# Textbook recommendation request
**URL:** https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/t/textbook-recommendation-request/325
**Category:** Twin & family modeling
**Created:** [June 8, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/t/textbook-recommendation-request/325 "2022-06-08T21:53:59Z")
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### Author:  [@ericpenichet](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/u/ericpenichet)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/t/textbook-recommendation-request/325/1 "2022-06-08T21:53:59Z")
Which textbooks would you guys recommend for SEM and BG, respectively? Haven’t taken a formal course in either yet, and I would appreciate any recommendations. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@conor](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/u/conor)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/t/textbook-recommendation-request/325/2 "2022-06-13T11:46:04Z")
Rex Kline for SEM is supposed to be good (I do not think OpenMx is used).
[https://www.guilford.com/books/Principles-and-Practice-of-Structural-Equation-Modeling/Rex-Kline/9781462523344](https://www.guilford.com/books/Principles-and-Practice-of-Structural-Equation-Modeling/Rex-Kline/9781462523344)
For BG general text:
[https://www.amazon.com/Behavioral-Genetics-Valerie-S-Knopik/dp/1464176051](https://www.amazon.com/Behavioral-Genetics-Valerie-S-Knopik/dp/1464176051)
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### Author:  [@anonymous9](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/u/anonymous9)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2022, 6:46am UTC](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/t/textbook-recommendation-request/325/3 "2022-06-14T06:46:28Z")
Came across this book when I googled the other day ☺ ☺
