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Best GMAT Books Updated Nov 2014 Previously you could get a general GMAT Book and then more specialized GMAT books to go deeper into each section. Today, there is a shift towards just getting a number of specialized GMAT books such as the 8 Manhattan GMAT Guides and 15 Veritas Prep Guides . Whichever GMAT Book you decide to use, remember to also get the Official Guide for GMAT Review – it is the only source of the real GMAT questions. My Other GMAT Book Reviews Best GMAT Math Prep Books Best GMAT Verbal Prep Books Fiction Books for RC Books and Study Plans at a Glance Standard/Quick Advanced/Thorough Specialized General Strategy Books Explain how GMAT works, provide general principles and strategies, give an idea about weaknesses, provide practice tests Official Guide 16 + comes with 900 official questions Kaplan Premier + comes with 6 CAT's Official Guide 16 + comes with 900 official questions MGMAT Guides + come with 6 online tests or Veritas Prep Guides + come with 5 online tests Kaplan GMAT 800 - Poor guidebook, more of a question collection Quant Books Refresh math principles, fill gaps, and learn patterns Kaplan Math Workbook - missing probability and combinations OG Quant - somewhat easy MGMAT Math Foundations MGMAT Advanced Quant Total GMAT Math Verbal Books Refresh grammar rules, aquire CR and RC strategies Kaplan Verbal Workbook OG Verbal MGMAT Verbal Foundations PowerScore CR Aristotle SC Ultimate GMAT Grammar examPAL Sentence Correction Basics LSAT Books – goes beyond the scope GMAT Practice Tests Tests included with books or recommended practice 6 Kaplan Practice Tests + come with Kaplan Premier + Take 1 free 6 MGMAT Practice Tests + come with MGMAT books + Take 1 free 15 Veritas Prep CAT tests + come with Veritas books if purchased at VeritasPrep + Take 1 Free GMAT Club Tests + Take 2 Free Other GMAT Tests OG-2016.png 1. Official Guide for GMAT Review 2016 - Must Have Published by the creators/owners of the GMAT. Must have for the advantage of having access to 900 real gmat questions but will need Strategy/Study guide to build up math/verbal skills and test-taking strategies. Strengths: 1. 900 real GMAT questions 2. Real GMAT questions retired from past tests 3. The practice questions are organized by level of difficulty 4. The practice questions follow actual GMAT test patterns - great to have one's ear trained, esp. in verbal Weaknesses: 1. The book does not contain any strategies 2. It does have a few short review sections but they are very weak 3. Mostly low and medium difficulty questions. Not very helpful to a person aiming to get above 700. Other Notes: Differences between 11th and 12th Editions . yellow/0470449748 MGMAT-6th.png 2. Manhattan GMAT set of 10 Strategy Guides Not to be over-zealous but I would say the most comprehensive self-prep money can buy Strengths: 1. Very in-depth overview of every GMAT subject in 10 dedicated guides (each is 100-200 pages long) 2. Includes access to 6 online practice tests 3. Hundreds of additional targeted practice questions available online (get free access by using the codes inside of each book) 4. Includes the best of the best gmat books such as: MGMAT Number properties, MGMAT Word Translations, MGMAT SC, MGMAT CR, and MGMAT RC Weaknesses: 1. Requires Official Guide for best results (additional practice questions) Other Notes: You can buy these separately but it won't be as good of a deal. veritas-books.png 3. Veritas Prep Complete Course Set:12 GMAT Strategy Guides Very strong challenger to the Manhattan GMAT set Strengths: 1. Very in-depth overview of every GMAT subject in 12 dedicated guides (each is 100-200 pages long) 2. Comes with a test simulation booklet and a basic math book for those who need extra help (MGMAT charges extra for these) 3. A gmat book for any subject, including probability, combinations, DS, etc 4. Has more practice questions (by far) than the Manhattan set Weaknesses: 1. Tests are only available if book purchased from Veritas Prep Bookstore 2. Could have used less paper - some books have only one question per page 3. Expensive - $250 Kaplan-2016.png 4. Kaplan GMAT Premier with CD-ROM Recommended. Well-rounded guide for GMAT preparation. Questions are usually harder than GMAT and sometimes a bit off; however, the book comes with 6 GMAT Tests (1 in the book and 5 online) Strengths: 1. Good review of fundamentals and valuable strategies - good first GMAT Book 2. 6 GMAT Tests included for the price of $27 with free shipping from Amazon Weaknesses: 1. Several questions overlap with Kaplan 800 book 2. Not representative CAT scores 3. Some areas such as combinations or probability are not covered in sufficient detail marker board.gif 6. Test Simulation Booklet with Marker ("Scratch Paper") The laminated booklet and marker are exactly as the ones you will get at the test center. Great product to get familiar with the special laminated scratch paper. yellow/0979017580 -

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in my opinion, cr: pwscore bible sc: mgmat sc guide rc:gmat club's tricks and tips and quants: mgmat and gmat club tests

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Thanks for share lots of sources for preparing GRE test.

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Any input on the Chili Hot GMAT Review Series? I got the verbal and math since they were smaller and cheap. :-D

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I am in the process of finishing the MGMAT math set (equations,fractions,word problems, numbers and equalities etc). I have finished OG 12 for all PS and DS questions on mathematics..In addition to these books i am considering doing the MGMAT advanced quant, and the Kaplan 800 ( both of which i have allready purchased) . I am looking for a score close to 50 on the quant. section of the GMAT. I would love to get opinions on whether i should buy more books for quant or move straight over to the OG13 and solving math secitons on the Kaplan, MGMAT CAT's that i have purchased.

For verbal I am halfway into the GMAT CLUB grammar book, after which i will be moving on to the MGMAT verbal set and the kaplan and Princeton review verbal books. I would appreciate some advice on some other materials for verbal , especially for Sentence correction as i find this aspect of the verbal section the hardest.

P.s - I am looking for a 700+ score on my GMAT and as per my assessment I am around the 80 percentile mark in quant after having finished the MGMAT set and the OG 12 ( 10 wrong answers out of the 230 OG12 PS timed) ...

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Improve your GMAT Quant Scores significantly by taking online tests on Final Mile (https://www.finalmile.co.in/finalmile/showSelectedTopic?currentTopic=1) for FREE.

The tests are timed and you get on-the-spot analysis of your performance on every question in test.
Another cool feature is the "Tutorial Mode" where you can see the detailed solution of every question with some useful tips and short-cuts.

The questions are arranged in increasing order of difficulty just like in GMAT. Best of luck GMATers .....

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For ease of it, you can just OG 13 + the MGMAT Guides - that's what most do.

You can also add a few options such as GMAT Roadmap (I like this one)
Foundations of GMAT Quant if you need quant extra basics
Foundations of GMAT Verbal if you need verbal extra help
And that's it.

This is plenty for about 3-4 months. :-)

you an also add the Kaplan Premier (1,100 pages and 6 CAT's for about $40) but that's only if you need extra CAT's

Hi BB,

Can you tell us more about this Manhattan GMAT roadmap, will it be useful for somebody who has already taken GMAT, or is it good for fresh starters only and also a little about its contents.

Thanks so much, in advance.

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Thanks for share best GMAT Books-2012 .
really helpful thread for me.

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Hi, I am new here and start preparing TOEFL & GMAT Test.
I plan to get books listed below for each test. Hope to any advise if this is sufficient.

GMAT Preparation
1) Official guide for GMAT Review 12th ed
2) Manhattan GMAT set of 8 strategy Guides

TOEFL
1) The official guide for TOEFL Ibt

Meanwhile, I am looking for used book for re-sell. Anyone??

Thanks
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This GMAT books are awesome but i have some collection of gmat, TOEFL,cat sample papers for our aspirants which would be useful to everyone if anyone interested then feel free to reply me.

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Hey guys, you are welcome to post your ads for buying or selling books here: buy-sell-books-and-find-study-groups-4/
Let's keep this thread clean.

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Which book will you guys recommend, for practicing 700+ (score) Quant question which accurately simulate those that appear on the GMAT... I have been recommended KAPLAN 800 , and MGMAT advanced math book .. Any other book that discusses strategies and provides practice sets for that level of difficulty??

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Hi,
Have been trying to figure out a final list of books to get started with my prep for the GMAt 2013. Would appreciate if any of you could simply list out a comprehensive set of books that would be sufficient to get started with and then may be move on to advanced levels of practice. For now, I am looking for just the basics that will help me get into the groove.
1. GMAT OG - 12th Edition (already have this one)
2. a good book for verbal
3. A good book for Quants

Thanks in Advance.

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