This was a fun and fascinating book about the weird side of history. Enjoyed all the anecdotes, though many seemed unbelievable.

Fun and easy to read. I like weird history and conspiracy theories. Some chapters took me longer to get through than others, and I don't know that there's a really cohesive thread through the sections, but it was fun enough.

This is a mostly fun look at a number of conspiracy theories, wild ideas, and curious pieces of history, and the "batshit" people who were behind them. There's a little bit of everything - aliens, exorcisms, celebrities, psychics, dead composers.

The author writes in a fun, easy to read way that won't make you fall too deep down the "how is the human race such a shit-show" hole of depression. He is empathetic toward his subjects and reminds the reader that each of us believes something that really makes no sense.

In addition to being entertained, I learned about history and science, which is the best part of books like this.

Recommended to fans of Jon Ronson and lovers of the occult who don't take themselves too seriously.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC. I purchased a copy for my library.

Whenever a book seems or claims to be weird, I am instantly intrigued.

The Theory of Everything Else takes on tons of stories relating to people and their different beliefs throughout history. Schreiber's writing is very engaging and hilarious. The writing is also perfectly paced. While most of the book deals with different aspects of history, science, historical figures, and of course, conspiracy theories, nothing is bogged down with too much information. Schreiber gets to the point in an entertaining and straightforward way. I learned so many interesting tidbits that I'm sure will stick with me for a long while. Schreiber makes the great point that the ideas that come about when people think differently should not be dispelled just because they're incorrect or can never be proven. Weird ideas or conspiracies have their place in society for one reason or another (not that they can't be dangerous, of course). This book takes on conspiracy culture in a fun and light way. It is refreshing to have fun while reading about conspiracies as I usually read about them in terms of misinformation and information literacy.

I would recommend this to anyone who wants to read about weird ideas and the people who believe in them. As Schreiber notes, all of us have ideas or experiences that make us question our beliefs. This would also be great for people who usually avoid nonfiction as it grabs your attention quickly and is fun to read.

I had a lot of fun reading this book. It forced me to ponder a lot of topics I’ve never really considered before in a new and interesting way.

If you know that Dan Schreiber co-hosts the podcast, "No Such Thing as a Fish", then you have some idea of how wacky this book could be. And if you are of the ilk who are fascinated by aliens, bigfoot, and UFOs, then this book is right up your alley. Did you know that Ringo Starr's grandmother was known as "the voodoo queen of Liverpool"? Is batshit real, something that he says repetitively. Go ahead, laugh your head off, but Schreiber's research is extensive. Maybe there ARE reptilian aliens walking among us. Laugh that one off.

I requested this book because it appeared to be an interesting topic. Weird things that happened. It was okay. Some tidbits were more interesting than others. I found myself skimming a bit. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

A wild ride. There are some really bizarre people and conspiracies out there and this is a highly entertaining compendium of many of them--most of which I knew nothing about. I read this slowly and savored each chapter/piece. It is really a delightful read.

Author Dan Schreiber wants you to get real weird with it. The new book The Theory of Everything Else looks at the world of High Strangeness and the unexplained in a way that is both smart and hilarious. Schreiber explores the existence of ghosts, time travel, extraterrestrial visits, animal communication, and whether or not we are stuck in just on giant video game simulation. 

I adore Schreiber's writing style. He writes in a way that doesn't talk down to readers or make them feel weird for being interested in the unexplained.  As someone who has read quite a few books about High Strangeness that either lean way too into the science or talk down to readers, this book is the perfect balance.

The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage Into the World of the Weird by Dan Schreiber is a very highly recommended hilarious collection of eccentric beliefs, conspiracy theories and speculative encounters. As Schreiber notes: "None of the theories in this book are true. They're just ideas, speculations, beliefs and claims, begging to be accepted as truth." If you chose to believe any of them, that's on you. However, reading about them is sure to entertain you and perhaps become the impetus for some lively conversations.

Dan Schreiber collects several of the most interesting, humorous, and thought provoking stories in this collection. Some of the topics covered are obvious, while others are more obscure. Some topics include: time travelers, aliens, ghosts, seers, communicating with dolphins and plants, clairvoyance, pyramid energy, time travelers, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, a woman who reads butt cheeks, the hollow earth theory, reptilians, a fountain of youth, and more.

The Theory of Everything Else is a well-written, wildly entertaining compilation that doesn't take itself too seriously while discussing, in a conversational style, all manner of topics. As Schreiber writes, "Batsh*t makes the world go round and its footprint can be found everywhere you look. You won't always notice it, but it's usually there, hiding in plain sight." Here is an assortment of some of those wacky beliefs that is sure to hold your attention from start to finish.
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Realy enjoyed this book and I think it will have a good audience at my library. Great nonfiction title. Definitely will be ordering.

My thanks to both NetGalley and the publisher William Morrow for this book on the people who think and do different, who quest on mysteries big and small, and seek answers for questions o oddities that no one has ever thought to ask.

The world is a beautiful, wonderful, magical place, filled with mysteries, questions, oddities and odd people. People who see racoons while walking to an outhouse, and waking up miles away with no idea what happened and where all the time went. Scientists who can't get near electronic equipment without things breaking or bursting into flame, something that happened so often many scientists forbid this gentleman from coming into their labs. Dan Schreiber, podcaster, researcher funny person has a theory on this. Well he has a lot of theories on this, so much so that Schreiber wrote a book, The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage Into the World of the Weird a guide to the odd, the strange, the coincidence that make life interesting, and makes one appreciate the world even more.

Here are some fun things I learned. If a plane is unlucky, or even worse has a ghost, and that plane crashes, if parts are salvaged and moved to another plane, that plane might inherit the ghosts, and the bad luck. Also speaking of planes, there is a grave marker on a runway in Georgia due to an agreement on land usage. An entire classical album was made by using a medium to notate what long dead composers told her, and album one can hear on Spotify, and is actually quite good. I won't go into the section on Dolphin love and loss while trying to learn the language of these sea mammals. And a whole lot more.

Dan Schreiber is very good writer, funny and yet he is very sympathetic to many of these characters in here. Well a few sound like real jerks, but the others one gets a real feeling for them. The woman who talked to the dead composers sounds like an incredible woman. How could she compose in the style of very different composers, music that many professionals thought were not only good but in a few cases exceptional. Laughing at some of these people is easy, but Schreiber does something far harder, Schreiber makes a reader care. And a few incidents really don't make sense. Some of the coincidences Schreiber goes into really seem like fiction. A lot of the Titanic stories, even James Cameron would go, you know that is enough. And yet it is real. Also speaking of the Titanic the formula on it sinking because of time travellers had me rolling. Again that is a real gift, especially in books featuring cryptids, hollow earths, yetis and more, that one cares about the people who experienced these events, or think a certain way, and well hopes they were happy in life, and not hounded or scared by what happened.

A great book for a lot of different people. People who still watch X-Files and want to believe, readers of comics by Johnathan Hickman because so much of this could be plots from his stories. Cryptid fans. And podcast listeners, Last Podcast on the Left listeners especially. A really great book, one of the best I have read in a long time on fringe thinking, and life among the odd. I can't wait for more.