The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

The Know-It-All

One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

By
A.J. Jacobs
A.J. Jacobs
2004 • 389 pages

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74 books

Cognition

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Think!: Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye
Blink
Who Moved My Cheese?
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
How Sharp Is Your Pencil?
How we decide
Why We Make Mistakes

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221 books

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No Sleep Till Saltburn
The first 20 minutes
Victorian London
Iron Man Mon voyage au paradis et en enfer avec Black Sabbath
I am Ozzy

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511 books

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No Sleep Till Saltburn
The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The N.W.O.B.H.M. Encyclopedia
Created, The Destroyer
The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club

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50 books

Kindle

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Orbitsville
The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues
A Guide to the Good Life
The first 20 minutes
Non-Stop
Humanism: An Introduction
I Can Make You Hate

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58 books

2015 Challenge

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The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
The first 20 minutes
Casino Royale
Cat's Cradle
The Anubis Gates
To Kill a Mockingbird
A Clockwork Orange

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Audio

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Killing Floor
The Martian Chronicles
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club
Solo
Casino Royale

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Humour

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I Can Make You Hate
No Sleep Till Saltburn
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
Equal Rites
Witches Abroad
The Antipope
The Eyre Affair

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56 books

Own But Unread

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Bright not broken
Finish This Book
Travels with Charley
The Happiness Project
How to Be Good

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Memoirs of a Geisha
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Kite Runner
Fall of Giants

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At the Mountains of Madness
The Call of Cthulhu
The Mote in God's Eye
2001: A Space Odyssey
Warbreaker
Before They Are Hanged
Dragons of Winter Night

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Non Fiction

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We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
The Universe in a Mirror: The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It
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Gus Grissom
Cosmos
America Back on Track

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America, You Sexy Bitch
Born to be Riled
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Man Lab
The Wee Free Men
The Book of General Ignorance

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At First Sight
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The Amber Spyglass
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Feet of Clay

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The Pirate's Dilemma
Capitalism and Freedom
Imperial Hubris
Marching toward hell
"A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship"

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History

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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates
The Federalist Papers
Good To Be King: The Foundation of our Constitutional Freedom
The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History
America's Great Depression
The Prince

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Biography

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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
The Rediscovery of North America
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
Huey Long
Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend
Goddess of the Market

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Humor

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Stoned, Naked, and Looking in My Neighbor's Window: The Best Confessions from GroupHug.us
I Am America
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

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Non Fiction

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Here and Nowhere Else: Late Seasons of a Farm and Its Family
August Wilson: A Life
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Humor

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Reference

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That is All
The Story of Philosophy
The Areas of My Expertise
The Elements of Style
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

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387 books

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Empire of Storms
Fight and Flight
Snapshot
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We Are Legion
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Try 5 10 Pages

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