You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News
The best way to hear potentially terrifying news is through comedy, so it helps that You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News ($9) is actually pretty funny. Penned by the editors of the irreverent Cracked.com, this 320 page paperback is filled with unsettling facts like half of humanity carries a parasite that could take over its brain, dolphins aren't as nice as you think, and your brain secretly makes all your decisions 10 seconds before you know what they are — unless you're drunk, in which case your brain might not be consulted at all.