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Hey SAYEED7760 ,

Go for GMAT Official guide, GMAT Quantitative review, GMAT verbal reviews and Manhattan Guides.

You won't need anything beyond these books.

All the best :)
You mean to say those 10 Manhattan books and 3 OGs ?

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Hi SAYEED7760,

It sounds like you're just starting out. Is that true? Have you done any studying so far?

If you're just beginning, then it would be a good idea to take a FULL-LENGTH practice CAT Test; you can download 2 for free from https://www.mba.com (and they come with some additional practice materials). If you want to do a bit of practice first, so that you can familiarize yourself with the general content and question types first, then that's fine - but you shouldn't wait too long to take that initial CAT. A FULL CAT takes about 4 hours to complete, so make sure that you've set aside enough time to take it in one sitting. Once you have those scores, you should report back here and we can come up with a study plan.

I'd like to know a bit more about your timeline and goals:
1) What is your goal score?
2) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
3) When are you planning to apply to Business School?

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My question was "which books"

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Can someone tell me the BEST books for Quants and Verbal ?

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It is hard to say which books are the "best" to prepare for GMAT. Different test takers (and prep companies :)) have different opinion on this, but the official guides are certainly a must for most test takers. They give you actual old GMAT questions. That said, for most test takers, the official guides are not sufficient since they do not discuss fundamentals in detail.

Let me give you the link to some of our free study resources: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#-prep/
Here we have a free trial class, practice test, SC video lesson and DS book. Check these out to understand how we help our students achieve their target score.
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Hey SAYEED7760 ,

Go for GMAT Official guide, GMAT Quantitative review, GMAT verbal reviews and Manhattan Guides.

You won't need anything beyond these books.

All the best :)
You mean to say those 10 Manhattan books and 3 OGs ?

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Yes, I meant the same. Those books will be more than sufficient for you to go to the concepts.

You can also look for online courses such as Magoosh or Egmat.

All the best :)
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Can someone tell me the BEST books for Quants and Verbal ?

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Hi SAYEED7760,

You should dedicate around 4 moths to study for your GMAT. I would encourage you take one of the two GMAT PREP practice test. You can know your weaknesses and work on them. If you are willing to study dedicatedly for that period, you are sure to achieve your goal. I believe you may benefit from taking a GMATPREP course. If you are willing, there are some great GMAT prep companies that can help you with your preparation.

In order to make an informed decision I would highly encourage you to go to their websites and try on their free trial and decide for yourself which one do you like better. You try out free access to EmpowerGMAT, Magoosh and Optimus Prep as they have great reviews on GMATCLUB.

Also for verbal, I would highly encourage you to consider e-gmat verbal online or the e-gmat verbal live course. They are both amazing courses especially designed for non-natives. They offer almost 25% of their courses for free so you can try out their free trial to decide which one you want to go for. Plus the e-gmat Scholaranium which is included in both the courses is one of the best verbal practice tools in the market.

You can also try out the MGMAT guides they are phenomenal and cover the entire syllabus really well. I must add that if you are particularly looking to discover and improve on your weak areas in quant; a subscription to GMATCLUB tests is the best way to do that. They are indeed phenomenal and will not only pinpoint your weak areas but also help you improve on them. Further taking multiple mocks might help. Apart from the GMATPREP, Manhattan GMAT tests and Veritas Prep Tests in my experience have a good verbal and Quant section and will certainly help you point out and improve your weak areas.

Further another advantage of taking many mocks is to build up your stamina. Apart from the GMATPREP tests, taking practise tests of any major GMATPREP company ought to do that.

I would also encourage you to purchase the latest version of OG and the verbal review for some great additional practice. Here is a link that will help you with your decision.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/best-gmat-ve ... 68383.html

Lastly, you can check out a very interesting article by Mike McGarry from Magoosh detailing a 3 month study plan

https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/3-month-g ... -students/.

Hope this helps. All the best.
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Can someone tell me the BEST books for Quants and Verbal ?

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Best Books

Quant

https://gmatclub.com/forum/best-gmat-ma ... ml?fl=menu

Verbal

https://gmatclub.com/forum/best-gmat-ve ... ml?fl=menu