<p>Looking through the forums, there seem to be TONS of threads about the best AP Prep books, but not many on textbooks. Anyone have any ideas on the best textbooks for...</p>
<p>AP Psychology
AP English Language
AP Statistics
AP World History</p>
<p>Thanks (Feel free to add your opinion on the best textbooks for all other AP courses too)</p>
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<p>theres already a consolidated list at the top of the page</p>
<p>i'm not looking for AP Prep books, i'm interested in actual textbooks.
i.e. for AP US History, The American Pageant</p>
<p>hey, bfg, the list for textbooks is also in that same discussion board. but it is closer to the end of that board.
well- for psychology, I recommend Myers: Psychology. That is an all right book, covering all you need for the AP test and some extra tidbits, though the chapters are long and he sometimes wastes paper by using hyperboles (e.x. : printing "really" for ten times on one page). great psychology textbook that is used as a standard for many schools.</p>
<p>And for AP English Language, I felt the strongest point for me was not in the textbooks, but rather in reading and annotating magazine articles and timing myself ( to prepare for the AP Multiple choice section) familiarize yourself with the Tohlman method. and just subscribe to big-name LITERARY or scientific magazines (E.x. The Atlantic, scientific American, National Review, Nature, etc.) sometimes, if you stumble on a lucky article, the article may be used by the AP test themselves.</p>
<p>but this rhetoric textbook helped me a lot, because people strong in math might not be strong in writing.</p>
<p>It is called a Rhetoric of Argument, by Fahnstock and Secor. They pioneered their own method called the statis approach to looking at an argument. I can definitely say, if you answer the five question of statis, you can get at least a six on your ap english lang writing section.</p>
<p>For AP World History, my U.S. history teacher recommended The Earth and its Peoples because we don't have a ap world history class ( for self studying) but I have never used it</p>
<p>statistics- never taken the class, but our school used Moore's Statistics</p>
<p>AP English Language
Don't use a textbook. The ones in mine (I forgot the name) doesn't reflect the rigor of the text on the AP exam. I found reading the newspaper and other scholarly materials more helpful.</p>
<p>AP Statistics - "Stats: Modeling the world". Fun to read and good examples. Quite humorous.</p>
<p>psych - the book by myers
stats - the book by yates</p>