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Its is advised to all prospective MBA applicants to thouroughly go through at least 2 books on the GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions Test).

The GMAT is a Computer Adaptive Test

Since the GMAT test has changed its format, It is believed that you should also change your testing strategy and practice the test in its computer adaptive test format. Thus please download some GMAT preparation softwares available on the internet. It is a great compliment to the Official Guide for the GMAT Review described below. Bear in mind that, even with several hundred questions, a free software represents only a small subset of questions due to the many different types of GMAT questions as well as the many different tiers of difficulty for each of the question types.

Some Books

The Official Guide for GMAT Review
The 11th edition of the Official GMAT Guide presents 800 questions taken from retired versions of the test – fewer than were provided in the 10th edition of the Official Guide, but with more detailed explanations of the correct answers. The questions are presented in order of difficulty, giving users a better understanding of what constitutes an easy or hard question. The 11th edition also features a new diagnostic section to help users focus their preparation efforts. The Official Guide remains the only test prep book on the market that presents actual questions from prior tests. This book, along with an “unofficial” GMAT strategy test-taking guide, should be all that you need to prepare yourself for the exam.

The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review
The Official Guide for GMAT® Quantitative Review will help you solve equations, interpret data, coordinate geometry, and determine probability with assurance and ease. This targeted review helps you get the most out of your study time and improves your familiarity with the kind of questions found on the GMAT® exam.

The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review
The Official Guide for GMAT® Verbal Review focuses on your ability to read and comprehend written material, to reason and evaluate arguments, and to correct written material. Such a targeted review will help you get the most out of your study time and prepare you for the GMAT® exam.

The Full Potential GMAT Audio Program by Bara Sapir
The Full Potential program optimizes your test-taking potential by enhancing your mental retention, concentration, and relaxation.

The PrincetonGMAT Math Bible
The PrincetonGMAT Math Bible has hundreds of pages of tutorials explaining every single type of question you’re likely to see on the GMAT exam. It has 1,000 new realistic questions covering all sections of GMAT Math and is designed for people who want to score in the 99th percentile on the quantitative section. In addition to Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry, the book also covers higher-level topics, such as Permutation, Probability, and Standard Deviation, so that you won’t feel lost on test day.

GMAT 2009, Premier Program (Book and CD-ROM) by Kaplan
The book is helpful and contains many good study tips. The CD-ROM is what makes this a good buy, however, due to the extensive test questions and diagnostic tools. While there is a large group of people who like the Kaplan questions because they claim they are more difficult than the ETS official questions (an interesting argument in its own right since there are different bins of questions on the real GMAT each grouped by level of difficulty), thus the official ETS questions is preferred and simply recommend augmenting, not substituting the Kaplan questions for the real GMAT questions in the ETS book described above.

Cracking the GMAT 2009 (CD ROM version) by Geoff Martz
This CD ROM contains 4 full-length practice tests and provides instant scoring. Additionally, the test-taking strategies are very insightful and are designed to help you eliminate the “decoy” answers ETS wants you to incorrectly choose. Process of elimination techniques are also very well explained in this guide. We should warn you, however, some practice questions are much easier than those administered by ETS for the real test as well as the practice questions contained in the Kaplan guide.

The GMAT for Dummies by Suzee Vlk
If you like the for Dummies books, you will not be disappointed. This book is a definite help, but the GMAT test is now computerized and the third edition does not adequately address the test’s new format.

Peterson’s Logic and Reading Review for the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, and MCAT by Edward J. Rozmiarek
This is quite simply the best book on the market that we have seen for the logic and reading review section of the exam. Although some reviews of the book did uncover a few errors and the book is not specifically written for MBA applicants, however this guide can help you improve your analytical thinking and reading comprehension and, hence, your verbal GMAT score.

Cliffs Computer-Adaptive Graduate Management Admissions Test by Jerry Bobrow, et. al.
Good explanations are provided for the questions and answers. Test-taking strategies are discussed. This book is optimal, however, only for those test takers who have one week or less to prepare for the exam.

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