MBA admission process is indeed rigorous. There are numerous books that help students to know about various MBAs in different countries all over the world.

Here is a list of some of the famous books that will help you to know more about MBA :

• Your MBA Game Plan : Proven Strategies for Getting into the Top Business Schools by Omari Bouknight and Scott Shrum
• How To Get Into the Top MBA Programs, 4th Edition by J.D., Richard Montauk
• 65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays: With Analysis by the Staff of the Harbus, The Harvard Business School Newspaper by Dan Erck Pavel, Swiatek, The Harbus
• Great Application Essays for Business Schools by Paul Bodine
• The official guide for GMAT Review, 11th edition
• Kaplan GMAT 2008
• Cracking the GMAT by Princeton
• Sentence correction GMAT preparation guide by Manhattan
• MBA Admissions Strategy: From Profile Building to Essay Writing by A.V. Gordon
• ABC of Getting the MBA Admissions Edge – By Alan Mendonca and Matt Symonds
• The Vault MBA Career Bible
• Official MBA handbook 2008
• The Wetfeet Insider Guide to Industries and Careers for MBAs

Other suggestive readings:

• ‘First, break all the rules’ by Gallup’s Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman.
• ‘One-Minute Manager’ is a book written by Spencer Johnson and Kenneth H. Blanchard.
• ‘Communicate with Confidence!’ is another recommended book for potential managers and management students.
• Now discover your strengths- A classic written by Marcus that makes the readers understand their own strengths and weaknesses.
• Few other famous books are Competitive Advantage, Competitive Strategy and Competitive Advantage of Nations written by Michael Porter.
• Tom Peters also wrote a book named ‘In Search Of Excellence’ which was a massive hit.
• Edward De Bono’s Lateral Thinking which gave a complete new dimension to management process.