books published by anthony bourdain books include la son by roy choi prophets of smoked meat by daniel vaughn pain dont hurt by mark miller grand forks by marilyn hagerty youre better than me by bonnie macfarlane and wd50 by wylie dufresne ecco has also published four of bourdains books kitchen confidential a cooks tour medium raw and appetitesafter bourdains death anthony bourdain books will now publish four more titles namely prisoner by jason rezaian stealing green mangoes by sunil dutta and unleashed and we fed an island by jose andres a fifth untitled book by jonathan gold will also ecco books but it isnt confirmed if it will be published under anthony bourdain books imprintmeanwhile ecco has two last books by bourdain points east and world travel which will be published by them no additional books acquired after bourdains death will be released by ecco and harpercollinsresponding to the news of his death a press release by daniel halpern ecco president and publisher said ive known tony as an author and friend for many years he not only revolutionized the memoir genre with his groundbreaking and iconic work kitchen confidential he supported emerging voices and chefs with his imprint anthony bourdain books his death is a great personal tragedy our thoughts are with his daughter and family at this difficult timethe worldfamous chef and tv presenter anthony bourdain has written several books including novels essay collections and nonfiction titles he shot to fame in the year 2000 with his bestselling book kitchen confidential adventures in the culinary underbelly followed by an essay collection in 2010 titled medium raw a bloody valentine to the world of foodand thepeople who cook