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January 7, 2005

The Top 1000 University Library Books

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The Online Computer Library Center has compiled a top 1000 list of the most widely held library books in it's member's catalogs. The complete listing can be found here: OCLC Top 1000

If the value of intellectual worth is considered on the basis of what people are willing to buy, then the top ten intellectual works published as books are:

  1. The Bible
  2. The Census
  3. Mother Goose
  4. Divine Comedy
  5. The Odyssey
  6. The Iliad
  7. Huckleberry Finn
  8. The Lord of the Rings
  9. Hamlet
  10. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

The academic wallets have spoken.

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