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In 2004 and I wrote a book on how to take (and do well on) the LSAT Logic Games section. In it, I explained an innovative approach to the section that was intended to reduce the amount of thinking one had to do to an absolute minimum. When I closed up shop in 2007, I stopped publishing the book. But I kept getting requests for it, and when Cambridge LSAT asked in 2010 to publish the book, I said yes.
You can get the book here, at the Cambridge LSAT website. Or you can buy it here, at Amazon.com.
Reader's reviews of the Big Fat Genius Guide to LSAT Logic Games
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It is the best written, most concise and most coherent book about the LSAT on the market. It reinforces the concepts taught and I found it very engaging (which I cannot say about most LSAT books). I received a 173, but more importantly I scored a perfect games section. I tell everyone I can to get this book.
- M. P.
This book helped me a lot. I used to finish only 3 games, but Brian's method helped me make it through all of them. After reading this book, I took the LSAT in October (for the
second time) and got a 175(which was 9 points higher than my first score). I liked the way this book really broke down the questions by category and guided me through the process of studying. Games was by far my worst section before I began to use the Big Fat Genius Guide, but I got all of the questions in the games section correct on the day of the actual test. I would recommend the book to anyone; it was better than all of the other books I used.
- M. M.
I cannot say enough good things about this book. I studied for almost two months, and my scores jumped more than 15 points! When I took the exam, I was so relaxed that I flew through the questions. I started to worry that I was doing something wrong, but took Brian's advice and relaxed. He said not to stress over the answers, they had to be right, because I knew how to take the exam and beat it. I did. I only missed two questions in the entire section, a personal best! I have recommended this book to everyone I know, and will continue to do so!
- L.D.E.
Previously, I could barely finish 2 to 2&1/2 games effectively in the time allotted. I was also all over the map while solving each game. The method presented in Big Fat Genius is easy - so easy that you're initially sure that there's a catch. There isn't - it really works. About a week before the date, started to finish the entire section effectively. If you're after finally vanquishing the dreaded Games section or just want to boost your section performance, this is the resource for you.
- D. W.
This book is simply outstanding. It is clear in it's explanations, and concise in it's methods. With this combination, it offers you a powerful weapon to score well on the games section.
- J. Z.
I cannot express how great a favor Brian Talbot has done for the luckless souls like myself who've gone through Stanley Kaplan courses and come out the other side convinced they were never going to get more than half of the Logic Games questions right. In my wildest dreams I never thought that my strongest section would be the games, but it was, and I scored a 168 on the LSAT. The efficacy and clarity of the method, and the depth to which it is thought through, is nothing short of remarkable. The book teaches a method of solving logic games based on simple principles applied efficiently and quickly. The prose style is friendly and reassuring. This method is utterly different from anything I'd learned before. You can really get a high score on the Logic Games section. Not just a "getting-by score" or a "better than I thought I'd do score", but a high score. For people like me, for whom the Logic Games were the most daunting section, this book is incredibly useful.
- M. J.
I was absolutely "stuck" on the logic games section -- it was what handicapped me the first time I took the LSAT, when I missed roughly half the logic games questions. I got every other prepbook out there, and they only made my problem worse -- infinite game types and setups to memorize, etc. By a few weeks before my second LSAT, I was at a point of extreme desperation. This book was akin to divine revelation -- it's concise and conversational, and the answer to all logic games hang-ups. Brian Talbot tells you that all logic games are basically THE SAME, and that they can all be solved using one straightforward method. I went from missing half the questions on logic games to missing only three -- I improved my LSAT score by five percentage points to a 166, and I honestly owe almost all of that improvement to this book. If you can only buy one, get this one -- no BS, it's the best book out there.
- L. H.
One has the feeling that the author has tutored many students and has seen every problem that his students create for themselves. The author goes to great pains to instill useful habits in the reader. He explains why these habits are the best ones and he repeats them over and over like a good tutor should. And each answer choice is then fully explained in much more detail than found in most LSAT prep books.
- H.B.G.
The Big Fat Genius guide to the logic games was the best $40 I have ever spent. When I bought the book, I was running out of time on every practice logic games section I did, and on average getting about half of the questions wrong. After reading it and practicing with it, I was finishing on time and averaging one question wrong per game. I just took the October LSAT, and when I finished the logic games section I was 110% certain that I answered every single question right, AND I finished an insane 12 minutes ahead of time!!! Thanks to this book, the answers in the logic games just pop out at me. Logic games were the one section I had trouble with before studying from this book, and on the actual test it was my best section! I am in love with this book.
- C. J.
The book is exceptional - Brian's manner and conversation-like writing style are a great way to learn a difficult subject (perhaps the most challenging part of the LSAT). He analyzes a selection of games in sequence from easy to (very) difficult and, along the way, teaches you principles and methods that will help you attack games which you have never seen. He explains what you should have achieved at each stopping point and makes suggestions about what to do and what to not do. I found it a comfortable way to learn. If you trust the methods, they will work for you and you will come out of the test knowing you did great. I made quantum leaps in my skill with this book - it worked for me. If I had it to do over again, I'd use this book. It's worth every cent!
- J. R.