9 best-selling nonfiction books like The World's Stupidest Laws by David Crombie

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The World's Stupidest Laws

By: David Crombie

3.19

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

In Australia, it is illegal to read someone's tarot or give them a psychic reading, as these are fo…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The World's Stupidest Laws by David Crombie , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Twits

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.97

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

How do you outwit a Twit? Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, ugliest people in the world. They ha… read more

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  • humor
"Hey, my spaghetti’s moving!"

-Roald Dahl, The Twits

"No one who is good can ever be ugly."

-Roald Dahl, The Twits

"What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays."

-Roald Dahl, The Twits

"If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on their face"

-Roald Dahl, The Twits

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2. Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch #2)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A Young Dwarf's Dream Corporal Carrot has been promoted! He's now in charge of the new recruits gua… read more

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  • humor
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3. Journey to the Center of the Earth

By: Jules Verne , Kim Stanley Robinson , Lowell Bair

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An adventurous geology professor chances upon a manuscript in which a 16th-century explorer claims … read more

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"Axel,"

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"Then don’t you despair?"

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"I dream with my eyes open."

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow."

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

4. One for Sorrow: The Origins of Old-Fashioned Lore

By: Chloe Rhodes

3.71

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

A captivating book uncovering the origins and meaning behind traditional sayings from countryside f… read more

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5. Night Shift

By: Stephen King , John D. MacDonald

4.04

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

A collection of tales to invade and paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by th… read more

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"You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you."

-Stephen King, Night Shift

"She wasn't like a jukebox; you never had to put in a dime and she never came unplugged."

-Stephen King, Night Shift

"If seven hundred monkeys typed for seven hundred years, one of them would turn out the works of Shakespeare,"

-Stephen King, Night Shift

"There are spiritually noxious places, buildings where the milk of the cosmos has become sour and rancid. This church is such a place; I would swear to it."

-Stephen King, Night Shift

6. Tripwire (Jack Reacher, #3)

By: Lee Child

3.60

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Jack Reacher, ex-military policeman relaxed in Key West until Costello turned up dead. The amiable … read more

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7. The Devil and the Dark Water

By: Stuart Turton

3.84

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

A murder on the high seas. A detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It's 1634 and Samu… read more

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"Anger makes good men stubborn and stubborn men petty."

-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water

"You’re as dense as the mountains you were carved out of."

-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water

"Courage isn't an absence of fear, it's the light we find when fear is all there is."

-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water

"Marriage is an inconvenient convenience. It’s the shackle we accept for our safety."

-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water

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8. The Body: A Guide for Occupants

By: Bill Bryson

4.32

Format: 450 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson achieved the se… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
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9. Miss Benson's Beetle

By: Rachel Joyce

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

She's going too far to go it alone. It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and M… read more

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"Just because you've never done something doesn't mean you can't start."

-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle

"But there were moments of joy. Even at its worst, life will offer such moments."

-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle

"History is not made up by events alone, but also by what lies between the lines."

-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle

"The truest friendships are those that allow us to step out of the confines of what we once were, and to realize instead what we might be."

-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle

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10. A Village in the Third Reich

By: Julia Boyd

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New from the author of Travellers in the Third Reich—the Sunday Times Top Three bestseller and Wate… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. You Don't Want to Know: The grisly, jaw-dropping and most macabre moments from history, nature and beyond

By: James Felton

3.71

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Ever wondered why the chainsaw was invented?* How authorities dealt with a beached whale back in ye… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
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12. The Weird Middle Ages: A Collection of Mysterious Stories, Odd Customs, and Strange Superstitions from Medieval Times

By: Charles River Editors

3.38

Format: 90 pages, Kindle Edition

*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of medieval accounts *Includes a bibliography for further rea… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. History's Most Bizarrely Entertaining Facts Explained (Volume 3): Stories behind Fascinating Sagas and Weird Biographies of Kings and Queens

By: Gerald Burns

4.04

Format: 75 pages, Kindle Edition

Read about stories behind fascinating sagasand weird biographies of Kings and Queens.Here are three… read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. More Shocking Celebrity Murders: True Crime Cases of Famous People Who were Gruesomely Killed (True Crime Hollywood Murders Book 2)

By: Jack Smith

3.60

Format: 91 pages, Kindle Edition

More shocking stories of murders of rich and famous celebrities! Hollywood is the place where dream… read more

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15. Watergate Scandal: A History from Beginning to End

By: Hourly History

4.27

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the shocking history of the Watergate Scandal...Free BONUS Inside!In the summer of 1972, a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. The Mysteries of History: Unravelling the Truth from the Myths of Our Past

By: Graeme Donald

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

As Napoleon himself once said, 'History is a version of past events that people have decided to agr… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Crazy Stories for Curious Minds: Strange and Unexplained Facts about History, Science, Mysteries, Pop Culture and Much More (Exploring Facts & Stories)

By: Henry Bennett

3.88

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you ready to deep dive into some of the greatest mysteries and weirdest facts that have changed… read more

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Cover of 1600+ FASCINATING FACTS: 1648 MIND-BOGGLING FACTS: HISTORY, MUSIC, NATURE, PEOPLE, SCIENCE, SPORT, TECHNOLOGY, THE UNIVERSE, AND ALL THAT LIES BETWEEN! by Max Mercury

18. 1600+ FASCINATING FACTS: 1648 MIND-BOGGLING FACTS: HISTORY, MUSIC, NATURE, PEOPLE, SCIENCE, SPORT, TECHNOLOGY, THE UNIVERSE, AND ALL THAT LIES BETWEEN!

By: Max Mercury

3.64

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Did you know that Amazon was originally called "Cadabra," or that the world's largest book stands a… read more

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19. The Illustrated Book of Funny Old Sayings: Everyday Phrases and Their Origins

By: Sally Mooney

4.14

Format: 63 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever wondered why we say, “It’s raining cats and dogs” and other funny old sayings like, “… read more

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20. The World's Stupidest Laws

By: David Crombie

3.19

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

In Australia, it is illegal to read someone's tarot or give them a psychic reading, as these are fo… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
Cover of Why Do We Say That? 101 Idioms, Phrases, Sayings & Facts! A Brief History On Where They Come From! by Scott Matthews

21. Why Do We Say That? 101 Idioms, Phrases, Sayings & Facts! A Brief History On Where They Come From!

By: Scott Matthews

3.73

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

Why do you “call shotgun” when you want the front passenger seat? What does “letting the cat out of… read more

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  • nonfiction

5 Top humor books like The World's Stupidest Laws by David Crombie

Transform Your Habits

The Twits

Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch #2)

Terry Pratchett

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The Body: A Guide for Occupants

Bill Bryson

4.32

Transform Your Habits

You Don't Want to Know: The grisly, jaw-dropping and most macabre moments from history, nature and beyond

James Felton

3.71

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17 Best fiction books like Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, Kim Stanley Robinson, Lowell Bair

Transform Your Habits

Robinson Crusoe

Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

Arthur Conan Doyle , Anne Perry , Sidney Paget , Maria Buitoni Duca

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas , Richard Pevear , John Lee

4.09

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