Book Reviews

Not Your Father's Academic Career
Review of a new guide to getting in and succeeding in academia: The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career

Top LSAT Prep Books
Getting ready to take the LSAT? Then you won't want to miss this list of top books to help you prepare for, and ace, the LSAT?

Top Books for Psychology Applicants and Grad Students
Psychology students will find a dizzying array of guides to graduate school admission and survival. How do you choose? Check out our list of top picks and narrow your choices. 

Top Books for New Faculty
New professors often experience difficulty adjusting to the rigors of academic life. These books offer excellent career and professional development advice for faculty. 

Top GRE Test Prep Books
If you're getting ready for the Graduate Record Exam, you'll want to check out these GRE Test Prep books because they're the best of the best.

Top 5 Graduate Admissions Books
Guides to applying to graduate school abound. Check out our list of top picks and narrow your choices. 

Guide to Selecting and Applying to Master of Social Work Programs
If you're applying to MSW programs, this guide is essential.

Lifting a Ton of Feathers
Learn about this woman's guide to surviving in the academic world 

How to Get a PhD
Review of "How to Get a PhD: A Handbook for Students and Their Supervisors," by Derek Salman Pugh and Estelle M. Phillips 

The PhD Process
Review of "The Ph.D. Process : A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences," by Dale F. Bloom, Jonathan D. Karp, and Nicholas Cohen 

Top 4 Graduate School Survival Books
Graduate school survival books abound. Some offer essential advice while others are a waste of your precious time. Don't lose lab and research time to reading hackneyed graduate school success books. Check out these picks 

Succeeding in Graduate School
Review of Succeeding in Graduate School: The Career Guide for Psychology Students, from your About.com Guide 

Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or Ph.D.
Looking for a guide to graduate school admissions?

Before You Buy Books About Grad School
How do you sort through the mass of books about grad school? Your first step is to figure out what kind of book you need. 

Reaching Out: Interpersonal Effectiveness and Self-Actualization
A review of David Johnson's 'Reaching Out: Interpersonal Effectiveness and Self-Actualization.

The Macmillan Reader
Need some help with writing? Check out this review of a helpful resource.