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Daily Dose Pick: Inventory
1:09 pm Monday Nov 9, 2009 by Leah Taylor

With Inventory, the Onion’s pop-cultural critics at the A.V. Club provide a hilarious compendium of their ultra-specific weekly lists.

From a dozen songs about how much public transportation sucks and ten movie franchises that never were to 25 sure signs that a sitcom is terrible, Inventory provides an exhaustive collection of esoteric knowledge. It also includes special book-only sections and lists penned by non-Onion funny people like John Hodgman and Amy Sedaris.

Additionally, there’s an intro by the always engaging Chuck Klosterman (who recently revealed to us his own list of albums to beat writer’s block). The best part: The book’s full of recommendations and forgotten titles that will send you to Amazon or Netflix with a quickness.

Learn more about Inventory, read a list of entries that didn’t make it into the book, learn about five truly useful websites, and buy a copy for yourself.

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Kamilah • November 27th, 2009 at 12:15 pm

Thank you for reminding me how badly I want this book. I will buy it on Amazon very soon.

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