Useful books to start GMAT preparation from scratch

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Hi All,I am planning to start preparing for GMAT. Please suggest which all books should I pick up. Also, let me know if the books of 2015/ 2017 or of last year are of any help in preparing. Should I consider buying second hand books or only the latest version.
Thanks in advance,

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Raxit85 · Answer

Hi, Akanksha,

I am planning to start preparing for GMAT. Please suggest which all books should I pick up.  - Manhattan Books are best material to start with GMAT.

Also, let me know if the books of 2015/ 2017 or of last year are of any help in preparing. - Plz elaborate on what type of these books are you talking about?

Should I consider buying second hand books or only the latest version. -  Second hand books are equally worth as the latest version, provided the condition of hardcover book is fine.

TheAkanksha · Answer

Thank you for the reply.
In the second part of the question, I meant that will it be worth it if I buy second hand books which were originally meant to prepare for candidates taking GMAT in 2015

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Russ19 · Answer

I have got some latest books, and I can share some of them for free. PM me and see whether I can help. You find the name of all required books in the link below:

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

AndrewN · Answer

Hello,  TheAkanksha . You might find  this post  on GMAT prep guides useful. To address the second part of your post, it is fine to use an old OG. There are fewer questions, but the material overlaps quite a bit from year to year. For budget-minded clients, I have even recommended using library copies of the OG or simply looking up the questions from different official sources right here, on this site, through the  Official Guides Master Directory .

Happy hunting, and if you have further questions, you know to reach the community. Good luck with your studies.

- Andrew

TheAkanksha · Answer

Thank you so much Andrew and Sjuniv32. Will go through the links shared and get in touch if I needany further clarification.

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urvika09 · Answer

Hi Can you share what resources you have ?

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TheAkanksha · Answer

Hi, I have egmat books of 2018

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urvika09 · Answer

Can you please share ?

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Kapiljoshi · Answer

Hi some of the best GMAT Books are:
1: Barrons GMAT Math Workbook by Ender Markel.
2: GMAT Sentence Correction by Manhattan Prep.
3: GMAT Foundations of Maths by Manhatten Prep.
4: Powerscore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible 
5: Master Number System for the CAT and GMAT by Nishit k Sinha.
6: Crash Course for GMAT by Princeton
7: GMAT Prep Plus 2020 by Kaplan
8: GMAT Number Properties Manhattan Prep

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