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	The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible 3.76 avg rating — 69,634 ratings — published 2007 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Know-It-All 3.76 avg rating — 30,024 ratings — published 2004 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection 3.76 avg rating — 15,060 ratings — published 2012 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment 3.69 avg rating — 10,056 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree 3.62 avg rating — 4,700 ratings — published 2017 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life 3.93 avg rating — 3,850 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey 3.73 avg rating — 3,357 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,831 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fractured Fairy Tales 3.80 avg rating — 674 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Esquire Presents: What It Feels Like 3.56 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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

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“My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.”
― A.J. Jacobs, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

tags: humor, reading

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“I've started to look at life differently. When you're thanking God for every little you - every meal, every time you wake up, every time you take a sip of water - you can't help but be more thankful for life itself, for the unlikely and miraculous fact that you exist at all.”
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“Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.”
― A.J. Jacobs, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

tags: christian-living, christianity, love, unconditional-love

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Which comedy book do you want to read in July?

Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson

10 votes, 21.7%

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith

10 votes, 21.7%

Then We Came to the End, Joshua Ferris

5 votes, 10.9%

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

5 votes, 10.9%

Home from the Vinyl Cafe A year of stories, Stuart McLean

4 votes, 8.7%

The Uncommon Reader A Novella, Alan Bennett

4 votes, 8.7%

Wilt, Tom Sharpe

2 votes, 4.3%

Thank You for Smoking, Christopher Buckley

2 votes, 4.3%

Yes Man, Danny Wallace

2 votes, 4.3%

The Bible the Old Testament According to Spike Milligan, Spike Milligan

1 vote, 2.2%

The Queen and I, Sue Townsend

1 vote, 2.2%

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Hi A.J.! :) There are two author profiles for you right now. The other one is here. I think to merge them you have to contact Goodreads.

Also, happy to see you here!

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