aj Jacobs is an author, journalist, and lecturer known for his New York Times bestsellers that mix memoir, science, humor, and self-help. AJ Jacobs was born in New York City to parents who were not very religious, and he has a sister named Beryl. He went to The Dalton School and later attended Brown University. He works as an editor at Esquire magazine, is a commentator on NPR, and writes for Mental Floss magazine. His first book, “The Know-It-All” is about how he tried to read the whole Encyclopedia Britannica in 18 months to become the smartest person in the world.

The book received praise from multiple publications, including Time magazine, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, USA Today, and The New York Times.

Career

After his quest for knowledge, AJ Jacobs explored his spiritual side in “The Year of Living Biblically” (2007). He went on a journey to follow the rules in the Bible very, very closely. The book spent three months on the New York Times bestseller list and received praise from various publications, including Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, The New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. His book was featured on the cover of a religious magazine called Relevant, but it also got attention in a magazine called Penthouse. This shows that AJ Jacobs can interest a lot of different kinds of readers.

In 2012, AJ Jacobs continued his self-improvement journey with “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man’s Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection.” This book is about how A.J. Jacobs tried really hard to become super healthy. He changed what he ate, how he exercised, and even how he slept to get in the best shape possible. What’s special is that he wrote the book while walking on a treadmill desk. He walked about 1,200 miles while writing it.

Everything I do is me. I don’t like taking ideas from people unless they’re the G.O.A.T.

A Boogie wit da Hoodie

A.J. Jacobs published a collection of essays titled “My Life as an Experiment: One Man’s Humble Quest to Improve Himself” in 2010. The book features various experiments covering a range of topics, including George Washington’s rules of life, marital harmony and disharmony, multitasking, and nudity (though not necessarily in that order). Notably, it includes the piece “My Outsourced Life,” which was also featured in Tim Ferriss’s “4-Hour Workweek.”

A.J. Jacobs’s latest book is “It’s All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree.”This book talks about how family research and DNA are changing and how they affect politics, how different races get along, our health, and how happy we are. It has received praise from Kirkus, which called it “delightful,” as well as Booklist, describing it as “a real treat,” and Publisher’s Weekly, noting that it’s “entertaining and lively.”

Besides writing books, AJ Jacobs has also written for different magazines and newspapers. He wrote for The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, and even a magazine about the money side of dental care called Dental Economics.

A.J. Jacobs has made appearances on several prominent TV shows, including Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, The Dr. Oz Show, Conan, and The Colbert Report. AJ Jacobs also talks at TED events. He speaks about many things, like living by the Bible’s rules, bringing people together like one big family, and how to stay healthy. AJ Jacobs sometimes talks on NPR’s Weekend Edition on Saturday. He tells interesting historical facts about things like tennis, kings, and queens, and even funny stories about politicians from the past, like the one from Vermont who spat chewing tobacco at his opponent.

A.J. Jacobs writes a column for Esquire.com every two weeks, and it’s called “My Huddled Masses.”He asks the 120,000 people who follow him on Facebook for help with things like manners, tricky moral questions, and even how to handle too much arm hair. In another column for Mental Floss magazine, he helps readers feel better by talking about how life used to be in the old days. Surprisingly, he shows that the “good old days” weren’t really all that good.

Additionally, Jacobs is a columnist for the LinkedIn Influencers program. His pieces cover topics like “The Six Most Important Business Lessons from All of History” and “An Entrepreneur’s Most Powerful Tool: Self-Delusion.” AJ Jacobs is married to Julie Schoenberg, and they have three sons. One is named Jasper, born on March 11, 2004. They also have twins named Zane and Lucas, born on August 24, 2006. He’s also related to a legal scholar named Cass Sunstein. They’re like far-off cousins.

AJ Jacobs is part of Giving What We Can, and he’s promised to give away 10% of the money he earns for his whole life to help people in need. He helps organizations like the Against Malaria Foundation and other groups that are really good at doing good things for people.

Famous books include

1. “The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World”
2. “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”
3. “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man’s Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”
4. “My Life as an Experiment: One Man’s Humble Quest to Improve Himself”
5. “It’s All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree”