what if?: the book

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions is a collection of many of the blog's most popular answers, along with brand new weird and wonderful questions. Available now in the US! Scroll down for international pub dates.

out now from publishers worldwide!

United States | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

September 2, 2014

available to order from: Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Indie Bound, BAM! [Books-a-million], Google Play, iBooks.
Audiobook from Blackstone Audio available to order from: Downpour, Amazon, Barnes & Noble

UK & Commonwealth | John Murray

04 September 2014

available to order from: Waterstones, Amazon.co.uk

German | Knaus

8 September 2014

available to order from: Randomhouse

Portuguese (Brazil) | Companhia das Letras

October 2014

available to order from: Livraria Cultura, Saraiva, Submarino, Travessa.

Dutch | Unieboek

October 2014

available to order from: Bol.com.

Hungarian | Athenaeum

November 2014

available to order from: Könyv City

Swedish | Volante

December 2014

available to order from: Adlibris and Dito.

Simplified Chinese (China) | United Sky New Media

available to order from: Amazon China, DangDang, and JingDong.

Czech | Prah

October/November 2014

Spanish | Aguilar (Santillana)

March 2015

Japanese | Hayakawa

to be announced

French | Flammarion

to be announced

Russian | AST

to be announced

Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) | Commonwealth

to be announced

Polish | Czarna Owca

to be announced

Greek | Klidarithmos

to be announced

Turkish | Pegasus

to be announced

Korean | Sigongsa

to be announced

the books

Thing Explainer

Complicated Stuff in Simple Words

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How To

Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

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What If? 2

More Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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