Top 20 Best GMAT Books on GMAT Club

I've got top 3 of them

Here is the TOP 20 Best GMAT Books as ranked by GMAT Club Members for April.


Best GMAT Book Performers:
1. Official Guide for Quantitative Review (up 14 positions)
2. Official Guide for Verbal Review (up 10 positions)
3. Equations Inequalities and Vics GMAT Preparation Guide (up 9 positions)

Worst GMAT Book Performers:
1. Kaplan Math Workbook (down 11)
1. Kaplan Verbal Workbook (down 11)
3. Cracking the GMAT with DVD (down 7)
3. Kaplan Premiere Program (down 7)



1 (1) The Official Guide for GMAT Review
2 (2) Sentence Correction Gmat Preparation Guide
3 (5) Critical Reasoning Gmat Preparation Guide
4 (18) The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review
5 (10) The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review
6 (12) Number Properties Gmat Preparation Guide
7 (-) Reading Comprehension Gmat Strategy Guide
8 (6) The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible
9 (3) Kaplan GMAT 800/Advanced
10 (14) Word Translations GMAT Preparation Guide
11 (20) Equations Inequalities and Vics GMAT Preparation Guide
12 (19) Fractions, Decimals, & Percents Gmat Preparation Guide
13 (16) Geometry Gmat Preparation Guide
14 (7) Kaplan GMAT Premier Program, 2009 (Book & CD-ROM)
15 (4) Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook
16 (-) Verbal Workout for the GMAT (The Princeton Review)
17 (-) Writing Skills for the GRE/GMAT
18 (11) Cracking the GMAT with DVD, 2009 Edition
19 (8) Kaplan GMAT Math Workbook
20 (-) Manhattan GMAT Test Simulation Booklet w/ Marker

Number in parenthesis indicates last month's position



How does the ranking work?
Ranking is based on several variables such as number of times the books is mentioned on GMAT Club forums and also number of times users click on the book title to visit its description on Amazon. (many (not all) of the book titles are automatically linked to Amazon and these clicks determine the ultimate member interest).

P.S. Some of the fluctuation is attributed to the change in methodology as we started tracking member clicks.

Top 20 Best GMAT Books for May 2009


As voted by GMAT Club Members:

1 (1) The Official Guide for GMAT Review 12th Edition
2 (2) Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction Gmat Preparation Guide
3 (4) The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review
4 (5) The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review
5 (8) The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible
6 (13) Kaplan GMAT Premier Program, 2009 (Book & CD-ROM)
7 (-) The Official Guide for GMAT Review 11th Edition
8 (19) Project GMAT
9 (7) Reading Comprehension Gmat Strategy Guide
10 (12) Geometry Gmat Preparation Guide
11 (14) Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook
12 (9) Word Translations GMAT Preparation Guide
13 (3) Manhattan GMAT Critical Reasoning Gmat Preparation Guide
14 (10) Equations Inequalities and Vics GMAT Preparation Guide
15 (15) Cracking the GMAT with DVD, 2009 Edition
16 (11) Fractions, Decimals, & Percents Gmat Preparation Guide
17 (16) Kaplan GMAT Math Workbook
18 (17) Manhattan GMAT Test Simulation Booklet w/ Marker
19 (-) Math Review For Standardized Tests (Cliffs Test Prep)
20 (6) Number Properties Gmat Preparation Guide


Movers and Shakers:
Best Performers:
1. Project GMAT by Veritas Prep (11 points up from #19 to #8) - very impressive
2. Kaplan Premiere Program (7 points up from #13 to #6)


Unchanged:
1. Official Guide for GMAT Review is still #1 (surprise surprise)
2. Manhattan GMAT SC Guide is still #2
3. Princeton Review Cracking GMAT is still #15


Worst Performers:
1. Manhattan GMAT Number Properties (14 points down from #6 to #20)
2. Manhattan GMAT CR (10 points down from #3 to #13)


New Entrants:
1. The GMAT Official Guide 11th Edition
2. Math Review For Standardized Tests (Cliffs Test Prep)

Hi bb,

I suggest this post include all the prep materials available out there and rank them according to the user rating/ user review.

Flashcards (For example: BTG, MGMAT .... etc),
Notes (For example: Gayatri's SC Notes, Spidey's SC Notes.... etc), and
Test Prep CAT's (For example: MGAMT, GMATPrep, Kaplan, PR etc).

Thanks - I agree and would like to expand, but it is too complicated at this time to keep track of such number of variables...

Top 20 Best GMAT Books on GMAT Club June 2009

20 Most Popular GMAT Books from GMAT Club
Rank	Last Rank	Book Title and Link
1	1	The Official Guide for GMAT Review 12th Edition
2	3	The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review
3	4	The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review
4	5	The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible
5	15	Kaplan GMAT Math Workbook
6	8	Geometry Gmat Preparation Guide
7	11	Manhattan GMAT Critical Reasoning Gmat Preparation Guide
8	13	Cracking the GMAT with DVD, 2009 Edition
9	14	Fractions, Decimals, & Percents Gmat Preparation Guide
10	12	Equations Inequalities and Vics GMAT Preparation Guide
11	6	Kaplan GMAT Premier Program, 2009 (Book & CD-ROM)
12	-	Kaplan GMAT Advanced (Kaplan 800)
13	9	Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook
14	10	Word Translations GMAT Preparation Guide
15	-	Princeton Review 1,012 GMAT Practice Questions
16	20	Number Properties Gmat Preparation Guide
17	-	PowerScore Sentence Correction Bible
18	7	Reading Comprehension Gmat Strategy Guide
19	2	Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction Gmat Preparation Guide
20	-	10 More Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests (Lsat Series)

Why isn't this a sticky?

If the list is going to be live and updated, this really should be stickied.

Thanks
Trying to keep the number of stickies low. Since it is updated on a monthly basis, figured it will keep being bumped up.

Maybe make a locked forum that only has the "Official GMAT club to dos"?

...

Yeah, a centralized location for everything might be useful. That way, the remaining forums can retain the "personal story", with stickied successes, and then work on the "Official GMATclub Guide", which would be based on aggregation of user content.

We tried that before - it is not very effective to split the forum up like that - did you know that most people are lazy and will not go there?
The use/popularity of resources is much greater when posted as a sticky or linked from a sticky....

I'm just thinking out loud.

There's tons of good info here, yet people appear to be deadset on asking questions over and over...

Thanks a lot for this topic. It is indeed very helpful to know which books are popular so now I can make my choices on which ones to read.

July 2009

20 Most Popular GMAT Books from GMAT Club
Rank	Last Rank	Book Title and Link
1	1	The Official Guide for GMAT Review 12th Edition
2	19	Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction Gmat Preparation Guide
3	2	The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review
4	3	The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review
5	16	Number Properties Gmat Preparation Guide
6	11	Kaplan GMAT 2010 Premier Live Online (Kaplan Gmat Premier Live)
7	-	Manhattan GMAT Reading Comprehension
8	4	The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible
9	10	Equations Inequalities and Vics GMAT Preparation Guide
10	6	Geometry Gmat Preparation Guide
11	14	Word Translations GMAT Preparation Guide
12	12	Kaplan GMAT Advanced (Kaplan 800)
13	7	Manhattan GMAT Critical Reasoning Gmat Preparation Guide
14	-	Manhattan GMAT Test Simulation Booklet w/ Marker Total
15	5	Kaplan GMAT Math Workbook
16	13	Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook
17	-	Math Review For Standardized Tests (Cliffs Test Prep) Total
18	17	PowerScore Sentence Correction Bible
19	-	Kaplan GMAT Verbal Foundations Total
20	15	Princeton Review 1,012 GMAT Practice Questions

GMAT Club August 2009
August's list is out - nothing unusual really in this edition, just some natural fluctuations. The list has pretty much stayed the same for the past few months. However, in this edition I am highlighting books that lost positions in red and books that gained positions in green.

Good Luck on the GMAT. Hope this helps. For other book threads see this link: top-gmat-prep-books-guides-reviews-comments-77703.html

20 Most Popular GMAT Books from GMAT Club
Rank	Last Rank	Book Title and Link
1	1	The Official Guide for GMAT Review 12th Edition
2	2	Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction Gmat Preparation Guide
3	5	Number Properties Gmat Preparation Guide
4	4	The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review
4	6	Kaplan GMAT 2010 Premier Live Online (Kaplan Gmat Premier Live) Total
6	3	The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review
7	8	The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible
8	7	Reading Comprehension GMAT Preparation Guide, 4th Edition (Manhattan GMAT Preparation Guides) Total
9	9	Equations Inequalities and Vics GMAT Preparation Guide
10	11	Word Translations GMAT Preparation Guide
11	10	Geometry Gmat Preparation Guide
11	15	Kaplan GMAT Math Workbook
13	13	Manhattan GMAT Critical Reasoning Gmat Preparation Guide
14	12	Kaplan GMAT Advanced (Kaplan 800)
15	16	Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook
16	20	Princeton Review 1,012 GMAT Practice Questions
17	18	PowerScore Sentence Correction Bible
18	17	Math Review For Standardized Tests (Cliffs Test Prep) Total
19	14	Manhattan GMAT Test Simulation Booklet w/ Marker Total
20	-	The PowerScore LSAT Reading Comprehension Bible Total

Absolutely. Just make sure that you get a good overall Guidebook and/or any specific Math/Verbal book.

In terms of strategy, what would you guys suggest for someone just starting out to study the GMAT? I heard Princeton Review is the best for beginners. After understanding the test, I heard that people move onto Manahattan GMAT. Any thoughts?

Yep that works - you can try either Kaplan or PR - both are good to get you started. See this post for a bit more clarity: gmat-study-plan-for-gmat-novices-start-your-gmat-journey-80727.html

Some have an issue with PR as it emphasizes tricks rather than solid knowledge when answering gmat questions. However, with both Kaplan and PR, you will need some additional help for your math or verbal to get it to the right level. See here too: top-gmat-prep-books-guides-reviews-comments-77703.html