# Most Clever Non-Fiction Book? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-clever-non-fiction-book/191436 "2003-07-28T14:17:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-clever-non-fiction-book/191436/21 "2003-07-31T05:08:46Z")
How about Dave Eggers’ _A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius_? It’s a memoir, so that counts as non-fiction, right? ---
**Author:** ![Truth\_Seeker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Truth\_Seeker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truth_Seeker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-clever-non-fiction-book/191436/22 "2003-07-31T06:09:48Z")
While easy reading, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat by Oliver Sacks is funny, poignant, oddly unsettling and profoundly thought provoking, all at the same time. The book is a series of case studies about people with highly unusual neurological conditions. It’s the kind of book you’ll want to get a friend to read so you’ll have someone to discuss it with. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-clever-non-fiction-book/191436/23 "2003-07-31T11:42:41Z")
I always suggest _Driving Mr. Albert_ by Michael Paterniti. Journalist and crazy scientist drive across the country to deliver Albert Einstein’s brain to his niece. Strange, funny and poignant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-clever-non-fiction-book/191436.md?page=1)