Best Prep Books for SAT Lit?

emotionprelude · June 2013

Hello,
I would like a recommended list of good prep books for SAT Literature.

Thank you in advance!

sharker · June 2013

The skills on Lit, for the most part, come naturally. There is no real way to 'prep' for it besides having read extensively throughout your life.

emotionprelude · June 2013

I agree. I just wanted to know which prep books were good to supplement my studies. Any suggestions?

SummerAus · June 2013

I used Barron's, it was pretty helpful

emotionprelude · June 2013

@SummerAus thanks for your suggestion!

Abbybabs · July 2013

I used the Barron's prep book, it is good, it helped me a lot and I got a 780. As to what sharker said, it is true that I have read extensively and do well in literature classes, but studying the book helped me to increase my score from what I got on practice tests I took before studying. So, although a natural ability certainly does play a part in getting a good score, it is still worth it to study.

emotionprelude · July 2013

@Abbybabs Thank you! Congrats on your superb SAT score!

Yoloswag2014 · July 2013

Do you guys know where I can get a bunch of Lit practice tests??

TexMexMom · August 2013

I would suggest reading the classics in-depth.

emotionprelude · August 2013

@TexMexMom Thank you!

Pooja97 · December 2014

What about Kaplan's books for subjects especially like bio???

FLAMBOYANTbitch · July 2015

@Pooja97 I am using Kaplan for Biology and Lit, think Kaplan Biology is not as good as PR's Bio, as PR involves less reading and shows you what you really need to know, whereas Kaplan gives giant paragraphs after paragraphs and I got lost easily..... I would suggest using PR first and then Kaplan to study extensively...
as for lit, Kaplan's questions are so hard!!! idk maybe they are supposed to be hard... but Kaplan is the only book I have now for lit...

CHD2013 · July 2015

The personal statements in the link provided in post #11 are for admission to schools in the U.K. They would not work well in the U.S.

ikim16 · November 2015

To those taking Lit, what were your CR scores? I get usually low to mid 600s but surprisingly, Lit isnt so hard. I get the same scores.

ALibertarian · November 2015

800 CR, about 680-720 Lit in practice tests. :l

AbhiRuparelia · February 2016

@Abbybabs How is the level of difficulty in Literature section different from the CR section on the SAT?

ivysource · May 2016

Barron's
Princeton Review
Avoid McGraw-Hill! Usually a good source of tests but not for this subject.

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