Subject: Encyclopedias and dictionaries

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Books under this subject

• The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester (5,048 copies)
• An Incomplete Education, Revised Edition by Judy Jones (1,214 copies)
• The New York Public Library Desk Reference by Paul Fargis (1,037 copies)
• The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy by E. D. Hirsch (922 copies)
• The Book of Lists by David Wallechinsky (546 copies)
• Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things by Charles Panati (487 copies)
• Dictionary of Theories by Jennifer Bothamley (432 copies)
• The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk… by The New York Times (284 copies)
• Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages by Ammon Shea (270 copies)
• The New Encyclopaedia Britannica by Robert M. Hutchins (253 copies)
• Strange Stories, Amazing Facts: Stories That are Bizarre,… by Reader's Digest (239 copies)
• The World Book Encyclopedia by World Book Encyclopedia (235 copies)
• Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson's… by Henry Hitchings (233 copies)
• Book of Heroic Failures: Official Handbook of the Not… by Stephen Pile (220 copies)
• Caught in the Web of Words: James Murray and the Oxford… by K. M. Elisabeth Murray (209 copies)
• The People's Almanac Presents the Book of Lists No. 2 by Irving Wallace (202 copies)
• The Cambridge Factfinder by David Crystal (193 copies)
• Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts by Isaac Asimov (192 copies)
• Nouveau petit Larousse illustré; dictionnaire… by Larousse (185 copies)
• Chasing the Sun: Dictionary-Makers and the Dictionaries… by Jonathon Green (178 copies)
• Encyclopaedia Britannica by Encyclopedia Britannica (169 copies)
• The Ethical Assassin: A Novel by David Liss (159 copies)
• Panati's Browser's Book of Beginnings by Charles Panati (150 copies)
• Concise Columbia Encyclopedia by Columbia University Press (148 copies)
• The New American Desk Encyclopedia by Concord Reference (146 copies)
• Childcraft: The How and Why Library by World Book (145 copies)
• Codex Seraphinianus by Luigi Serafini (132 copies)
• Book of Lists #3 by Amy Wallace (131 copies)
• Reader's Digest Book of Facts: Essential and Intriguing… by Reader's Digest (123 copies)
• Mr. Mee by Andrew Crumey (118 copies)
• A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Our Children… by ED Hirsch (113 copies)
• The Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought by Alan Bullock (111 copies)
• Pears Cyclopaedia by Chris Cook (103 copies)
• Columbia Encyclopedia by Barbara Ann Chernow (100 copies)
• The Penguin Encyclopedia by David Crystal (99 copies)
• The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought by Alan Bullock (91 copies)
• The Uncyclopedia by Gideon Haigh (87 copies)
• Featuring Your Body (Charlie Brown's 'Cyclopedia) by Charles M. Schulz (83 copies)
• The Macmillan Visual Desk Reference by Diagram Group (82 copies)
• Running Press Cyclopedia: The Portable, Visual Encyclopedia by Diagram Group (81 copies)
• The New Book of Lists: The Original Compendium of Curious… by David Wallechinsky (79 copies)
• The Cambridge Encyclopedia by David Crystal (78 copies)
• Enlightening the World: Encyclopedie, The Book That Changed… by Philipp Blom (74 copies)
• A Book About a Thousand Things by George Stimpson (67 copies)
• Scholastic Children's Encyclopedia by Scholastic (66 copies)
• The Return of Heroic Failures by Stephen Pile (65 copies)
• The Harper Dictionary of Modern Thought by Alan Bullock (63 copies)
• The Columbia-Viking desk encyclopedia by Columbia-Viking Encyclopedia (62 copies)
• Facts & Fallacies (Readers Digest) by Reader's Digest (58 copies)
• The New Columbia Encyclopedia by William H. Harris (58 copies)

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