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Best books for Verbal Section for a non-native speaker 16 Nov 2020, 08:27
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Hi All, i'm Antonio and i'm going to start studying the verbal section of Gmat.
First of all, i want to thank you to gmat club for the incredible community you create, when i discovered this website i was super happy. It's the best support for Gmat test takers.
I'm writing here because i want an advice about the book/materials i should use to excel on Verbal section. I'm a non-native speakers, and i know i will face some problems on this section.
I already bought the Official Guide (that was quite good for the quant part), but i read a bunch of feedbacks about the value of mahnattan book for verbal, especially for strategies that lack on Official Guide.
I read also about CR Powerscore and many others books.
So,i'm asking experts and collegues both.
What are the best books/materials i should associate with the Official Guide for Verbal based on your experience?

Thanks in advance

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Hi All, i'm Antonio and i'm going to start studying the verbal section of Gmat.
First of all, i want to thank you to gmat club for the incredible community you create, when i discovered this website i was super happy. It's the best support for Gmat test takers.
I'm writing here because i want an advice about the book/materials i should use to excel on Verbal section. I'm a non-native speakers, and i know i will face some problems on this section.
I already bought the Official Guide (that was quite good for the quant part), but i read a bunch of feedbacks about the value of mahnattan book for verbal, especially for strategies that lack on Official Guide.
I read also about CR Powerscore and many others books.
So,i'm asking experts and collegues both.
What are the best books/materials i should associate with the Official Guide for Verbal based on your experience?

Thanks in advance
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This is from 2016 post (https://gmatclub.com/forum/new-to-the-v ... 19866.html) but I think it's still relerveant.

Hope it helps.
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Best books for Verbal Section for a non-native speaker 18 Nov 2020, 04:18
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I recommend you go through the all gmat club articles and youtube videos of GMATNinja. See the link below:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/all-gmat-nin ... l#p2396353
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Manhattan GMAT CR 5th Edition
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One thing that may also help is to read articles from The Economist
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Thank you all for the answers.

I want to ask another questions. Before starting with the sentence correction part, i'm going to review grammar rules in order to do a refresh.
I already got the book "English Grammar in Use by Murphy".
Based on your experience, is it a valid book?
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