Books

The Game that Hypnotized the World. I wholeheartedly agree with The Tetris Effect's selection of the word "hypnosis" to describe an activity that has claimed at least 5,840 hours of my life. To this day I still fall into...

First the fresh eyeballs offered at my local farmer's market, and now The Monster's Cookbook have reminded me: the season for Blood Smoothies and Severed Fingerling Potatoes is coming! Halloween parties...and party planning...and...

Now you have two options for giving the Gift of Nothing. This one in a box, and this one in a book. Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything tells the story of what some say is the best, and others the...

A Super Upsetting Cookbook About Sandwiches is kind of like PornBurger meets a neurotic New York chef. Tyler Kord owns and operates NYC's No. 7 restaurant and No. 7 Sub shops. His sandwiches look delicious. His mind looks...

Wait, there's a movie about DC Comics villains coming out?! With Harley Quinn and The Joker?! I hadn't heard. They must not be promoting it very hard...

1960s pictures, 2010s nuggets of wisdom. The London-based Laybirds launched in 1964 as a series of hardback books presenting stereotypes of Brits and their family life. They were intended to help kids learn to read. And...

Uh...I guess this is for after your girlfriend shares a glass of a wine and a heart-to-heart with Mr. Winkles, and they're both a little hungry and a little tipsy and wouldn't it be great just to stay in and watch Sex...

Mary Roach, who the Washington Post calls "America's funniest science writer" has written a series of curious books. Literally. Maybe you remember Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex? Or Stiff: The Curious Lives...

I've heard more than once that a lot of musicians and music lovers consider the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" to be one of the most perfect songs ever written. Here's a recent article that calls it "the perfect marriage...

Like you don't already know how your dog loves you. He runs in from the rainstorm and jumps on your bed. Chews up your couch cushions. Poops in your shoe. But in How Dogs Love Us Emory University neuroscientist Gregory...

Meathead Goldwyn. I guess when your mama curses you with that lemon of a name, your best option is to make huge vats of lemonade. Or, in this case, huge piles of grilled meat. Goldwyn, founder of BBQ & grilling website...

Holy crap, I can think of, like, five hundred people I want to get this book for. And I know I'll encounter at least 3 to 7 more on my drive to work tomorrow morning. How to Drive: Real World Instruction and Advice from...

No, The Time Traveler's Handbook isn't a next generation Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Think less science fiction and more nonfiction. Major events in world history, to be exact. Wait, don't click away yet! I'm pretty...

Before you say This Is Not a Maths Book must not be a grammar book either because it's "math book" not "maths book" I'll point out that the publication is British, and in England they do say you study "maths" with a "maths...

1.618. It's mathematical elegance. Nature's magic number for patterns, precision, and beauty. The Golden Ratio. And now, thanks to Venezuelan architect and illustrator Rafael Araujo, it's a coloring book...

Bob's Burgers has always taught us a lot about life, family, and music. Now the animated juggernaut is jumping off screen to teach us more about an equally important key to Belcher happiness: burgers...

A picture of a Porn Burger is worth a thousand drools. Maybe even a lick. A bite. At the very least a boner. In Porn Burger: Hot Buns and Juicy Beefcakes, self-described "burger pervert" Matthew Ramsey indulges us with...

Looking for a new pastime? I wouldn't say Geoff Manaugh's A Burglar's Guide to the City is a how-to manual for breaking into and thieving buildings, but...that's only because I don't want to be considered an accomplice...

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. While there are 2 words in that title I do not care for--"Lessons" and "Physics"--that the word "Brief" precedes them makes the whole concept of Carlo Rovelli's introduction to modern physics...

Need some last minute plans for Spring Break? If you've got the wheels..and the cojones...for it, America's Most Haunted Road Trip: Your Travel Guide to America's Most Haunted Sites can help make SB 2016 your best...

Good thing Shia La Beouf spent 25 hours in a New York City jail for acting like an asshat at a Broadway musical a couple years ago, or else the world may never have had Prison Ramen: Recipes and Stories from Behind Bars...

Trivia lovers, obscure factoid spouters, and little-known-storytellers gather round. Giles Milton's When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters has a gold nugget or two to add to your...

Really? There's a whole book now to teach you about the principle by which I've already been living my entire life? Not giving a f*ck. I know, author Sarah Knight knows, and soon everyone else who reads The Life-Changing...