I found a link for the May SAT

tokenadult
Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:00:40 +0000

In my days in high school, no one in my region of the country took SAT prep courses, and I don’t think our libraries or bookstores in those days (the 1970s) had any cram or prep books at all. The kids in my school district (three high schools) who scored highest on the SAT were all avid readers. They read books that were not assigned in class, and talked with one another about interesting books and magazines that they read. We didn’t do test prep in those days, but we “naturally” scored high on the SAT. (One of us, with no more preparation for the test than reading the test description booklet the week before the test, after taking the PSAT the year before, got a recentered 800 on the verbal section and a 770 on the math section, which was “only” 770 verbal and 750 math under the old scoring rules.)

To answer the OP’s question, read about what you like to know about. You will develop your critical reading skills the fastest if you care about what the authors are writing about. For example, if you care about computer games, you could do worse than reading books about the game industry, and reading comparative reviews of games (do you agree with the reviews?), and reading magazine articles about forthcoming games. If you have a pet, read about that kind of animal. If you have a hobby, read about it.

You can also ask teachers and other trusted adults for recommendations of things to read that will broaden your education. Some college applications specifically offer an opportunity to list books you’ve read in the two years before applying to college, and it would be a lot cooler to list some famous books that adults read for personal development in your application rather than just SAT cram books. The American Library Association

[Outstanding Books for the College Bound](We can't find that page on our server. (404) | American Library Association)

Web site will provide you with plenty of reading suggestions, and if you read the books listed there that you like, you will be learning about interesting facts and about good writing as well as improving your ability on the SAT I.