Valerio Publishing

Valerio Publishing is an independent book publisher founded by author Jack Valerio. Established to publish distinctive nonfiction that values clear thinking, practical usefulness, and accessible writing, Valerio Publishing is the publisher of Uncommon Sense: How to Think Clearly When the World Has Lost Its Mind and The Guaranteed Gourmet: Clear Instructions and Reliable Results — Italian and Italian-American Favorites.

Uncommon Sense

Uncommon Sense: How to Think Clearly When the World Has Lost Its Mind, written by Jack Valerio and published by Valerio Publishing in 2026, examines everyday assumptions, conventional thinking, and the ways people can reach better judgments by looking at familiar situations differently.

The book was named a 2026 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite in Self-Help: General.

Paperback ISBN: 979-8-9942573-0-2
eBook ISBN: 979-8-9942573-1-9

The Guaranteed Gourmet

The Guaranteed Gourmet: Clear Instructions and Reliable Results — Italian and Italian-American Favorites, written by Jack Valerio and published by Valerio Publishing, is a cookbook designed around a simple principle: recipes should provide enough detail that home cooks can reproduce the intended result reliably.

The book emphasizes clear instructions, precise preparation, and practical guidance, removing much of the guesswork commonly found in traditional recipes.

Paperback ISBN: 979-8-9942573-2-6
Hardcover ISBN: 979-8-9942573-4-0
eBook ISBN: 979-8-9942573-3-3

About Valerio Publishing

Valerio Publishing is an independent publishing imprint established by Jack Valerio in Boca Raton, Florida. Its purpose is to publish books built around clarity, usefulness, and ideas that can stand on their own merit.

The imprint's first publications reflect two different subjects but a common approach. Uncommon Sense challenges readers to reconsider familiar assumptions and conventional thinking. The Guaranteed Gourmet applies the same emphasis on clarity and practical usefulness to cooking, with detailed instructions designed to produce reliable results.

Valerio Publishing maintains its own publishing identity and ISBNs and works to make its titles available through major booksellers, bibliographic databases, and library discovery systems.

Publisher Information

Publisher: Valerio Publishing
Founder: Jack Valerio
Location: Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Publishing focus: Nonfiction
Language: English
Website: jackvalerio.com

Bibliographic & Discovery Records

Books published by Valerio Publishing are represented in major bookselling, bibliographic, and book-discovery systems, including Google Books, WorldCat, Open Library, Goodreads, LibraryThing, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.

Bibliographic records for Uncommon Sense identify Jack Valerio as author and Valerio Publishing as publisher, providing consistent author, title, publisher, ISBN, and publication information across multiple independent databases and bookselling platforms.

About Jack Valerio

Jack Valerio is an author and the founder of Valerio Publishing. His writing draws on decades of experience in education and administration and focuses on questioning assumptions, communicating clearly, and finding practical approaches to everyday problems.

Valerio is the author of Uncommon Sense: How to Think Clearly When the World Has Lost Its Mind and The Guaranteed Gourmet: Clear Instructions and Reliable Results — Italian and Italian-American Favorites.

Learn more about Jack Valerio and his books at jackvalerio.com.