I already have the AMSCO book from school. What’s the next best book? Please help! Thanks.</p>
Barron’s, Princeton Review, 5 Steps to a 5, REA Crash Course, etc.</p>
<p>Do you mean a review book, or a text book?</p>
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<p>@Debater - obviously a review book, judging from the examples he gave. But if you’re looking for a textbook, OP, American Pageant should be decent. It’s what everyone I know seems to be using.</p>
<p>I was going to say that if you wanted a textbook, the American Pageant is the way to go.</p>
<p>I never had a review book for APUSH, but I’ve heard people speak highly of 5 Steps to a 5.</p>
<p>For a textbook, use either Give Me Liberty! by Eric Foner (which my class used) or, what the majority uses, the American Pageant.</p>
<p>Review book, I’d say your AMSCO book is fine for thorough review of material, but for concise yet good reviews and practice tests, go with Princeton Review.</p>
<p>I scoured the web for reviews and ended up deciding to buy The Insider’s Complete Guide to APUSH: The Essential Content and Crash Course, both by Larry Krieger. I told my son to use the first book chapter by chapter before every test; and to use both books, but especially the latter book, right before the AP Exam. My son got an A in the class and a 5 on the exam.</p>