Reference / Trivia

The World's Worsts

by Les Krantz

A hilarious collection of the lowest of the lows – from the worst generals to the dumbest dogs, the shortest Hollywood marriages to the most dangerous golf courses.

The World's Worsts is the latest compendium...

Don't Know Much About Anything Else

by Kenneth C. Davis

For years, Kenneth C. Davis has enlightened and enthralled us, opening our minds and tickling our fancies with his wonderfully irreverent, fun, and factual Don't Know Much About^® books. He has carried readers...

Don't Know Much About Anything

by Kenneth C. Davis

In his wildly entertaining, winningly irreverent, New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About^® series, author Kenneth C. Davis has amused and edified us with fascinating facts about history, mythology,...

Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge

by Mental Floss & (none)

Loaded with meaty trivia and tasty, bite-sized facts!

mental_floss is proud to offer a delicious, hearty helping of brain-food that's sure to fire up your neurons and tantalize your synapses. Condensed Knowledge...

mental floss presents Instant Knowledge

by Editors of Mental Floss

Mental_floss is proud to present a full-bodied jolt of inspiration for thirsty minds on the go. Blended with titillating facts, startling revelations, and head-scratching theories collected from around the world,...

Red Herrings and White Elephants: The Origins of the Phrases We Use Everyd

by Albert Jack

Mad hatter . . . pie in the sky . . . egg on your face. We use these phrases every day, yet how many of us know what they really mean or where they came from?

From bringing home the bacon to leaving no stone...

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Weird Inventions

by Bathroom Readers' Institute

The writers behind Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader present this totally true treasury of amazing gizmos--devilish devices you never knew existed, created by people who thought the world absolutely needed what...

An Incomplete Education

by Judy Jones & William Wilson

When it was originally published in 1987, An Incomplete Education became a surprise bestseller. Now this instant classic has been completely updated, outfitted with a whole new arsenal of indispensable knowledge...

101 More Amazing Harry Potter Facts

by Jack Goldstein & Frankie Taylor

Following on from Jack Goldstein and Frankie Taylor's popular '101 Amazing Harry Potter Facts', this book contains over one hundred more amazing facts covering topics such as muggles in the series, the Ministry...

Iconic Spirits: An Intoxicating History

by Mark Spivak

Over the past decade, the cocktail culture has exploded across America. Bars and lounges have become the Broadway theater of mixology, with bartenders resurrecting classic pre-Prohibition cocktails and dazzling...

The Best of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader

by Bathroom Readers' Institute

Find out what millions of trivia lovers already know: Uncle John is your #1 source when it comes to throne-room reading entertainment. This book celebrates the very best articles from the BRI’s first ten years--plus...

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Zipper Accidents: And Other Cringe-Worthy Events

by Bathroom Readers' Institute

For 25 years, there’s always been a home in Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader for those times in life you wish you could take back--“oops” moments, embarrassing accidents, spectacular failures. Because we...

The Book of Nice

by Josh Chetwynd

Nice is the secret ingredient to a better life. It makes us happy. It may even be what makes us civilized-when we say thank you, shake hands, send flowers, we're doing the nice things that bring people together....

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...

Uncle John's Great Big Bathroom Reader

by Bathroom Readers' Institute

One of Uncle John’s all-time biggest sellers, Great Big is overflowing with everything our fans have come to expect: urban legends, forgotten history, myth-conceptions, business blunders, strange lawsuits,...

Uncle John's Ultimate Bathroom Reader: It's the 8th Bathroom Reader!

by Bathroom Readers' Institute

Uncle John’s all-new 8th edition is packed with everything that Bathroom Reader fans have come to expect from this stellar series--short, medium, and long articles covering a whole host of topics--everything...

The Book of Weird Sex

by Chris Gordon

Everything you ever wanted to know about sexual oddities from around the world – and through history – can be found in this witty and engaging volume.

Read about the antics of the Egyptian Pharoah who was a...

The Vampire Diaries - The Ultimate Quiz Book

by Jack Goldstein & Frankie Taylor

This excellent quiz book contains 150 questions (and answers!) to test the knowledge of any Vampire Diaries fan. From questions even a casual viewer should know all the way through to trivia that would test...

Beyond Bizarre: Frightening Facts and Blood-Curdling True Tales

by Varla Ventura

The sequel to the best-selling The Book of the Bizarre, Beyond Bizarre offers up scores of new freaky facts, terrifying trivia, and stranger-than-fiction stories. Arranged into 13 chilling chapters like Haunted...

Encyclopedia of the Unseen World: The Ultimate Guide to Apparitions, Death Bed Visions, Mediums, Shadow People, Wandering Spirits, and Much, Much More

by Constance Victoria Briggs

An A-Z encyclopedia of the unseen and the unknown world of psychics, channeling, mediums, mystics, near death experiences, prophets, shadow people, death bed visions, astral projection and more. The Encyclopedia...