It’s a Pizza Party!

By Kat La Mantia | March 27 2025 | AdultsAllBlogGeneral

There are so few universal truths in the world, but one thing we can all agree on is this: pizza is delicious and we should be eating more of it. A core food group and national symbol of local pride, this Italian export has become as American as apple pie by way of the iconic New York slice and the controversial Chicago deep dish.

With wallet-friendly home cooking on the rise, and dads with backyard pizza ovens eager to fire them up for spring and summer outdoor gatherings, it’s the perfect time to stock up on pizza cookbooks! Kid-friendly, infinitely customizable, and simple to make, creating a homemade pie is a fun culinary adventure for date or family nights. And the results are sure to impress any group of dinner guests.

Check out some of our favorite pizza guides, including books from renowned NYC institutions like Scarr’s and Roberta’s, party-ready titles like Pizza Night and Fire + Wine Backyard Pizza, and bestselling staple recipe books like The Pizza Bible and Mastering Pizza!

Explore more in the title list below, and remember: there’s always room for one more slice.

Pizza Pizza Pizza!

New York-Style Pizza for Everybody
9781984861443
This is New York-style pizza for everybody.
$30.00 US
Mar 25, 2025
7-3/8 x 9-1/8
Hardcover
224 Pages
4 Color Books

Perfect Pizza for Any Outdoor Oven or Grill, with Inspired Wine Pairings
9781632175410
Feed your kids, impress your friends, and enjoy yourself with everyone's favorite food as you master 45 delicious and easy pizzas on your backyard pizza oven or grill—with wine, of course.
$27.00 US
Apr 01, 2025
7-1/4 x 8-1/2
Paperback
224 Pages
Sasquatch Books

60+ Recipes for Date Nights, Lazy Nights, and Party Nights
9781922754455
60+ delicious pizza recipes for any night of the week.
$19.95 US
Sep 05, 2023
7-7/8 x 9-4/9
Hardcover
140 Pages
Smith Street Books

The Art and Practice of Handmade Pizza, Focaccia, and Calzone [A Cookbook]
9780399579226
Mastering Pizza is a revolutionary guide to making delicious pizza at home, offering a variety of base doughs so that your pizza will turn out perfect no matter what kind of oven or equipment you have.
$29.99 US
Aug 28, 2018
8-1/2 x 9-1/2
Hardcover
272 Pages
Ten Speed Press

Slangin' Pies and Savin' Lives
9780593796405
Poignant stories and 65 knock-out recipes for award-winning pizza, wings, and more from Down North, the mission-driven Philadelphia pizzeria owned and operated exclusively by formerly incarcerated people.
$32.99 US
Feb 11, 2025
8 x 9
Hardcover
224 Pages
Clarkson Potter

And Many More Good Things from Elena
9780525611776
Top 100 Books of 2023 by The Globe & Mail | Best Cookbooks of 2023 by The National Post "A boisterous cookbook that feels like you brought the award-winning restaurant home."—The Globe & Mail "One of our favourite Canadian cookbooks of the year. Not only is it loaded with 115–plus mix–and–match recipes, but everything about it is fun, goofy and bloody delicious—just like the beloved pizza, pasta and natty wine joint. Buy this for the ones who like to moonlight as a pizzaiolo."—EnRoute magazine"Salad Pizza Wine will help you win friends and influence people ... one of the year’s most fun and colorful cookbooks.”—Vice A bright, bold and modern Italian cookbook packed with 115+ delicious mix-and-match recipes, plus a few goofs and some thoughts on creating a fuller life for yourself and the people around you.
$32.50 US
May 23, 2023
8 x 10
Hardcover
304 Pages
Appetite by Random House

9780789347046
Carlo Mirarchi and Brandon Hoy, the creative minds behind Roberta’s, are at it again with a follow-up to their best-selling cookbook. Roberta’s: Still Cookin’ takes a deep dive into the kaleidoscopic world of food and spirits that the cult restaurant is known for. 
$19.98 US
Apr 01, 2025
9 x 11-1/4
Hardcover
256 Pages
Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books

The World's Favorite Pizza Styles, from Neapolitan, Deep-Dish, Wood-Fired, Sicilian, Calzones and Focaccia to New York, New Haven, Detroit, and More
9781607746058
A comprehensive guide to making pizza, covering nine different regional styles--including standards like Neopolitan, Roman, and Chicago, as well as renowned pizza sub-specialties like St. Louis and Californian--from chef, 11-time world Pizza Champion, and Guinness world record-holding pizza-spinner, Tony Gemignani.
$29.99 US
Oct 28, 2014
8-1/2 x 10
Hardcover
320 Pages
Ten Speed Press

50 great pizza recipes
9781923239241
Celebrate the delicious world of pizzas with this fun recipe deck of cards.
$26.95 US
Sep 02, 2025
5-1/3 x 3-3/4
Other Formats
50 Pages
Smith Street Gift