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Social Experiment Books: When You Do a Strange Thing Then Write a Book About It

These are books that are social experiments, where someone decides to do something odd for several months to a year to maybe even a lifetime then write a book about it
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Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
1
Cheryl Strayed
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
2
Jon Krakauer
Year of Yes (Shonda Rhimes)
Year of Yes
3
Shonda Rhimes
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
4
Barbara Ehrenreich
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
5
Robert M. Pirsig
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods
6
Bill Bryson
Round Ireland With a Fridge (Tony Hawks)
Round Ireland With a Fridge
7
Tony Hawks
The Wave (Todd Strasser)
The Wave
8
Todd Strasser
The Pregnancy Project (Gaby Rodriguez)
The Pregnancy Project
9
Gaby Rodriguez
The Year of Living Biblically (A.J. Jacobs)
The Year of Living Biblically
10
A.J. Jacobs
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia (Chris Stewart)
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia
11
Chris Stewart
Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection (A. J. Jacobs)
Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection
12
A. J. Jacobs
Tales of a Female Nomad (Rita Golden Gelman)
Tales of a Female Nomad
13
Rita Golden Gelman
Visit Sunny Chernobyl : And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places (Andrew Blackwell)
Visit Sunny Chernobyl : And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places
14
Andrew Blackwell
The Know-It-All (A.J. Jacobs)
The Know-It-All
15
A.J. Jacobs
Long Way Down (Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman)
Long Way Down
16
Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman
The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment (A.J. Jacobs)
The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment
17
A.J. Jacobs
America Unchained (Dave Gorman)
America Unchained
18
Dave Gorman
Under the Overpass (Mike Yankoski)
Under the Overpass
19
Mike Yankoski
A Year in the Maine Woods (Bernd Heinrich)
A Year in the Maine Woods
20
Bernd Heinrich
Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey (A.J. Jacobs)
Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey
21
A.J. Jacobs
Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully (Allen Kurzweil)
Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully
22
Allen Kurzweil
Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comi (Nevin Martell)
Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comi
23
Nevin Martell
7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess (Jen Hatmaker)
7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess
24
Jen Hatmaker
One Red Paperclip (Kyle MacDonald)
One Red Paperclip
25
Kyle MacDonald
A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me (Jon Katz)
A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me
26
Jon Katz
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