Study Material to follow for GMAT

Before starting your journey of GMAT preparation you should spend some time on getting familiar with the structure of GMAT. You can start it by browsing through the GMAT section of youdowetest.com and read as much as you can. It will help you understand: what is GMAT in general terms, its significance, its structure and the way the test is conducted worldwide. The information published there is genuine, eye-opener & myth breaker. You can also think of spending a couple of hours (or even more) on Official site for GMAT.

Then you should download a sample GMAT test available there: name is GMAT Prep. It has 2 full length tests. You can try one of them to get an idea about where do you stand without preparation. From our experience we can say that you should be able to improve upon this score by 100+ from 6-8 weeks preparation. If you need a drastic improvement then you will have to spend more time on building your basics and that can take some good amount of effort and time.

Now coming to books

The best book for GMAT is GMAT Official Guide 11.
It is published by GMAC, the company that set GMAT test. It is the most authentic study material for GMAT. It comes in 3 variants:
1. Official guide for GMAT review, 11th edition, has material for both Verbal as well as Quantitative
2. The Official guide for verbal review
3. The official guide for quantitative review

Other books

Kaplan GMAT: comprehensive book, covers everything)

Cracking the GMAT by Princeton review (good strategies & comprehensive, covers everything)

Kaplan GRE & GMAT Math Workbook ( very elementary good for starters & weak at math : not recommended for Indian applicants)

Kaplan 800 (for advanced students who want to score higher; AWA essay section not included )

Manhattan Sentence Correction GMAT Preparation Guide (Best book for Sentence Correction)

These books offer good strategies to attack GMAT, they’ll show you how to approach each section and each problem individually. For taking the test in one go you need to have a patience, faith and stamina and for that you need to take as many GMAT practice tests as possible. This site is providing unlimited number of FREE GMAT tests. Practice a lot, discuss with other and us and do well in the exam.

Practice Tests
With so many good quality tests available for FREE you should not need any more tests, but still if want to spend money you can try these tests available by spending a good amount of money.

mba.com (nearest possible)

manhattangmat.com (yet to be tested)

800score.com (easier)

kaptest.com (tough)

pricetonreview.com (neutral)

They offer good GMAT tests.

There are a lot other books and sites for practice tests which we have not mentioned because they are NOT worth your time & money.