IQ Testing Books

This page offers books relating to IQ testing. While there is a clear statistical correlation between IQ scores and academic success, we're also confident that performance on IQ tests can be improved through preparation. We also offer tests and preparation materials to help improve scores.

Books (most with non-professional tests):

Most of these are used, and many of these can be found cheaper elsewhere. We offer them here for buyers who want a one-stop source for IQ related books.

• Animal IQ, The Human Side of Animals, by Vance Packard, 1950, $19
• Aptitudes and Aptitude Testing, by Walter Van Dyke Bingham, © 1937, $39 purchase
• Assessment of Children's Intelligence, by Jerome M. Sattler, ISBN 0-7216-7944-7, $29, 5 pounds
• The Bell Curve, Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life, paperback ISBN: 0-684-82429-9, $19
• The Bender gestalt Test for Young Children, Volume II, by Elizabeth M. Koppitz. ISBN 0808908731, appears new, $49, 3 pounds
• The Big Book of IQ tests (see "How Smart Are You" below)
• The Book of IQ Tests, by Phillip J. Carter and Kenneth A. Russell, ISBN -4027-1305-3, $29, 2 pounds
• Brain-Boosting Cryptic Puzzles, The Ultimate IQ Workout, ISBN 1-902813-21-9, $19, 2 pounds
• The Brain Game, 27 Classic Intelligence Tests That Will Reveal Your Unique Abilities, by Rita Aero and Elliot Weiner. Adult tests. ISBN 0-688-01923-4, $19, 3 pounds
• Brain Strains Power Puzzles, ISBN 1402701942, 2 pounds, $19
• Brain Tests, by John Monk Sanders and George Palmer Putnam, © 1925. Some excellent examples of culturally biased questions. Adult test, but my bright 5-year-old really enjoyed some of them. Two copies. $29 each
• Check Your Child's IQ, by Victor Serebriakoff and Steven Langer, for children aged 7 to 17, ISBN 1-872122-05-1, $39
• Check Your IQ, Ken Russell and Philip Carter, The Mensa UK Puzzle Editors. ISBN 0-572-01807-X, $19
• Check Your Own IQ, by H. J. Eysenck (sequel to Know Your Own IQ). ISBN: 0-517-279266, two copies, $19
• Clinical Interpretation of the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children, by Alan J. Glazer and Irla Lee Zimmerman, ISBN 0-8089-0151-6, $39
• The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests, 500 Exercises to Improve, Upgrade and Enhance Your Mind Strenght, by Philip Carter, ISBN: 9781567317831, $39, 2 pounds
• Computer Programmer Aptitude Tests, by Milton Luftig, $19 (includes progressive matrices exercises)
• Diagnostic Psychological Testing, Revised, by David Rapaport, Merton Gill,a nd Roy Schafer. $39
• Feed Your Kids Bright (diet suggestions which authors claim will raise IQs by as much as 35 points), by Francine Prince and Harold Prince, PhD. ISBN 0-671-60522-4, $19, 2 pounds
• Getting better at IQ tests: 11-13, by Ken Russell and Philip Carter. For bright children from 11 to 13 years old. ISBN 0-572-01972-6, $19, 1 pound SOLD
• Getting better at IQ tests: 14-16, by Ken Russell and Philip Carter. For bright children from 14 to 16 years old. ISBN 0-572-01973-4, $19, 1 pound
• Gifted IQ, Early Developmental Aspects, the Fullerton Longitudinal Study, by Alen W. Gottfried et al., ISBN 0-306-44683. More info. Sound, but with some lines of text on many pages underlined using pencil and blue ink. $19
• Gifts Differing, by Isabel Briggs Myers with Peter B. Myers, ISBN 0891060111, $19, 2 pounds
• Halstead-Reitan Test Battery: An Interpretive Guide, by Paul E. Jarvis and Jeffrey T. Barth, ISBN0-911907-01-7, $39, 2 pounds
• How Intelligent Are You? Test Your Own IQ, By Victor Serebriakoff, Signet 451-Y7777 © 1968. 95 IQ, personality and creativity tests for adults. $19
• How Smart are You? The Big Book of IQ Tests, Norman Sullivan and Philip J. Carter, for adults, ISBN 1-57912-022-9, $19, two pounds, two copies
• How Smart Are You? Test Your Own IQ, Norman Sullivan, ISBN: 0-9637056-1-X, $19, two copies
• How to Boost Your IQ, by John Bremner, ISBN 0-7063-7305-7, $19 SOLD
• How to Calculate Quickly, Rapid Methods in Basic Mathematics, by Henry Sticker, Dover edition © 1955, $19
• How to Raise Your Child's IQ, by David Engler, © 1958, includes 42 pages of Q tests and answers, $29
• How to Raise a Child with a High PQ* (*Play Quotient), by Stevanne Auerbach, ISBN 0-312-18089-6, $19 purchase
• Improve Your Child's IQ and Behavior, by Stephen Schoenthaler, ISBN 0-563-36193-X, $19, 1 pound
• Intelligent Testing with the WISC-R, © 1979, by Alan S. Kaufman, ISBN: 0-471-04971-9, $19 rental or $39 purchase
• Intelligence Tests and How to Take Them, by Jerome Wyckoff, © 1934, $29 SOLD
• Intelligence Tests for Children, by C. W. Valentine, Sixth Edition, © 1958, $29 purchase, 1 pound
• Intelligence Tests for Young Children, by C.W. Valentine, 66 pages of IQ test material for ages 1.5 years through 11 years. © 1945, $39 purchase SOLD
• The IQ Challenge, by Philip J. Carter and Ken A. Russell, ISBN 1-56619-164-5, $39, 3 pounds
• The IQ Mythology: Class, Race, Gender, and Inequality, by Elaine Mensh and Harry Mensh, ISBN 0-8093-1666-8, $19
• IQ Tests for Children, by Martin Lutterjohann, 50 tests for infants through 6 years, ISBN 0-8128-2272-2, hardback, SOLD, 2 pounds
  Nice prep for many of the WPPSI tests. Two copies
• IQ Tests for School Children, (ages 6-14), by Martin Lutterjohann, ISBN 0-8128-6026-8, $55
  Nice prep for many of the WPPSI tests.
• IQ Tests to Keep You Sharp, Carter and Russell, ISBN 0806957891, $19, two pounds
• Know Your Child's IQ, Hans Eysenck & Darrin Evans, A Penguin Book, scoring for ages 10 to 15, ISBN: 0-14-027464-2, $29, four copies
• Know Your Child's I.Q., Pocket Guides, 1977, by Glenn Wilson and Diana Grylls. Scoring for ages 5 to 11. ISBN: 0-7088-0982-0, $39
• Know Your Own Mind, Nine Tests That Tell You What You Do Best, by James Greene and David Lewis, ISBN 0-89256-268-4, $19
• Lateral MindTrap Puzzles, Sterling Publishing Co., ISBN: 0-8069-7135-5, $19
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles, Sterling Publishing Co., ISBN: 0-8069-7555-5, $19
• Learning to Learn, by Angela Browne-Miller, ISBN 0-306-44647-2, $19, 2 pounds
• Making Kids Smarter, A Guide for Developing and Teaching Children Successfully, by Pedro R. Portes, ISBN 1-884532-28-4, $29, 2 pounds
• Match Wits with Mensa, The Complete Quiz Book, ISBN 0738202509, $22, 3 pounds
• Measure Your IQ, Gilles Azzopardi, for adults, ISBN 0-572-01935-1, two copies, one with writing in ink, $19
• Measured Lies, The Bell Curve Examined, by Kincheloe, Steinberg, and Gresson, $19 purchase, 3 pounds
• Measurement of Adult Intelligence, Third Edition, by David Weschler, © 1944, $19 rental or $39 purchase
• The Measurement of Intelligence, by Lewis M. Terman, © 1916, Fair condition. Includes contents of original Stanford Binet test. $39 for purchase only.
• Measuring Intelligence, A Guide to the Administration of the New Revised Stanford-Binet Tests of Intelligence, by Lewis Terman and Maud Merrill, © 1937, $39, two copies
• Measuring Minds, Am Examiner's Manual to Accompany the Myers Mental Measure. © 1920, 1921, Good condition. $49, 1 pound
• MENSA Challenge Your IQ, Harold Gale and Carolyn Skitt, ISBN 1858683114, some light pencil answers in first part of book, $19, 1 pound
• The MENSA Genius Quiz Book, by Marvin Grosswirth, Abbie Salny, and members of MENSA, broken binding and probably missing last few pages. ISBN: 0-201-05959-2, $19 SOLD
• The MENSA Genius Quiz Book 2, by Marvin Grosswirth, Abbie Salny, and members of MENSA, ISBN 0201059584, some written answers in text, $19, 1 pound
• MENSA Logic Brainteasers, by Philip Carter and Ken Russell, ISBN 1858685451, $19, 1 pound
• MENSA Mind Workout, Josephine Fulton, ISBN 1-85868-546-X, some written answers in text, $19, 1 pound
• MENSA Presents Mind Games for Kids, by Carolyn Skitt, ISBN 0760705313, $19, 1 pound
• MENSA Quiz Book, Thousands of general knowledge questions for all ages, by Robert Allen, (previously published as Family Quiz Book), ISBN 0-517-22669-3, $19, 3 pounds
• Mind Hacks, Tips and Tools for Using Your Brain, by Tom Stafford & Matt Webb, ISBN 0-596-00779-5, $19, 2 pounds
• Mind Sharpening IQ Tests, by Philip J. Carter and Kenneth A. Russell, ISBN 0-8069-0463-1, $19, two pounds, two copies
• The Mismeasure of Man, by Stephen Jay Gould, paperback, well worn. ISBN: 0-393-01489-4, $19
• Multiple Intelligences, The Theory in Practice, by Howard Gardner, ISBN 0-465-01822-X, $19
• The Origins of Intelligence in Children, by Jean Piaget, © 1952, $29, 3 pounds
• Outsmarting IQ, The Emerging Science of Learnable Intelligence, by David Perkins, ISBN0-02-925212-1, $23, two copies
• A Parent's Guide to Intelligence Testing, How to Help Your Children's Intellectual Development, by John A. Glover, ISBN: 0-88229-670-1
• Psychological Testing and Assessment, Eight Edition, by Lewis R. Aiken, ISBN 0-205-13782-2, $19
• The Psychologist's Book of Self-Tests, 25 Love, Sex, Intelligence, Career & Personality Tests, by Louis Janda, ISBN0-399-52211-5, $19, 2 pounds
• Queensway Intelligence Tests, Metricated Edition, by Bell & Hyman Limited, for children of perhaps 8-16 years, ISBN 0-7135-1485-X, $29
• Raise Your Child's Social IQ, by Cathi Cohen, ISBN 0-9660366-8-9, $19, 2 pounds, two copies
• Raising IQ: Help Your Children Reach Their Full Potential, by Nancy Lu (autographed), ISBN: 1-889838-88-8, $19
• Research Monographs No. 3, American Orthopsychiatric Association. A Visual Motor Gestalt Test and It's Clinical Use, by Bender. © 1938, 1984 printing. Excellent condition. $39 purchase only. 2 pounds.
• Self-Scoring I.Q. Test, Intelligence Test for Adults and Children (ages 9 to adult), © 1971, Longwin International, $19
• Self-Scoring I.Q. Test, Intelligence Test for Adults and Children, © 1977, Alfred W. Munzert, $19
• Self Scoring I.Q. Tests, by Victor Serebriakoff, writing in much of book, ISBN: 0-7607-0164-4, $19
• Self Scoring IQ Test (The Original Cambridge), for ages 16 to 65. By AM Productions, Testcraft, UPC code 62255 50002 5, $19
• Self-Scoring IQ Tests for Children, by Victor Serebriakoff, ISBN: 0-7607-0163-6, $19
• Sit & Solve IQ Tests, by Fraser Simpson, ISBN1-4027-0410-0, $19
• Skeptic , Vol. 3 No. 3, 1995. Race & IQ, What's Behind the Belll Curve, $19
• Succeed at IQ tests, by Gilles Azzopardi, ISBN 0-572-01948-3, $19, 2 pounds
• Successful Intelligence: How Practical and Creative Intelligence Determine Success in Life by Robert J. Sternberg (1996, Hardcover), ISBN 0029252121, 2 pounds, $19.95
• Take the IQ Test, Philip J. Carter and Ken A. Russell, Joint Editors of the Mensa Puzzle Group Journal, ISBN 0-7137-2054-9, $19
• Test-Prep Your IQ, Fun Facts and Strategies for Boosting Standardized Test Scores, by Alfred W. Munzert, ISBN: 0-7689-1187-7, $29 SOLD
• Test Your Child's Abilities, IQ Tests for Children Aged 10-15, Hans Eysenck and Darrin Evans, ISBN 1-85833-573-6, $19
• Test Your Child's I.Q., by Victor Serebriakoff and Dr. Steven Langer, Scoring for ages 6.5 years to adult, ISBN 0-451-11461-2, $49 , two copies
• Test Your Child's IQ Skills, (ages 7 to 14) by Erik Bruun, ISBN 1-884822-74-6, $29
• Test Your IQ, by Hans Eysenck, ISBN: 0-14-024962-1, $19
• Test Your IQ, Third Edition, by Alfred W. Munzert, ISBN 0-517-18287-4, $19
• Test Your IQ Skills, by Norman Sullivan, Philip J. Carter, and Ken A. Russell, for adults, ISBN 0-965-16049-X, $19, two pounds, two copies
• Test Your IQ Skills, Third Series, by Philip J. Carter and Ken A. Russell, for adults, ISBN 1-884822-71-1, $19
• Test Your Own IQ, by Philip Carter and Ken Russell, for adults, ISBN 0-7607-2835-6, $29
• Test Your Own IQ, by Norman Sullivan, for adults, ISBN: 0-9637056-1-X, $19
• Test Your Own IQ Again, Second series, by Norman Sullivan, ISBN: 1-884822-18-5, $19
• Testing Juvenile Mentality, by Norbert J. Melvill, © 1920, shows how to administer the Stanford-Binet test. Includes test problems. $49
• Tests and Teasers, Compiled by the Editors of Reader's Digest, © 1937-1980, 48 pages, $19
• The Times Book of IQ Tests, by Ken Russell and Philip Carter, ISBN 0-7494-3473-2, $19
• Use Both Sides of Your Brain, Tony Buzan, ISBN 0525482296, $19
• Vineland Social Maturity Scale, Condense Manual of Directions, 1965 Edition. By Edgar Dell. $29 sale only.
• Visual IQ Tests, by Jola Sigmond, ISBN 1-4027-0675-8, $29, 2 copies, 1 pound
• Way Beyond the IQ, J.P. Guilford, ISBN: 0930222016, $19, 1 pound
• What's Your Child's I.Q., by Molly Bransfield, tests measure IQs of 8-14 year-old children in the range from 78 to 165, $49, 1 pound
• What's Your IQ?, A Book and IQ Test to Find Out Just How Smart You Really Are!, Scoring for age groups from 11 to adult. ISBN 0-88088-255-7, $19
• What's Your I.Q.?, by Pamela A. Horn, Scoring for ages from 10 to adult, IQs from 75 to 160, ISBN 1-884822-21-5, $19
• WISC-R Compilation, What to do now that you know the score, by John Whitworth and Dorothy Sutton, $49 rental, $195 purchase, 5 pounds
  Note! This book provides step-by-step instructions for improving WISC test scores. Strongly recommended.
• You Can Teach Your Child Intelligence, by David Lewis, ISBN 0-425-06473-5, $19, 1 pound
• Your Miracle Brain, by Jean Carper, ISBN 0-06-018391-8, $29, 3 pounds

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