The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

This was perfect to go along with The History of the English Language which I am following right now.

You'd think these subjects would be mundane (the making of dictionaries, the history of English), but they involve humans, and humans are all batty as hell.