Thought for Food is the debut studio album by American musical duo the Books.

[4] The album exhibits the duo's characteristic sampling from a variety of mundane and instrumental sources.

[11] In 2015, Spin ranked Thought for Food at number 285 on its list of "The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years".

[2] All music is composed by The Books (Paul de Jong and Nick Zammuto)Credits are adapted from the liner notes of the 2002 and 2011 issues of the album.

[12][13] The Books Additional personnel This 2000s indietronica album-related article is a stub.