The Best Book In The World

[Xerographica]

There are 130 million books in the world. Which book is the best? Let’s find out!

Participants can vote and/or donate for their very favorite book. To vote for your favorite book simply reply to this thread with the title and author. Please note that you can only vote once. Voting means one person one vote. If you have any puppets, you are not permitted to vote with them.

To donate for your favorite book you first must purchase one of the following from the NationStates store…

1. Supporter: $2.99
2. Postmaster: $4.99
3. Postmaster-General: $9.99

Reply to this thread with the amount rounded up (ie $2.99 -> $3) and indicate which book (title and author) that it is for.

Purchases/donations made prior to this thread cannot be applied to your favorite book. If you already have Postmaster-General, then in order to donate for your favorite book, you’ll have to make a purchase for somebody who doesn’t already have Postmaster-General. Making a purchase for your puppet is acceptable.

Rules

- One person one vote
- Voting with puppets is prohibited
- Donating multiple times for multiple books is permitted
- Previous donations can’t be applied to your favorite book
- Screenshots can’t be used as proof of donation
- Trophies will be used as proof of donation

Results

Voting

Donating

5 - The Lusty Argonian Maid by Crassius Curio 3 - Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein 2 - The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith 2 - Foundation by Isaac Asimov 1 - Worm by J.C Mccrae 1 - Codex Seraphinianus by Luigi Serafini 1 - The Art Of War by Sun Tzu 1 - The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1 - Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell 1 - Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo 1 - Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose 1 - Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss 1 - The Better Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss

$10 - Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein $6 - The Lusty Argonian Maid by Crassius Curio $3 - The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Backstory

This is the third NS experiment to test the difference between voting and donating. In the first experiment, many people participated in the voting poll, but only one person participated in the donating poll. In the second experiment, several people participated in the donating poll, but there was a concern that people were voting with their puppets. Hopefully the problem with puppets will be minimized in this third experiment.

Discussion

- Which book is the best?
- How do you define “best”?
- Is voting or donating a better way to rank books?
- Are you more likely to read a book that's highly ranked by voting or donating?

[Last updated to include Nova-Columbia's input]

[Xerographica]

I vote for The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. In order to donate for this book... I need to make a donation for another member. Hey Infected Mushroom... how about it?

[Vectrova]

this is the third thread you've posted on this same topic and it won't go any differently than the last two

please find something new to talk about. anything.

[Tinhampton]

There are 130 million books in the world. Which book is the best? Let’s find out!

Anything by Max Barr... crap. I've forgotten to load a few quid into the Almighty Tinhamptonian Savings Account, and have continually forgotten to do so for the past couple of years. Maybe one day, I will call myself a test subject, but not today.

On a more serious note, I cannot make an honest judgement about this until I get around to becoming immortal and trawling the world's libraries. But if I do make a decision, expect it to come in a few months, when this thread may or may not be long forgotten about. Or we'll be onto Xero's seventh experiment, I'm not sure...

[Xerographica]

this is the third thread you've posted on this same topic and it won't go any differently than the last two

please find something new to talk about. anything.

The third time's a charm.

[Petrasylvania]

this is the third thread you've posted on this same topic and it won't go any differently than the last two

please find something new to talk about. anything.

The third time's a charm.

Three strikes and you're out.

[Hammer Britannia]

this is the third thread you've posted on this same topic and it won't go any differently than the last two

please find something new to talk about. anything.

I would have preferred a thread talking about how Alex Jones is actually Jesus reincarnated and is here to kick all of our asses.


Or hell, even adspam would be better than this

[The South Falls]

Look, people don't have money. This doesn't say it's the best book, it says it's who has the most money. That's why the Wealth of Nations is up there. Capitalism, capitalism... *tsktsktsk*

[Xerographica]

There are 130 million books in the world. Which book is the best? Let’s find out!

Anything by Max Barr... crap. I've forgotten to load a few quid into the Almighty Tinhamptonian Savings Account, and have continually forgotten to do so for the past couple of years. Maybe one day, I will call myself a test subject, but not today.

You can still vote for your favorite book.

On a more serious note, I cannot make an honest judgement about this until I get around to becoming immortal and trawling the world's libraries. But if I do make a decision, expect it to come in a few months, when this thread may or may not be long forgotten about. Or we'll be onto Xero's seventh experiment, I'm not sure...

Even if you were immortal I'm not sure if you would be able to read all the books. I think new books would be written faster than you could read them. Therefore... prioritization. We can use voting and/or donating to help each other prioritize which books we read next.

[New Axiom]

Look, people don't have money. This doesn't say it's the best book, it says it's who has the most money. That's why the Wealth of Nations is up there. Capitalism, capitalism... *tsktsktsk*

No, people have money, but no one spends it on nationstates. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a great site and I think Max Barry’s a good author, but that’s why I buy his books.

This just says who sucks at money management.

EDIT:
But I’ll bite, my favorite book is probably either Enders Game or Starship Troopers.

[Valentine Z]

Well... subjective, isn't it? Some would say The Bible, some would say The Quran, some would say any of Stephen Hawking's work, some would say Archimedes' works, some would say The Hamlet, some would say The Merchant of Venice.

The point is, best is very subjective for each person, because of the different interest and stuff.

[Hammer Britannia]

But I’ll bite, my favorite book is probably either Enders Game or Starship Troopers.

OK, now you have to pay 5 dollars to buy the Voting Rights DLC™

[Washington Resistance Army]

Look, people don't have money. This doesn't say it's the best book, it says it's who has the most money. That's why the Wealth of Nations is up there. Capitalism, capitalism... *tsktsktsk*

No, people have money, but no one spends it on nationstates. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a great site and I think Max Barry’s a good author, but that’s why I buy his books.

This just says who sucks at money management.

EDIT:
But I’ll bite, my favorite book is probably either Enders Game or Starship Troopers.

Oh you should have seen the last thread, Xero got outspent by more than $100 here on NS and thus declared the results invalid and threw a fit. It was pretty great.

[New Axiom]

But I’ll bite, my favorite book is probably either Enders Game or Starship Troopers.

OK, now you have to pay 5 dollars to buy the Voting Rights DLC™

Screw that, I ain’t no wallet warrior!!

[Xerographica]

But I’ll bite, my favorite book is probably either Enders Game or Starship Troopers.

I read and watched Ender's Game but only watched Starship Troopers. I'd personally vote for Ender's Game but I recognize that it isn't a perfectly informed decision. I did really love Stranger in a Strange Land.

Anyways, you can only vote for one book. So which one will it be?

[New Axiom]

No, people have money, but no one spends it on nationstates. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a great site and I think Max Barry’s a good author, but that’s why I buy his books.

This just says who sucks at money management.

EDIT:
But I’ll bite, my favorite book is probably either Enders Game or Starship Troopers.

Oh you should have seen the last thread, Xero got outspent by more than $100 here on NS and thus declared the results invalid and threw a fit. It was pretty great.

That actually sounds great, I’m kind of sad I missed that.

[New Axiom]

But I’ll bite, my favorite book is probably either Enders Game or Starship Troopers.

I read and watched Ender's Game but only watched Starship Troopers. I'd personally vote for Ender's Game but I recognize that it isn't a perfectly informed decision. I did really love Stranger in a Strange Land.

Anyways, you can only vote for one book. So which one will it be?

Let’s go with Starship Troopers, I liked the way it described the training regimens and I feel like it has a better built world IMO.

[United Massachusetts]

I'm not voting, but the Bible. Or, alternatively, the Confessions of St. Augustine. Or, Paradise Lost by Milton. Or the Divine Comedy, Dante's masterpiece. Or Aquinas' Summa Theologica. The list goes on.

[Hammer Britannia]

You know what, I'll bite

The Lusty Argonian Maid best book

[Xerographica]

You know what, I'll bite

The Lusty Argonian Maid best book

Who is the author?

[Hammer Britannia]

You know what, I'll bite

The Lusty Argonian Maid best book

Who is the author?

Crassius Curio

[MERIZoC]

i donate 100 dollars please sir just stop bothering my family

[Ostroeuropa]

It's J.C Mccrae (Wildbow)'s:

Worm.

There are no competitors, save for J.c Mccrrae (Wildbow)'s:

Ward

[Washington Resistance Army]

Put me down for a vote for the Wealth of Nations.

[Astrolinium]

I also vote for The Lusty Argonian Maid.