<p>I have the following AP classes:
**U.S History
English Language and Composition
Computer Science AB</p>
<p>Could anyone recommend me the top three books or brands?**</p>
<p>Thank you! 
(I was thinking about REA or Princeton Review for US history?)</p>
<p>U.S. History - Amsco’s APUSH, AP United States History Crash Course (new book by REA)
English Language and Composition - Cliffs (lots of practice tests)
Computer Science AB - Barron’s</p>
<p>The older REA has 854 pages while the newer one has 240. So it lacks practice tests.
Isn’t that a bad thing?</p>
<p>Lacking practice tests is not a bad thing. You can always link to REA’s free online test. Much better, combine Amsco with Crash Course and buy the real 2006 and 2001 released APUSH tests at the College Board Online Store. That is what I did and the combo is working perfectly. Crash Course tells you what to concentrate on, Amsco provides extra details and the College Board exams provide real practice.</p>
<p>I never used the crash course, but I bought one on Amazon today. I flipped through it today at Barnes and Nobles. It was the godliest review book I ever saw. It’s a book of major themes, events, concepts with the bullets of each things significance. The regular REA APUSH book is just practice tests. I don’t think the review is really quality.</p>
<p>Princeton Review is like the usual, a pretty good place to start if you don’t like researching reviews of books. It does a decent job of covering most of the material, though when it comes to war, it didn’t mention battles for American Revolution or Civil War…</p>
<p>Barron’s CompSci got me a 5 on the A test last year, even with last-minute cramming. Hopefully it will help just as much this year for AB.</p>
<p>imo, barrons is good, and crash course is great for AP US History!</p>