Best review books for content, not practice questions

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I'm looking for advice for others taking the test. Is there a set of review books that are best for content? Not worried about practice questions. If you could choose only 1-2 books per subject, which would you choose?

I've searched some threads and have found a few things. It seems like the books that most people prefer are berkely review and examcrackers. The only thing with those is that the latest edition came out a number of year ago. 3 years for berkely, and 6 years for examcracker. Does that matter? Has the MCAT changed enough that it's worth it to look for a more recent review book?

The only personal experience I have with MCAT review books is the princeton review a few years ago, and I didn't like it too much.

Thanks for the help!
 
I'm looking for advice for others taking the test. Is there a set of review books that are best for content? Not worried about practice questions. If you could choose only 1-2 books per subject, which would you choose?

I've searched some threads and have found a few things. It seems like the books that most people prefer are berkely review and examcrackers. The only thing with those is that the latest edition came out a number of year ago. 3 years for berkely, and 6 years for examcracker. Does that matter? Has the MCAT changed enough that it's worth it to look for a more recent review book?

The only personal experience I have with MCAT review books is the princeton review a few years ago, and I didn't like it too much.

Thanks for the help!

The consensus around here is TBR for chem, physics, and o-chem. EK for biology.
 
TBR and EK. And start familiarizing yourself with research articles if you aren't comfortable with them.
 
Actually, I am fond of the TPR books for everything except physics. Their physics book is okay, but NOVA is much better. I don't really care for TBR. TPR is the way to go in my opinion.
 
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