Uncle John's Giant 10th Anniversary Bathroom Reader

by Bathroom Readers' Institute

Our first all-new edition to top 500 pages, this was the Bathroom Reader that made the publishing world stand up and take notice—these guys are here to stay. Also appearing for the first time in Giant 10th Anniversary is our famous “Extended Sitting Section,” a series of extra-long articles for those truly leg-numbing experiences. There are also plenty of short and medium articles covering a whole host of topics, including little-known history, pop science, myth-conceptions, celebrity rumors, comedian quotes, and, of course, really dumb crooks. Read about…

The anatomy of laughter
Is your name your destiny?
The history of the electric guitar
What really happened at Roswell
The Politically Correct quiz
The secret of Nancy Drew
Legendary TV flops
Why you itch
And much, much more!

Genres: Humor, Nonfiction, Trivia, Reference

504 pages, Paperback

First published May 7, 2002

About the author

The Bathroom Reader's Institute UJBR boasts more than 12 million books in print and a membership base topping 40,000 loyal readers . . .

Reviews

[Barbi Faye (The Book Fae) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am so hooked, and I love these fun and unique books SO much, I feel spoiled when I have to attend a bathroom without the comfort of one of these bad boys in it! I feel as though the time is wasted when I could have spent it reading! I love this series of books put out by 'Uncle John' and it is meant to have interesting reading material for when you find yourself having some unexpected time on your hands...!
Humorous and tongue in cheek for the most part, and even learn a thing or two, too! The content of these digest type books contain a lot of humor, general interest, pop culture, stories, origins, and top tens. Their format is entertaining, easily digestible, making it fast reading. I open it to any page and read, it is very easy reading.
Do you read in the bathroom??? Let me know; is it a crossword, or a newspaper, a novel or a tablet!? A bookcase??! I wanna know and hear from you!!

[Joseph · Rating 4 out of 5]

I spotted a few things that I suspect might not be 100% accurate, and this is from 1997, so even the other stuff is likely out of date. (I was particularly amused by the advertisement that, next year, the BRI will have it's very own website!) Still, there were a lot of interesting articles, and this was a godsend when I had nearly a week with no internet.

[TheHangryBookDragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

What do you do when Irma has knocked out your power? Read this book in a day apparently. Skipped the less interesting parts.

[Icarus E. Leavens · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is from my youth, like high school level youth and it gave me hours of entertainment.

[Deborah Cleaves · Rating 4 out of 5]

A compendium of odd and interesting facts.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good, incredible amount of book devoted to a Tonight Show odyssey that probably could have been compressed. Still old enough to lack the fact-checking and rigour of the later volumes.

[Drea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read and re-read over and over because it's so packed with information! Love these books!

[Carmen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was very entertaining and I learned a lot.

[Michael Light · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some light reading that I knocked out in my, eh, spare time...just fun facts and stories!

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read all 25! Love them!