What are the best reference books to own?

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#1Oxford English Dictionary#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

#1The Oxford English Dictionary (OED)#2Roget’s International Thesaurus #3The Elements of Style#4Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary#5The American Heritage Dictionary#6Pocket Ref#7The Foxfire Books#8The Timetables of History#9Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable#10The Bible (King James Version with Concordance)#11Mythology (by Edith Hamilton)#12The Greek Myths (by Robert Graves)#13Larousse Gastronomique#14The Encyclopedia Britannica (11th Edition or current)#15Gray’s Anatomy+1 more

#1Oxford English Dictionary#2Roget’s Thesaurus#3The Elements of Style#4Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable#5The New Columbia Encyclopedia#6Edith Hamilton’s Mythology#7Robert Graves’ The Greek Myths#8Bible (King James Version with concordance)

#1CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics#2The Reference Librarian's Bible: Print and Digital Reference Resources Every Library Should Own#3The Art of Computer Programming

#1Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary#2The New Oxford American Dictionary#3Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus#4The Chicago Manual of Style #5The Elements of Style#6atlas#7The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge#8The New York Public Library Desk Reference#9Pocket Ref#10The Flavor Bible#11The Flavor Thesaurus#12Guide to Reference Books

#	Entity	Score
01	The Oxford English Dictionary	66.2
02	The Elements of Style	43.0
03	The Timetables of History	33.4
04	Roget’s International Thesaurus	32.7
05	A dictionary	30.0
06	Roget's Thesaurus	27.8
07	Encyclopaedia Britannica	24.4
08	The World Almanac and Book of Facts	24.2
09	The Joy of Cooking	23.8
10	Merriam-Webster Collegiate	23.1
11	A style/usage guide	23.1
12	Eshbach’s Handbook of Engineering Fundamentals	22.5
13	Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable	21.9
14	CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics	20.3
15	An encyclopedia	20.3
16	The Chicago Manual of Style	20.3
17	The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors	19.2
18	An atlas	18.7
19	AP Stylebook	18.7
20	A general science reference	17.7
21	A practical manual for home/health/cooking	16.9
22	Garner’s Modern English Usage	15.8
23	libraryjournal.com	15.6
24	Woe Is I	15.4
25	English Grammar in Use	15.0
26	Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders	14.7
27	Schaum’s Outline	14.4
28	librarything.com	14.1
29	Historical Dictionary of Baroque Music	14.1
30	How to Cook Everything	14.0

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