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A. J. Jacobs

A.J. Jacobs is the author of The New York Times bestsellers The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment and The Know-It-All. He has been called "inspired and inspiring" (Vanity Fair), "entertaining" (New York Times) and "hilarious" (Time). He is the editor at large of Esquire magazine, a contributor to NPR, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Entertainment Weekly. He lives in New York City with his wife Julie and their children. Visit him at AJJacobs.com and follow him on Twitter @ajjacobs.

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Drop Dead Healthy One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection By: A. J. Jacobs

This edition: Hardcover, 416 pages

Publication date: April 10, 2012

From the bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All comes the true and truly hilarious story of one person’s quest to become the healthiest man in the world. Hospitalized with a freak case...

Other Formats: Audio Download, Compact Disk, eBook

A.J. Jacobs Omnibus The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment By: A. J. Jacobs

This edition: Boxed Set eBook

Publication date: November 15, 2011

An eBook boxed set that features the first three of A.J. Jacobs's riotous—and surprisingly informative—ventures into experiential journalism. The Know-It-All: Puzzle along with A.J. as he endeavors to...

My Life as an Experiment One Man's Humble Quest to Improve Himself by Living as a Woman, Becoming George Washington, Telling No Lies, and Other Radical Tests By: A. J. Jacobs

This edition: Trade Paperback, 272 pages

Publication date: July 13, 2010

One man. Ten extraordinary quests. Bestselling author and human guinea pig A. J. Jacobs puts his life to the test and reports on the surprising and entertaining results. He goes undercover as a woman, lives by George...

Other Formats: Audio Download, eBook

Browse Inside The Guinea Pig Diaries

The Guinea Pig Diaries My Life as an Experiment By: A. J. Jacobs

This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages

Publication date: September 8, 2009

For his first book, The Know-It-All, A. J. Jacobs read the entire Encyclopædia Britannica from cover to cover in a quest to learn everything in the world. In The Year of Living Biblically, he followed every single rule...

Other Formats: Compact Disk

Browse Inside The Year of Living Biblically

The Year of Living Biblically One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible By: A. J. Jacobs

This edition: Trade Paperback, 416 pages

Publication date: September 9, 2008

In this timely and fascinating audiobook, A.J. Jacobs tries to follow such famous Scriptural laws as the Ten Commandments, be fruitful and multiply, and love your neighbor. But he also obeys dozens of less-publicized...

Other Formats: Audio Download, Compact Disk, eBook

Browse Inside The Know-It-All

The Know-It-All One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World By: A. J. Jacobs

This edition: Hardcover, 400 pages

Publication date: September 21, 2004

33,000 PAGES 44 MILLION WORDS 10 BILLION YEARS OF HISTORY 1 OBSESSED MAN Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly...

Other Formats: eBook, Trade Paperback