The Smartest Book in the World

A Lexicon of Literacy, a Rancorous Reportage, a Concise Curriculum of Cool

By: Greg Proops

Narrated by: Greg Proops

Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Greg Proops is an internationally renowned comedian, best known for starring on the hit improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? and for his popular, award-winning podcast, The Smartest Man in the World, which Rolling Stone magazine called "some of the boldest comedy on the podcasting frontier right now". But Proops is also a fountain of historical knowledge, a wealth of pop-culture trivia, and a generally charming know-it-all.

The Smartest Book in the World is based on Proops' sensational, iTunes Top 10 podcast. The audiobook is a rollicking reference guide to the most essential areas of knowledge in Proops' universe, from the noteworthy names of the ancient world and baseball to the movies you must see and the albums you must hear. Complete with history's juiciest tales and curious backstories, Proops expounds on the merits of poetry and proper punctuation, delivering this wealth of information with his signature style and Proopsian panache. An offbeat and exuberant guide to everything, The Smartest Book in the World gives you everything you need to know to always be the smartest person in the room.

©2015 Gregory Proops (P)2015 Tantor

Critic reviews

"It's a terrifically random appreciation of cultural touchstones that's sure to inspire readers to look further." ( Publishers Weekly)

He's very funny...

And so is this book. Not the most literary or insightful, but funny. Sometimes very funny.

Interesting Book

Enjoyed the book. Was a little random, which kept it interesting. A lot of info regarding history of old movies and stars and Baseball. I'm not a baseball fan but really enjoyed a lot of the history of players and leagues. Good for a fun book. Would consider buying the actual book just to have a reference to look up all the movies, actors, actresses, and baseball players.

Best thing I have ever listened to!

Fascinating to get an insight into what makes this man tick (which seems to be baseball, movies, music and vodka, ha). Plus I learnt a lot about baseball greats, which was more interesting than I thought it would be.

Smartest book about Baseball !

I thought this would be a funny literate book of words and current mores. It's really all about baseball's great and all the mind numbing stats. I didn't enjoy this book and felt misled by the summary. Only purchase if you want to hear a pretensionist ass spout stats.

Awesome book well worth the listen

Proops does it again. Awesome book full of wonder. Also love the baseball bits inside didn't know the history of our national pastime

Smartest review in the world

Listen up kittens! Make daddy a vodka flavored vodka drink and tuck into a heaping helping of auditory awesomeness.

It's like a never ending podcast

Until it ends. But it's very comforting and starting to relisten to it as I type this. Yep he's that great.

Unique

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Yes, time well spent learning about lots of things.

What does Greg Proops bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

His comedic abilities.

Did The Smartest Book in the World inspire you to do anything?

Watch some of the movies he talked about and read some of the books he critiqued.

Any additional comments?

I loved the way he made up his baseball teams. Very clever...very different.

love love love

so wonderfully read and written! beyond fantastic. something tells me I will be listening to this book about one time a year so I might retain even a portion of the amount of awesome this book contains!

knowledge is his game.

A legendary comic and baseball fanatic. loved it from the start till the end. Thanks Greg Proops