So I plan on giving the GRE this year and I was wondering which textbook(s) would be good for it as well as learning physics in general. I've already obtained a copy of one by Randall D. Knight and another by Halliday and Resnick. Are there any others I should look for?

My university( UC Santa Cruz) used Giancoli's Physics for their physics track. I find it to be decent, if a little glossy in advanced areas. The problems are mostly average in difficulty. There are some textbooks with better mindtwisters if you like the physics equivalent of red hot chicken wings.

Edited January 19, 201610 yr by kisai

I quite like Haliday, Resnick and Walker. They are on something like the 10th edition now.

My university( UC Santa Cruz) used Giancoli's Physics for their physics track. I find it to be decent, if a little glossy in advanced areas. The problems are mostly average in difficulty. There are some textbooks with better mindtwisters if you like the physics equivalent of red hot chicken wings.

 

Yeah I remember that one. We used it in IB HL physics as a reference on account of it being like that. I would like to hear your suggestions on those other textbooks, however. As long as I don't end up wasting too much time with these mind twisters, though.