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

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

A.J. Jacobs

389 pages first pub 2004 (view editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
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Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z. 33,000 PAGES 44 MILLION WORDS 10 B...

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funny: 71%

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reflective: 37%

inspiring: 22%

adventurous: 8%

hopeful: 8%

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challenging: 2%


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