“Asking for a Friend,” by Jessica Weisberg, considers three centuries of advice-givers, from Ben Franklin to a prolific contributor on the internet forum Quora.
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Nonfiction: Wisdom Dispensed With Slaps and Puns: A Sprightly History of Advice-Giving
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