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14 Best College Books

Goal: Find the best College books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best college books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

14 Best College Books

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1

Fiske Guide to Colleges 2023

by Edward Fiske

2

College Match

A Blueprint for Choosing the Best School for You

by Steven R. Antonoff

3

Colleges That Change Lives

40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges

by Loren Pope

4

Paying for College

Everything You Need to Maximize Financial Aid and Afford College

by The Princeton Review

5

The Best 388 Colleges

In-Depth Profiles & Ranking Lists to Help Find the Right College For You

by The Princeton Review

6

The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2022

Billions of Dollars in Scholarships, Grants and Prizes

by Gen Tanabe

7

Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be

An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania

by Frank Bruni

8

Best Colleges 2022

Find the Right Colleges for You!

by U.S. News and World Report

9

Choosing College

How to Make Better Learning Decisions Throughout Your Life

by Michael B. Horn

10

College Admission Essentials

A Step-by-Step Guide to Showing Colleges Who You Are and What Matters to You

by Ethan Sawyer

11

Profiles of American Colleges

by Barron's College Division Staff

12

The Price You Pay for College

An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make

by Ron Lieber

13

The Truth about College Admission

A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together

by Brennan Barnard

14

Who Gets In and Why

A Year Inside College Admissions

by Jeffrey J. Selingo

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Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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