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What are the best reference books to own?

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#1Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary#2The Oxford English Dictionary (OED)#3Roget's Thesaurus #4The Elements of Style #5The Chicago Manual of Style#6Garner's Modern English Usage#7Encyclopaedia Britannica #8The World Almanac and Book of Facts #9Bartlett's Familiar Quotations #10The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World #11National Geographic Atlas of the World #12Dictionary of National Biography #13The Penguin History of the World #14CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics #15The Cambridge Encyclopedia of...+3 more

#1Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 12th edition#2Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Thesaurus #2Roget’s International Thesaurus#3National Geographic Atlas of the World, 11th edition#4The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2026#5The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition#6Mayo Clinic First-Aid Guide for Outdoor Adventures#7Mayo Clinic Family Health Book, 5th edition#8The Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual#8The Family Handyman Whole House Repair Guide #8The Complete Guide to Home Wiring #9The Joy of Cooking #9The Food Lab #10The Well-Tempered Garden #11The Sibley Guide to Birds+4 more

#1Garner’s Modern English Usage by Bryan A. Garner#2The Chicago Manual of Style#2The Elements of Style by Strunk & White#3Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations#4On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee #5The Flavor Bible by Karen Page & Andrew Dornenburg #6The Joy of Cooking (Irma S. Rombauer)#6Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat (Samin Nosrat)#7Reader’s Digest Complete Do-it-Yourself Manual #8SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman #9The Foxfire Book series #9The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery#10The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook#11The American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Participant's Manual #12National Geographic Atlas of the World+5 more

#1Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary#2American Heritage Dictionary#3Oxford English Dictionary#4Roget’s International Thesaurus #5National Geographic Atlas of the World #6The World Almanac and Book of Facts#7The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White#8Bryan A. Garner’s Modern English Usage#9Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations#10On Writing by Stephen King #11Gray’s Anatomy #12Oxford Classical Dictionary #13National Geographic bird guides #14National Geographic astronomy guides#15Merck Manual+6 more

#1A Modern Dictionary#2Roget’s Thesaurus#3Dreyer’s English#4Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable#5The Timetables of History#6Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations#7The Reader’s Encyclopaedia #8SAS Survival Handbook #9The Backyard Homestead #10The New Biographical Dictionary of Film

#1The Oxford English Dictionary #2Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus#3Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable#4The Timetables of History#5The Dictionary of the Book#6The Encyclopedia of Country Living

#1Dictionary #2Thesaurus#3Style manual#4World atlas#5map book#6Almanac #7Encyclopedia #8Quotation book#9Grammar handbook#10Manual of usage#11Field guide #12Technical or subject reference#13Guide to reference sources#14Guide to Reference Books

#1CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics - 107th Edition#2Leah R McEwen #3Civil Rights in America: From Reconstruction to the Great Society #4Readex #5Art Source Ultimate #6EBSCO #7Intellectual Freedom Manual #8Mourning Pages: A Soulful Guide to Writing Through Grief #9goodreads.com

#1Oxford English Dictionary (OED)#2Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary #3Roget’s International Thesaurus #4The Chicago Manual of Style#5The Associated Press (AP) Stylebook#6The Elements of Style (Strunk & White)#711th Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1911)#8World Book Encyclopedia #9The Timetables of History #10Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable #11Where There Is No Doctor #12Where There Is No Dentist #13The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy #14Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book#15Joy of Cooking+6 more

#	Entity	Score
01	Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary	71.0
02	The Chicago Manual of Style	64.1
03	National Geographic Atlas of the World	56.4
04	Roget's Thesaurus	51.8
05	The Joy of Cooking	50.9
06	The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy	50.0
07	Garner’s Modern English Usage	45.9
08	The Oxford English Dictionary	42.2
09	The World Almanac and Book of Facts	41.4
10	The Elements of Style	41.0
11	Reader’s Digest Complete Do-it-Yourself Manual	37.3
12	Bartlett's Familiar Quotations	35.0
13	The Sibley Guide to Birds	33.8
14	Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Thesaurus	31.5
15	The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World	28.9
16	Mayo Clinic First-Aid Guide for Outdoor Adventures	23.1
17	The Family Handyman Whole House Repair Guide	21.5
18	The Complete Guide to Home Wiring	21.5
19	The Food Lab	21.0
20	The Well-Tempered Garden	20.5
21	The Oxford History of the United States	19.7
22	The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions	19.4
23	The Oxford Companion to World Mythology	19.4
24	On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee	18.1
25	The Flavor Bible by Karen Page & Andrew Dornenburg	17.1
26	Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat (Samin Nosrat)	16.3
27	Encyclopaedia Britannica	16.3
28	SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman	15.2
29	The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery	14.8
30	The Foxfire Book series	14.8

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