Books like How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
12 books with a reading profile close to How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe. Outward-looking and growth-minded; an easy read.
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
by Lynne Truss
Also outward-looking · practical, entertainment
Lynne Truss examines the mechanics of written English, specifically the placement of commas, apostrophes, and semicolons.
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The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead
by Max Brooks
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · practical, entertainment
This manual provides technical instructions for surviving an outbreak of Solanum, a virus that reanimates human corpses into tireless predators.
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I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
by Amy Sedaris
practical, entertainment
Amy Sedaris presents a tactile guide to domestic entertaining that blends traditional etiquette with absurdist humor.
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The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister
Also outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
This volume compiles the most cynical and sharp-tongued observations from Tyrion Lannister, the stunted nobleman from the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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This Is Not My Hat
by Jon Klassen
Also outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
A small fish steals a round blue hat from a much larger, sleeping fish and swims toward a thicket of tall seaweed to hide.
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Goodnight Bush
by Erich Origen
Also outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
Goodnight Bush is a political parody that reimagines the classic children’s bedtime story as a critique of George W.
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Also outward-looking · practical, accessible
In Michael Pollan’s analysis of the Western diet, he identifies the rise of nutritionism—the ideology that views food merely as a collection of nutrients rather than a whole substance.
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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
by Jon Scieszka
Also outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
Narrated by Alexander T.
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Redshirts
by John Scalzi
Also outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
Andrew Dahl joins the crew of the Intrepid, the flagship of the Universal Union, only to discover a lethal pattern among the junior officers.
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Tuesday
Also outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
At 8:00 PM on a swampy Tuesday, a cluster of lily pads rises into the air, carrying a legion of frogs over the sleeping town.
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Term Limits
by Vince Flynn
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · entertainment, accessible
A group of Vietnam veterans, frustrated by Washington's inaction, begin to assassinate members of Congress who have voted against defense funding.
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Face Off
by David Baldacci, Dennis Lehane
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · entertainment, accessible
Face Off is a collection of eleven short stories featuring collaborations between twenty-three prominent thriller writers.
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