Classical text on General Relativity

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Gravitation by Kip Thorne is highly recommended as a key text on General Relativity, alongside other classic works such as Gravitation by Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler, and Steve Weinberg's Gravitation and Cosmology. Additional notable texts include The Large Scale Structure of Spacetime by Hawking and Ellis, and Wald's General Relativity. For beginners, Hartle's Gravity is suggested as an excellent introductory book, with Ohanian & Ruffini's Gravitation and Spacetime also receiving positive mentions.
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I would like to know what is the most recommended texts on General relativity . Would Gravitation by Kip Thorne be one of the texts?
 
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The "classic" books are probably the previously mentioned Gravitation by Misner, Thorne & Wheeler; Steve Weinberg's Gravitation and Cosmology (he's got a new book on cosmology coming out soon), The Large Scale Structure of Spacetime by Hawking and Ellis, and Wald's General Relativity.

For a first book, I'd recommend Hartle's Gravity, and I also really like Ohanian & Ruffini's Gravitation and Spacetime.
 

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