A.J. Jacobs

21 books

Esquire Presents: What It Feels Like by A.J. Jacobs

Esquire Presents: What It Feels Like

A.J. Jacobs

nonfiction essays funny reflective fast-paced

144 pages | first published 2003

The Good Book: Writers Reflect on Favorite Bible Passages by A.J. Jacobs, André Aciman, Andrew Blauner, Daniel Menaker, Paul Elie, Al Sharpton, Jay Parini, Samuel G. Friedman, Lois Lowry, Owen King, Jane Leavy, Charles McGrath, Brooks Hansen, Avi Steinberg, Michael Eric Dyson, Colm Tóibín, Thomas Lynch, Robert Coover, Edwidge Danticat, Lauren Slater, Clyde Edgerton, Ian Frazier, Lydia Davis, Steven V. Roberts, Pico Iyer, Ian Caldwell, Tobias Wolff, Kerry Kennedy, Robert Pinsky, Rick Moody, Kathleen Norris, James Parker, Alec Wilkinson

The Good Book: Writers Reflect on Favorite Bible Passages

A.J. Jacobs, André Aciman, Andrew Blauner, Daniel Menaker, Paul Elie, Al Sharpton, Jay Parini, Samuel G. Friedman, Lois Lowry, Owen King, Jane Leavy, Charles McGrath, Brooks Hansen, Avi Steinberg, Michael Eric Dyson, Colm Tóibín, Thomas Lynch, Robert Coover, Edwidge Danticat, Lauren Slater, Clyde Edgerton, Ian Frazier, Lydia Davis, Steven V. Roberts, Pico Iyer, Ian Caldwell, Tobias Wolff, Kerry Kennedy, Robert Pinsky, Rick Moody, Kathleen Norris, James Parker, Alec Wilkinson

nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced

320 pages | first published 2015

It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree by A.J. Jacobs

It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree

A.J. Jacobs

nonfiction biography memoir reflective fast-paced

352 pages | first published 2017

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

nonfiction biography memoir reflective medium-paced

423 pages | first published 2004

My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew by A.J. Jacobs, Abigail Pogrebin

My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew

A.J. Jacobs, Abigail Pogrebin

nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced

326 pages | first published 2017

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

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

A.J. Jacobs

nonfiction biography memoir funny reflective medium-paced

272 pages | first published 2009

The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A.J. Jacobs

The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life

A.J. Jacobs

nonfiction memoir funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

352 pages | first published 2022

Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey by A.J. Jacobs

Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey

A.J. Jacobs

nonfiction business self help reflective fast-paced

160 pages | first published 2018

Unscrolled: 54 Writers and Artists Wrestle with the Torah by A.J. Jacobs, Ben Greenman, Josh Kun, Davy Rothbart, Josh Radnor, Larry Smith, Roger Bennett, David Sax, Joey Soloway, Marc Kushner, Rebecca Odes, Eli Horowitz, Adam Mansbach, Sam Lipsyte, Dana Adam Shapiro, Sloane Crosley, Rebecca Dana, Charles London, Aimee Bender, Rich Cohen, Joel Edward Stein, Rick Meyerowitz

Unscrolled: 54 Writers and Artists Wrestle with the Torah

A.J. Jacobs, Ben Greenman, Josh Kun, Davy Rothbart, Josh Radnor, Larry Smith, Roger Bennett, David Sax, Joey Soloway, Marc Kushner, Rebecca Odes, Eli Horowitz, Adam Mansbach, Sam Lipsyte, Dana Adam Shapiro, Sloane Crosley, Rebecca Dana, Charles London, Aimee Bender, Rich Cohen, Joel Edward Stein, Rick Meyerowitz

nonfiction religion reflective slow-paced

384 pages | first published 2013

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

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

A.J. Jacobs

nonfiction memoir religion reflective medium-paced

388 pages | first published 2007