Books

This is always the most stressful time of a new year, in my opinion. You're starting school/college, and you have to buy new books - nightmare! So here is a list of the best books to buy.

Books for GCSE

CGP Revision Books - best books by far, with tons of helpful, 1 page summays, exercises and it's easy to digest.

Books for College
AS

Look out for exam boards who frequently write up books - they will have the most up-to-date information, as well as tayloring everything for the exams.

Heinemann Psychology AS For OCR - Fiona Lintern, Lynne Williams, Alan Hill
Really easy to understand book, with clearly set out sections for background, the study and evaluation

The English Legal System - Jacqueline Martin
Written by the women who used to be chief examiner, she knows whats she talking about, and it has everything you need to pass

Essential AS Chemistry For OCR - Ted Lister, Janet Renshaw
Really clear book, with clearly set out specification sections, and the bare bones of what you need to know

Critical Thinking For AS Level - Roy van den Brink-Budgen
This is a really simple book, that has progress activities and easy to digest information

A2

Again, always look out for books written by the exam boards - they are definetly the best for getting to the bare bones

Heinemann Psychology A2 for OCR-Sally Gadson, Phillippe Harari, Karen Legge, Linda Sherry
Same as the AS version, this is a really good book, but be warned - it has all the sections of A2 psychology - you may only be looking at 2 of them

Psychology and Crime - David Putwain and Aidan Sammons
A great book for the crime section of A2 psychology, it has extensive chapters on all the things you need to know, and it is a handy A5 size too!

Psychology and Education - Susan Bentham
Like the book above, it has extensive chapters on everything, and is that same handy size

Criminal Law For A2 - Jacqueline Martin
Another good book by Martin, although it is the bare bones of what you need to know, and sometimes doesn't have all the cases you need, but great for first time reading

A2 Law For AQA - Sally Russell
Great back-up book for further reading on-top of the Martin book above

Obviously, those books are based around the subjects I take/took, as I know those books best. But take a look at places like amazon and ebay for cheap books for your subjects. Also, talk to your tutors as they will have knowledge on the best books to buy.