A.J. Jacobs Books in Order

A.J. Jacobs is a New York Times bestselling author and editor at large at Esquire magazine, known for his unconventional life experiments. He has spent a year reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica to become the smartest person in the world, as documented in his bestselling memoir The Know-It-All. In The Year of Living Biblically, Jacobs lived as the ultimate biblical man, adhering to every rule of the Bible. He has also explored themes of outsourcing his life to a team in Bangalore, India, and impersonating his nanny on an online dating site in search of a boyfriend. Jacobs has written for prominent publications, including The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, and New York magazine. His work has been praised by Time, Newsweek, and Vanity Fair, and his book The Know-It-All spent eight weeks on the New York Times paperback bestseller list.