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PowerScore LSAT Bibles vs the Workbooks vs the Training Type Books

LSAT Books Versus

People often ask about the differences between our various self-study books. Here’s a short guide!

The LSAT Bibles: These books explain the concepts that underlie the section, and detailed techniques for solving each question. They are the foundation for learning how to approach each section.

The LSAT Bible Workbooks: These books provide more drills and questions, and are based on the material in the LSAT Bibles. They help cement the ideas contained in each LSAT Bible.

The LSAT Training Type Books: The books provided extended practice for each type of question, and allow you to repeatedly practice applying the techniques in the LSAT Bibles. Note: due to changes in LSAC question licensing, we moved the problem sets of these books into our Analytics & Testing package.

Thus, if you are starting out with your studies, begin by reading through the LSAT Bible on that topic. Then follow it up with the Workbook for more focused practice. Finally, practice on actual questions using the Training Type books. For example, if you were starting out and wanted to study Logic Games on your own, take the following route.

  1. Start with the PowerScore LSAT Logic Games Bible.
  2. Continue on with the PowerScore LSAT Logic Games Bible Workbook.
  3. Refine your skills by practicing on hundreds of questions with the PowerScore LSAT Logic Game Type Training problem sets in our Analytics package.

If you need additional guidance, take a look at our Self-Study site or free Starter Access course.  There you can find study plans for your studying timeframe, take a free digital practice test, and get some free lessons about LSAT concepts! We also recommend checking out these posts for all things LSAT:

If you have any questions, please let me know in the comments.

Comments

  1. Ronan says

    Hi Dave,

    I am a student from the UK who is aiming to take the LSAT in October. As such, I have decided to follow the three-month study plan kindly provided by PowerScore.

    In order to effectively complete the tasks that it details, I have purchased all the books listed in the ‘Recommended Materials’ section on page 5 of the plan, which includes the three Bibles pertaining to each relevant section of the LSAT, as well as their accompanying Workbooks. However, I am really struggling to acquire the three books within the ‘Training Type’ collection, in order to complete the full set of ‘Self-Study’ books. As alluded to above in Harneet’s post (May 7, 2019), these questions feature prominently throughout the plan, especially in the initial few weeks, but I have been unable to source them anywhere, particularly on Amazon. Attaining them second-hand is also unviable due to the extensive shipping times from the US, meaning I would lose weeks of study.

    As such, I was wondering if PowerScore were planning to restock the ‘Training Type’ books imminently, particularly on Amazon, in a manner that would allow me to receive them swiftly in the UK (the six other PowerScore books have had the option of next-day delivery)? I am anxious that, without these books, my purchase of the Bibles, Workbooks and other Recommended Materials will be in vain, particularly due to the heavy emphasis placed on the collection throughout PowerScore’s detailed plan. I am ultimately aiming to achieve a score which will designate me as a competitive candidate for the very top US law schools, and thus am looking to follow the three-month schedule as diligently as possible.

    Thank you for your time. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

    Kind regards,
    Ronan

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    • Dave Killoran says

      Hey Ronan,

      Thanks for the message and for using our materials! As you may have seen, LSAC licensing has recently changed, and this has affected those books by raising the associated licensing fees with them significantly. Thus, we are low on stock of the previous versions. However, good news: this week we’ll announce the replacement for them, which will be available within just a few days, and instantly accessible from the UK. This will give you access to the identical content but with full analytics (and more). So, you can purchase the Bibles and Workbooks immediately if you choose, and then hopefully within a day or two I’ll have more information in the form of an extensive blog post explaining everything.

      I’m sure that raises some questions, so feel free to ask me anything 🙂 Thanks!

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      • Ronan says

        Hi Dave,

        Thank you for your prompt reply and detailed response. That sounds excellent, I will be sure to purchase that content upon release. I am looking forward to using it to drill in the concepts and methods detailed in the Bibles.

        If I may, I just have two questions:

        Q1: Will this product include the first collection of ‘Training Type’ books concerning PrepTests 1-20, or will it instead constitute the second generation, containing PrepTests 21-40? Or perhaps both?

        Q2: If the replacement product gives the option of choosing one generation over the other (I or II), would you recommend a particular generation for use in the three-month plan in preparation for the October test? Or is either sufficient?

        Thanks very much.

        Kind regards,
        Ronan

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    • Dave Killoran says

      Hi Jenn,

      Thanks for the message! Those have gone out of print due to the new licensing changes, and the resulting raised cost of the books. However, we are working on a Testing and Analytics package to conform to LSAC license rules and also make tests and Flex tests available to students. There will be more details on that very soon, and I hope that when that appears it will replace these books 🙂

      Thanks!

      Reply

  3. Destiny says

    Hi Dave,
    I hope you are safe at this time. I wanted to know what you suggested for me as a study guide/plan. I took the October 2019 LSAT and made a 157. I studied by doing the 1 month self-study plan using your study bibles, and admittedly did not get all the way through the entire plan. I now plan on taking it this fall again, as I want at least a 170. I just purchased the workbooks.
    Do you have any suggestions on how I should study? I didn’t get through the Logic Games for sure.

    Reply

    • Dave Killoran says

      Hi Destiny,

      Thanks for the message and the well-wishes! I hope you are staying safe too 🙂

      It can be tough to cram for the LSAT, and so your 157 last time is actually pretty good considering that! So, what I would do this time around is lengthen that study window, and then study consistently from week to week. In general a long, steady approach will yield the best results. You’ll also need to more or less start again at the beginning because it can be tough to retain a lot of info when it was a short time period of studying over 6 months ago. To do that, choose one of the longer plans instead of the one month, preferably 4 months if you can make that happen!

      Plus, since you already have a score, I’d also add in some of the elements from this article I wrote: https://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/retaking-the-lsat-what-to-do-differently-to-raise-your-score/. That should allow you to use what you do recall and learned before to move more efficiently and directed this time around.

      That should be a start, and please let me know if that helps!

      Reply

  4. JINANG LIU says

    Hi Dave,

    I am currently doing exercises in Training Type Books. Do you know where to find answer explanations? Thank you!

    Best,

    Jinang

    Reply

  5. Harneet Gill says

    Hi Dave,

    I just bought all three of the LSAT bibles and workbooks, and I am planning on following a 4-month study plan. However, the plan involves the training type books, and doesn’t schedule the workbooks until later. If I’m considering only using the bible and workbook, when should I start using the workbook? Or are the training type books really that essential?

    Reply

    • Dave Killoran says

      Hi Harneet,

      Thanks for buying the books! I would move the Workbooks up earlier into the stream, simply to keep balance within the schedule. In doing so, if you come across drills that don’t look familiar, stop and wait until the ideas are ones you have covered. The point of the Training Types is to match your learning of the concepts and strategies to then applying those to actual LSAT questions that contain those same concepts. We do think that is an important part of embedding the ideas and creating a foundation since you are able to take the theory and then see the application in action (and then check the explanations on our free LSAT Forum for anything that is not clear). If that fits your style of learning, then I’d say get them if you can.

      Thanks!

      Reply

  6. Carla Villon says

    Hi Dave!

    I am planning on beginning to re-study for my LSAT to hopefully take the test again in September of this year. My name is Carla and I just purchased the LSAT bibles and workbooks. I want a suggestion, would you recommend doing some problems in the workbook on the same day immediately after reading a section in the designated LSAT bible?

    Unless you reccomend reading one of the entire LSAT bibles firstoff and then afterwards begin on completing problems in the designated workbook.

    Looking forward to hearing from you.

    Carla villon

    Reply

    • Dave Killoran says

      Hi Carla,

      Thanks for the message! In general we want you to do it when you feel the benefit will be greatest. For some students that’s the same day, for others it’s the day or two after, and for others it’s a week or more later. I think it depends on how well you understood the concept when you read it, but in general I see most students benefit from doing those sections close to when they read them. I do think it’s best to mingle all the material, as opposed to reading one book entirely, then going to the Workbook, etc.

      Also, we have online study plans for all the books, at The PowerScore Self-Study Site. They give you general frameworks on which sections to do when, and you can also score all your tests there 🙂

      Please let me know if that helps. Thanks!

      Reply

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