FindMyTBR
The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Unabridged Edition)
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.
About The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Unabridged Edition)
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. To fill the ever-widening gaps in his Ivy League education, A. J. Jacobs sets for himself the daunting task of reading all thirty-two volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica . His wife, Julie, tells him it's a waste of time, his friends believe he is losing his mind, and his father, a brilliant attorney who had once attempted the same feat and quit somewhere around Borneo, is encouraging but, shall we say, unconvinced. With self-deprecating wit and a disarming frankness, The Know-It-All recounts the unexpected and comically disruptive effects Operation Encyclopedia has on every part of Jacobs's life—from his newly minted marriage to his complicated relationship with his father and the rest of his charmingly eccentric New York family to his day job as an editor at Esquire . Jacobs's project tests the outer limits of his stamina and forces him to explore the real meaning of intelligence as he endeavors to join Mensa, win a spot on Jeopardy! , and absorb 33,000 pages of learning. On his journey he stumbles upon some of the strangest, funniest, and most profound facts about every topic under the sun.
Where to listen & where it's available
The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Unabridged Edition) is available as an audiobook on Apple Books. We haven't confirmed it on Spotify yet — but you can still search there below.
Buy or compare copies of The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Unabridged Edition)
Retailer links open each store's page for this title. As an Amazon Associate, FindMyTBR may earn from qualifying purchases — see our affiliate disclosure.
More by A.J. Jacobs
Thanks A Thousand (Unabridged)
The Guinea Pig Diaries (Unabridged)
It's All Relative (Unabridged)
The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life (Unabridged)
The Year of Living Biblically (Abridged)
My Life as an Experiment (Unabridged)
The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning (Unabridged)
Drop Dead Healthy (Unabridged)
The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Unabridged Edition) — frequently asked
- Is The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Unabridged Edition) on Spotify?
- We haven't confirmed The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Unabridged Edition) on Spotify's audiobook catalog yet. Spotify audiobooks are included with Premium (up to a monthly listening limit) in supported markets.
- Is The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Unabridged Edition) on Apple Books?
- Yes — The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Unabridged Edition) is available as an audiobook on Apple Books.
- Who wrote The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Unabridged Edition)?
- The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Unabridged Edition) is by A.J. Jacobs.
- Where can I buy the The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Unabridged Edition) audiobook?
- Audible and Amazon both carry audiobooks; use the retailer links on this page to go straight to The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Unabridged Edition). For print copies, compare Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, and Books-A-Million.
FindMyTBR aggregates audiobook availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon so you can
move your Goodreads TBR to audio. Availability reflects titles we've confirmed; a service with no badge
just hasn't been confirmed yet. Covers via Open Library.
Search your whole Goodreads shelf →