Top 20 Best GMAT Books on GMAT Club

Hello, I have a personalized question I was wondering if you can help me with:

I'm trying to figure out which books/packages would be best for me considering I'm not looking for an extremely high score (so don't need those advanced books/questions), and I have to work within these time contraints (so cannot go thru a ton of material)

-Essentially only looking for 580-600 score
-Study needs to be done in close to a 4 week period (not working at that time)
-Been out of University (B.Comm) for 2 years (taking GMAT in Canada)
-I dont anticipate I'm close to a "1 week and 700" club member

What would you recommend ?

1) The Official Guide for GMAT Review 12th Edition
2) .... (not sure)
3) .... (not sure)

OT Question - Does the GMAT fee of around $250.00 include any books? Or all materials (books) are purchased afterwards (extra).

Thanks!

Hi,

Please go through this post:
gmat-faq-frequently-asked-questions-about-gmat-75809.html

You should find a lot of answers in that thread.
No, the $250 fee covers only your taking the GMAT and sending the score reports to 5 schools afterwards.

This thread should give you some ideas on the prep strategy:
gmat-study-plan-for-gmat-novices-start-your-gmat-journey-80727.html

Your study plan will depend greatly on your current standing

Also, see this note about what to do if you have just a few weeks left till your test: 18-days-to-study-for-the-test-where-and-how-to-start-94216.html

Is the MGMAT Bundle with the three official guides, their own 8 guides, the practice papers and question bank good? Will it be worth the $250?

I have gone through the threads and except for the last post here, all the others seem to rank the books separately. But as a combined package of books from any given source, what do you think the best GMAT preparation books are?

whiplash2411, please see this thread for the Best GMAT Books:
best-gmat-books-reviews-recommendations-for-your-prep-77703.html

I hope it helps you choose the best ones.

That was extremely useful. Thanks, dzyubam.

As always, I am highlighting books that lost positions in red and books that gained positions in green.

20 Most Popular GMAT Books - June 2010
1	1	The Official Guide for GMAT Review 12th Edition
2	2	8 Manhattan GMAT Guides
3	3	The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review 2nd Edition
4	4	The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review 2nd Edition
5	6	Kaplan GMAT 2010-2011 Premier with CD-ROM (Kaplan GMAT Premier Program (w/CD))
6	5	Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction
7	10	Manhattan GMAT Foundations of GMAT Math
8	8	Manhattan GMAT Test Simulation Booklet w/ Marker
9	7	The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible
10	12	Manhattan GMAT Reading Comprehension
11	14	The PowerScore Sentence Correction Bible
12	15	Kaplan GMAT Advanced (Kaplan 800)
13	9	Manhattan GMAT Number Properties
14	11	Manhattan GMAT Word Translations
15	13	Manhattan GMAT Critical Reasoning
16	17	Kaplan GMAT Math Workbook
17	-	Kaplan GMAT Verbal Foundations
18	16	Manhattan GMAT Equations Inequalities and VICs
19	18	Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook
20	-	Manhattan GMAT Geometry

Looks like a few books doing well including MGMAT Math Foundatiosn and MGMAT RC; a bit surprised Kaplan 800 is on the rise (not a bad book but it gets bashed a lot). Also looks like Kaplan Verbal Foundations are back on the map.

Interesting month

Hi all,

This is my first post in gmat club..quite amazed by the number of people on this forum..im looking to take up the gmat in april 2011..with regards to the books mentioned above..i just have some doubts here..on some other forum i came across the Powerscore CR bible as the best option over other Verbal related books..but here the ranking seems to different..is it because people havnt been able to get thier hands on Powerscore or is it because of something else?

Welcome to GMAT Club!

This particular ranking is based on the number of times users mentioned a certain book here on GMAT Club forum.

You can see this thread for more books:
top-gmat-prep-books-guides-reviews-comments-77703.html

Good luck with your GMAT preparation!

For CR, PowerScore CR is the best (close second is the MGMAT CR) and Veritas also has a good CR book now too.
So, yes PowerScore CR is the best but it does not compare to the OG 12.

Hey tx.. 'it does not compare to OG 12' in what sense??

As always, I am highlighting books that lost positions in red and books that gained positions in green.

20 Most Popular GMAT Books - July 2010
1	1	The Official Guide for GMAT Review 12th Edition
2	2	8 Manhattan GMAT Guides
3	3	The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review 2nd Edition
4	4	The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review 2nd Edition
5	6	Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction
6	5	Kaplan GMAT 2010-2011 Premier with CD-ROM (Kaplan GMAT Premier Program (w/CD))
7	13	Manhattan GMAT Number Properties
8	7	Manhattan GMAT Foundations of GMAT Math
9	9	The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible
10	8	Manhattan GMAT Test Simulation Booklet w/ Marker
11	12	Kaplan GMAT Advanced (Kaplan 800)
12	16	Kaplan GMAT Math Workbook
13	14	Manhattan GMAT Word Translations
14	18	Manhattan GMAT Equations Inequalities and VICs
15	10	Manhattan GMAT Reading Comprehension
16	15	Manhattan GMAT Critical Reasoning
17	11	The PowerScore Sentence Correction Bible
18	-	Princeton Review 1,012 GMAT Questions
19	19	Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook
20	20	Manhattan GMAT Geometry

dzyubam,

Thanks for this ranking. Very useful for beginners.

The MGMAT guides refer to questions in OG and OG verbal/quant review for each topic. Powerscore CR doesnt do that. However, from the reviews I read here and in amazon.com, this book is more recommended than MGMAT CR.

As always, I am highlighting books that lost positions in red and books that gained positions in green.

20 Most Popular GMAT Books - August 2010
1	1	The Official Guide for GMAT Review 12th Edition
2	2	8 Manhattan GMAT Guides
3	3	The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review 2nd Edition
4	6	Kaplan GMAT 2010-2011 Premier with CD-ROM (Kaplan GMAT Premier Program (w/CD))
5	4	The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review 2nd Edition
6	5	Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction
7	7	Manhattan GMAT Number Properties
8	9	The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible
9	11	Kaplan GMAT Advanced (Kaplan 800)
10	13	Manhattan GMAT Word Translations
11	13	Kaplan GMAT Math Workbook
12	15	Manhattan GMAT Reading Comprehension
13	8	Manhattan GMAT Foundations of GMAT Math
14	10	Manhattan GMAT Test Simulation Booklet w/ Marker
15	16	Manhattan GMAT Critical Reasoning
16	14	Manhattan GMAT Equations, Inequalities, and VICs
17	20	Manhattan GMAT Geometry
18	-	Manhattan GMAT Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
19	19	Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook
20	18	Princeton Review 1,012 GMAT Questions

As always, I am highlighting books that lost positions in red and books that gained positions in green.

20 Most Popular GMAT Books - September 2010
1	1	The Official Guide for GMAT Review 12th Edition
2	2	8 Manhattan GMAT Guides
3	3	The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review 2nd Edition
4	4	Kaplan GMAT 2010-2011 Premier with CD-ROM (Kaplan GMAT Premier Program (w/CD))
5	7	Manhattan GMAT Number Properties
6	5	The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review 2nd Edition
7	6	Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction
8	14	Manhattan GMAT Test Simulation Booklet w/ Marker
9	8	The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible
10	13	Manhattan GMAT Foundations of GMAT Math
11	10	Manhattan GMAT Word Translations
12	11	Kaplan GMAT Math Workbook
13	15	Manhattan GMAT Critical Reasoning
14	16	Manhattan GMAT Equations, Inequalities, and VICs
15	-	Great Application Essays for Business School
16	-	The PowerScore GMAT Sentence Correction Bible
17	9	Kaplan GMAT Advanced (Kaplan 800)
18	12	Manhattan GMAT Reading Comprehension
19	-	Doing Grammar: Fourth Edition
20	-	Veritas Prep Combinatorics & Probability

As always, I am highlighting books that lost positions in red and books that gained positions in green.

20 Most Popular GMAT Books - October 2010
1	1	The Official Guide for GMAT Review 12th Edition
2	2	8 Manhattan GMAT Guides
3	3	The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review 2nd Edition
4	6	The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review 2nd Edition
5	4	Kaplan GMAT 2010-2011 Premier with CD-ROM (Kaplan GMAT Premier Program (w/CD))
6	9	The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible
7	8	Manhattan GMAT Test Simulation Booklet w/ Marker
8	17	Kaplan GMAT Advanced (Kaplan 800)
9	5	Manhattan GMAT Number Properties
10	7	Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction
11	10	Manhattan GMAT Foundations of GMAT Math
12	-	The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review
13	18	Manhattan GMAT Reading Comprehension
14	14	Manhattan GMAT Equations, Inequalities, and VICs
15	11	Manhattan GMAT Word Translations
16	19	Doing Grammar: Fourth Edition
17	12	Kaplan GMAT Math Workbook
18	-	The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review
19	-	Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook
20	16	The PowerScore GMAT Sentence Correction Bible