Best GMAT Books

@BB
Hey, I read your review of Jeff Sackman's Total GMAT Quant! Have you reviewed Jeff Sackman's Total GMAT Verbal?
I don't think the verbal one has been released in print.

bb, it is an e-book. Sorry, I did not know that this thread was primarily for books and not e-books.

I was in the process of ordering some GMAT books from Amazon and am wondering if veritas is a must if you already have all MGMAT strategy guides, I am going to buy Kaplan Premier as if bb has it in the top needed list, its a must, but do want to save money by not having to buy the veritas ones.

I think you can skip the Kaplan premier - if you have the MGMAT guide, that's mostly needed to start you out, give you 5-6 CAT tests, but that's it. Unless you can use additional CAT's I would not get it at this stage since you have already covered the MGMAT Books. It is more of an optional at this stage.

I should but I can't effectively use e-books (some kind of a mental block) and really prefer the good old printed version. I will try. If anyone has thoughts, please share/post. I know that Jeff is known mostly for his Math book rather than verbal, so any feedback is welcome!

I've just come across discussions on various boards about the Verbal book authored by Jeff.
No one has done a through review of it so far. However, from what I read, the verbal book is not as good as the math book in terms of value addition.

Thanks bb,
Ok, I will skip veritas and kaplan premier for now, that makes my life easy, what in your view then, is the best route to 48+ quant?

Well, it really depends on where you are right now.
If you are low, I would start with mgmat math foundations or if younare at 45, would use GMAT club tests or total GMAT math.... Just a few ideas

@BB
For those shooting for the +50 score on quant, I would like to recommend the book "Quantum CAT" by Sarvesh Verma. Don't let the CAT part mislead you. CAT is the abbreviation for Common Aptitude Test, which is an entrance exam conducted by Indian Institute of Management (they run the best B-schools in India). The book can be used to learn both fundamental and advanced concepts! The book also has a large number of problems. The only disadvantage is that the book contains topics which are not tested in CAT. So users will have to selectively study what's relevant!

Here's the link:
https://www.flipkart.com/quantum-cat-sar ... 8183482678

Thanks bb, I am at Q45,V38,total 680 after I gave my first CAT, gmatprep 1 on saturday and I started doing mgmat guides, I think moving directly to tougher material may not be wise use of time, plz suggest if you think I should follow some other approach.

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That's probably best - the key to the GMAT is to cover the basics very well. If you still are finding gaps, that's where you should focus.

Yes, MGMAT guides are making me realise and grill on many basics I had forgotten, in general I have seen the posts about differences in OG 11 and 12 and also you say that OG13 will be out in 2013, can u tell me how does the difficulty level rise or fall in between editions.

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Dear experts,

I am planning for MBA admission in 2012/2013. However, I have decided to sit for GMAT in this Nov/Dec, 2011 so that I can take preparation in an already well-understood GMAT method.

As I have 7 more months in hand, I am planning to have extensive GMAT preparation. Good to mention here, I am a-bit higher than average in maths/quants, and a-bit lower than average in verbal. Please note, if God willing, I have the confidence (and have the target too) to reach somewhere very close around 700 (or why not far beyond!).

I have planned to purchase these below mentioned books from Amazon.com reading the reviews in Amazon.com as well as in GMATClub.com. Please leave your comment on the selection.

1. Official GMAT Guide - 12th Edition
2. Manhattan GMAT Set of 8 Strategy Guides - 4th Edition
3. Total GMAT Math by Jeff Sackmann
4. Combinatorics & Probability (Veritas Prep GMAT Series)
5. Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook
6. GMAT Math Prep Course
7. Kaplan GMAT Verbal Foundations
8. The PowerScore GMAT Sentence Correction Bible
9. The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible: A Comprehensive System for Attacking the GMAT Critical Reasoning Questions
10. Doing Grammar (Any big difference between the 4th and 3rd Edition other than that the price is more around $35 for 4th Edition?)

Additional (which I will buy in September, 2011):
1. Manhattan GMAT Test Simulation Booklet w/ Marker
2. Great Application Essays for Business School (Great Application for Business School)

If you see any books overlapping each other or not worth studying/buying, please let me know which one I can scissor off from the list. Would be more grateful, if you could suggest out of the first list (10 books) which one to choose/order first and which one later.

Thank you in advance.

All the best for your GMAT journey. I think the powerscore SC bible and MGMAT SC book(part of 8 set) will serves the same purpose. the MGMAT SC book is highly recommended by most ppl who have used it. so may be you could leave out 8(powerscore SC book). also i don;t think you will need kaplan verbal books and kaplan workbook(verbal) if u r using the MGMAT books. all the basics that you will need wil be covered in MGMAT SC,CR and RC book. so you could buy 5 and 7 later(if u need it, dont waste money on it now!!)For CR, powerscore is a good idea.
as far as ur prep goes, start with the MGMAT books and that itself will cover most of the concepts that you would need to break the 700 barrier.

Good Luck

Do the 5 MGMAT quant guides cover all the problems from OG (big book and OG quant book), if not what % do you think they cover?

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It is a bit of an overkill.
You can see my posts on the first page. You probably will be good with just 1/5th of all these books

If you get the MGMAT, there is NO value in getting PowerScore.
The same applies to these:
4. Combinatorics & Probability (Veritas Prep GMAT Series)
5. Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook
6. GMAT Math Prep Course
7. Kaplan GMAT Verbal Foundations

Thanks bb, the more I read the posts on this forum; the more I feel that in case of GMAT books,less is more
There are many books out there, and to each his own, but for me many books make it more confusing, I am only relying on the 4 OGs (12th, 11th,verbal and quant), 8 manhattan guides and 2 or 3 books from the kaplan available from my library (except for kaplan premier which I don't have and will skip buying as bb said it might be not needed given the other material I am using), I feel confident this should take me to 700 if I am thorough with just these books! Now my question: is that a wrong assumption,,, can I do without books like aristotle grail SC or powerscore books or are they an absolute must, I really need some guidance here!

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