What is the BEST ACT and SAT book out there

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<p>I am going to be a sophmore in high school and i am planning on taking both the PSAT and PLAN (practice act and sat) this fall and in light of this i purchased Kaplans Premier SAT and ACT books (these are the ones i got but at a book store Amazon.com:</a> Kaplan SAT 2010 Premier Live Online (Kaplan Sat Premier Live): Kaplan: Books and Amazon.com:</a> Kaplan ACT 2009 Premier Program (with CD-ROM) (Kaplan Act (Book & CD-Rom)): Kaplan: Books</p>

<p>My question is before i use these should i return them and get a different type of book because i have heard alot of bad things about Kaplan practice books like "they don't help at all" and also "collegeboard books are better"</p>

<p>Also i can buy 3 books total either 2 for sat and 1 for act or 1 for sat and 2 for act</p>

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<p>WOW no one answered/replied
Oh well… Just my luck</p>

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<p>Well I don’t know much about the ACT but for the SAT this book is great: [Amazon.com:</a> The Official SAT Study Guide, 2nd edition: The College Board: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Official-SAT-Study-Guide-2nd/dp/0874478529/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246423531&sr=8-3]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Official-SAT-Study-Guide-2nd/dp/0874478529/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246423531&sr=8-3). It’s the official collegeboard SAT Prep Book. I got last years edition and it is very clear, and precise. It also contains multiple practice tests.</p>

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<p>Use the search function.</p>

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<p>The best ones are obviously the ones released by the makers. So that would be the Big Red Book and the Big Blue Book for the ACT and the SAT, respectively.</p>

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<p>The Princeton Review books for either ACT or SAT are great. Helped me raise my ACT score 7 points (with tons of studying, of course).</p>

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<p>Remember that the blue and red books are from the source. Every other book is sort of manufacturing questions in the style of College Board - with mixed results. I hated Kaplan books as both the CR and M questions they offered seem to stray from some not-so-invisible College Board formula. Princeton Review prep books are okay. I’d say the same for Barron’s.</p>

<p>I bought grammatix on a whim. I’m not sure that it does all that it advertises. What I am sure of is that getting your hands on as many copies of the test, and taking them regularly under different conditions, seems to be the best way to prepare. </p>

<p>Lastly, I wouldn’t recommend taking a prep course that doesn’t use the blue or red books as its primary text. You can, however, take mock tests at Kaplan locations pretty much anywhere in the country. I’d definitely recommend doing this just to familiarize yourself with, and address, the stress of the test setting.</p>