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I’m excited to announce that I’m publishing a What If? sequel! What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions will be in stores 9/13, and is available for ...

https://blog.xkcd.com/2022/01/31/what-if-2/

Thank you to everyone who came to events on my book tour! It was a wild ride visiting so many cities in short succession. Thank you so much to the booksellers, venues, and especially to the wonde...

https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/09/25/book-tour-wrap-up/

My new book, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems, comes out in a week! You can preorder it now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, and Apple Books. Here’s a...

https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/26/how-to-send-a-file/

The winner We got a huge number of submissions to the How To book tour challenge, and I’m delighted to announce the winner: The How To book tour will be taking me to Juneau, Alaska, thanks to a...

https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/23/book-tour-and-contest-winner/

My new book, How To, comes out on September 3rd (preorder: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, and Apple Books). One of the most exciting things about writing How To was that, for a few chapters...

https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/16/serena-versus-the-drones/

Want a personalized sketch of yourself as an xkcd-style stick figure? If so, you can preorder my new book How To and submit this form to enter a contest to win a personalized sketch of yourself! ...

https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/05/win-an-xkcd-sketch/

My new book, How To, comes out next month! You can preorder it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, and Apple Books. I’m really excited about it! Here’s the first preview of what’s insi...

https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/02/how-to-chapter-list-and-introduction/

I’m going to be at Comic-Con in San Diego this week! I’ll be appearing on panels with some really neat people for conversations about science, comics, and writing, and talking about my new bo...

https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/07/15/san-diego-comic-con/

My new book, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems, is coming out on September 3rd, and I’ll be going on a short book tour! (Full information for each stop is include...

https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/06/10/book-tour-announcement/

I’m excited to announce that I have a new book coming out! It’s titled How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems, and it’s an extremely unhelpful guide to solving eve...

https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/02/05/how-to-absurd-scientific-advice-for-common-real-world-problems/