My Choice in LSAT Prep Books

I'm sure that everyone who has begun looking at LSAT prep has been a little bit overwhelmed at first. While there are certainly benefits to taking a prep class or hiring a tutor, I'm going to discuss everyone's favorite prep tool: Books.

When you're searching for a prep book, it can be hard to decide which one best suits your needs. There are a lot of big-name prep companies that publish their own books, both for their classes and for individual study. But these books tend to be very pricey, and their quality varies. That's why I suggest the PrepTest series, which can be purchased here.

Published by the Law School Admissions Council, the PrepTest series has two types of books: Regular PrepTest books with ten practice tests in them, or SuperPrep books, which contain three practice tests and detailed explanations for each answer. Both books come with information on how best to recreate real testing circumstances, from the time limits to the type of distractions you should get used to during your practice tests.

These books are written by the people who write the actual LSAT. The questions are a far more accurate depiction of what you're going to see on test day than what the other prep books can give you. And because they're the official practice tests, the practice score you get at the end is a much better representation of what you're going to actually get than anything a prep company can tell you.

On top of all the other benefits to the PrepTest books, they're much more affordable than most others on the market. A PrepTest book costs about $20, as opposed to the off-brand books that can cost over $100.

PrepTest isn't perfect, of course. Because they do not offer books meant to help with specific test sections, you may have to buy a book that gives a general overview of all of the test sections even if you don't need them all. In those cases, it might be better to look at a different brand of book that gets more specific by section. But for someone just getting started with their LSAT prep, the general overview PrepTest books give simply can't be beat.