The Best LSAT Prep Books

Best Answer Explanations: PowerScore LSAT Bible Trilogy

If you like detailed strategy and step-by-step, in-depth answer explanations, The PowerScore LSAT Bible Trilogy is the way to go for LSAT prep. The trilogy includes The PowerScore Reading Comprehension Bible, The PowerScore LSAT Logic Games Bible (with 28 practice games), and The PowerScore LSAT Logical Reasoning Bible (with over 100 practice questions). 

PowerScore’s test prep brand is known for its comprehensive explanations of standardized test concepts and principles, rather than offering generalized overviews or practice questions alone. The LSAT prep materials are no exception, with breakdowns of each question type and strategies to accompany each one, online study plans to help you master your time management and map out your overall approach to LSAT prep, and ways to avoid each common type of test-taking mistake so you can sidestep all the major LSAT traps. Users rave about the answer explanations, which are far more sophisticated than the ones you’ll see in many major LSAT prep books.

Best Logic Practice Questions: Kaplan Publishing’s LSAT Logic Games Unlocked

Many test-takers report that logic games are especially challenging for them, which makes Kaplan Publishing’s LSAT Logic Games Unlocked one of the best LSAT prep books on the market to demystify this difficult section. This is the most comprehensive guide to LSAT logic games available, starting with a breakdown of each game type and ways to identify each one on the day of the exam. The authors arm test-takers with specific strategies for each game type, so you’ll be able to identify what strategy to use immediately upon setting eyes on a given question. The book also has many official logic game practice questions with step-by-step, detailed answer explanations. 

Your book purchase also comes with access to plenty of Kaplan online resources, like episodes of the LSAT Channel (led by expert Kaplan instructors) and online diagnostics to help you identify which logic game types are most difficult for you so you know exactly what to practice. Appendices include study plans and guides to time management, logic-related terminology, and more.

Best for Top Scorers: Manhattan Prep’s LSAT Strategy Guide Set

If you’re already scoring well on LSAT practice tests, or if you’re hoping to get great scholarships or attend a top-tier law school, Manhattan Prep’s LSAT Strategy Guide Set is one of the best LSAT prep books on the market for advanced students. The set includes LSAT Logic Games, LSAT Reading Comprehension, and LSAT Logical Reasoning. 

LSAT Logic Games is chock-full of diagrams, charts, and detailed techniques you can master and replicate during the actual exam. Timed drills will allow you to practice the new strategies you’ve learned along the way.

LSAT Logical Reasoning focuses on the skill of making inferences and the process of argumentation, breaking down select practice questions in detail so that you can replicate the thinking process behind each logic problem on the day of the exam.

LSAT Reading Comprehension focuses on speed and accuracy, breaking down the annotation process and walking you through several critical reading passages in depth. This guide is especially helpful for students who struggle to find the core argument of a passage immediately.

Accompanying online resources include digital LSAT learning labs, full-length Manhattan Prep LSAT class recordings, study guides and plans for download, and a study tracker so you can monitor your progress. 

Best LSAT Practice Tests: Law School Admission Council’s 10 Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests

If practice is what you’re after, the Law School Admission Council’s 10 Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests is one of the best LSAT prep books you can buy (at an affordable price, no less). Every practice test in the book was once administered as an official LSAT, so you can be sure that you’re getting authentic, realistic practice questions. Answer keys and writing sample sections are provided alongside each practice test.

There’s no substitute for practice, so this prep book is an essential resource to add to any long-term LSAT study plan. While some practice tests are available online, not all of them are free or affordable, and many students prefer a physical book rather than endless screen time. Many users say they used this book to simulate the real day of the LSAT and to optimize their time management skills. 

Still, this isn’t a comprehensive guide to the exam, and there are no step-by-step, detailed answer explanations. You might want to seek out online resources or additional prep books if you’re looking for strategy in addition to practice.

Best for Visual Learners: Mometrix Test Preparation’s LSAT Prep Books

Mometrix Test Preparation’s LSAT Prep Books: LSAT Secrets Study Guide is a mammoth prep book, with over 372 pages of strategies, practice questions, and detailed explanations of each LSAT concept and principle. Accompanying the section descriptions and full-length reading comprehension, logical reasoning, and analytical reasoning practice tests inside are step-by-step online video tutorials from LSAT experts, making this book a perfect pick for students who are visual learners or who like to absorb information in multiple ways. The video tutorials both reiterate and supplement the tips, tricks, and explanations in the text, which means you’ll have multiple chances for this comprehensive study guide to sink into your brain. 

Users also appreciate the in-depth breakdowns of each question type in this LSAT prep book, which is more detailed than many others on the market.

Best Comprehensive LSAT Guide: APEX Test Prep’s The LSAT Tutor: LSAT Prep Books

Some LSAT-takers like to find the perfect resource for each section of the exam, while others prefer an all-in-one solution. If you’re part of the latter group and would like to purchase an affordable LSAT prep book that provides a comprehensive look at the test from start to finish, APEX Test Prep’s The LSAT Tutor: LSAT Prep Books is a solid, well-reviewed option. 

This jumbo study guide starts with a series of tips on combating test anxiety and a high-level overview of the LSAT, followed by in-depth explanations of the logical reasoning, analytical reasoning, and reading comprehension sections. The test-taking strategies are followed by a full-length LSAT practice test and answer explanations for each practice question. 

Reviewers appreciate this LSAT prep book’s simple, well-organized layout, and say that the answer explanations are especially detailed. They also admire the authors’ ability to break down complex jargon and LSAT terminology in ways that make sense to every student.

Best Unconventional LSAT Prep Book: Mike Kim’s The LSAT Trainer

Looking to get away from the same-old cut-and-dry explanations of LSAT sections and strategies? Mike Kim’s The LSAT Trainer approaches the test with more clarity and concision than most other LSAT prep books on the market. A self-driven study plan and penned by the former developer of Manhattan’s LSAT prep courses and books, this guide delves not only into each section, but also into the specific ways you should be thinking about and approaching each one. 

Users appreciate that Kim’s guide helps them understand the purpose behind an average logical reasoning question, for example, rather than simply walking them through a lengthy series of practice questions. If you can get into the test writers’ heads, you can ace the LSAT—and that’s exactly what this guide can help you do. 

The LSAT Trainer also includes over 30 strategy drills, in-depth explanations of each LSAT section, and over 200 practice questions with detailed explanations. 

Best LSAT Primer: Introducing the LSAT: The Fox Test Prep Quick & Dirty LSAT Primer

Maybe you just decided to go to law school (or aren’t even sure yet!), or you’re short on time to study for the LSAT. Or maybe you’d just like a comprehensive, concise guide to the exam before you start your first practice test. 

Nathan Fox’s Introducing the LSAT: The Fox Test Prep Quick & Dirty LSAT Primer lives up to its name. It’s only around 100 pages long and makes for a quick, even fun read. Fox’s writing style is personable, irreverent, straightforward, and humorous, which means that you’ll get more of the real-deal lowdown on both law school and the LSAT in this little prep book than you’ll get from many thicker volumes packed with practice questions and long answer explanations. Fox offers some helpful (and honest) advice about each section and gives an example of each LSAT question type, along with a high-level overview of the exam and some helpful study tips and tricks. Users say his advice is particularly unique and helpful for those who struggle with the analytical reasoning section. 

Still, this book isn’t meant as a comprehensive prep book. It’s for students just beginning to prepare for the LSAT, deciding whether or not they want to take it at all, or adding an extra, helpful resource to their arsenal of LSAT prep materials as part of a longer-term study plan.