Considered one of the best books to assist in preparing for the GRE, Peterson's "Writing Skills for the GRE and GMAT" covers the analytical writing portion of the GRE. Containing an array of sample essays, the book seeks to assist in improving an individual's grammar and writing skills. In addition, the book also includes exercises on issue and argument essays, and will teach you how to organize your thoughts to produce a clear and well-structured essay.
If you're looking for a book that covers all areas of the GED, Barron's "How to Prepare for the GRE: Graduate Record Examination" is it. The book comes with a CD-ROM, which includes tests that simulate the actual GRE test. Barron's work is considered one of the best in GRE preparation materials because of its extensive verbal reasoning section, which includes more than 3,500 words. Aside from covering the various sections of the GRE, the work also offers helpful pointers on managing your test-taking time.
ETS ( Educational Testing Services), the company responsible for developing and producing the GRE Exam, is also the publisher of a GRE preparation book, "GRE: Practicing to Take the General Test." Offering insight on the structure of the exam, the book also includes questions from past GRE exams and strategies for navigating through the test. The book does not cover mathematics, but it does cover the writing and verbal sections of the GRE.
This book is ideal for students who have decided to take the GRE at the last minute. Offering a short analysis of all three sections of the exam, Princeton Review's "Crash Course for the GRE" also includes sample questions, with an outline explaining how each answer was arrived at. Unlike some of the other GRE preparation materials available, this book does not contain sample tests, and in most cases you will have to supplement it with other study materials.