Minna no nihongo and genki
 

hi
I wounder if some is using one of this books?
I have both but I use Genki becuse it´s good ^^

I have Minna no Nihongo ( borrowed from a friend) , its somewhere in my room, collecting dust :D

I also have "Minna no Nihongo" as well.

The books my college used back when I was studying were (unfortunately) the "Japanese for Busy People" series, which I always thought was a bit lacking... When I studied abroad last year, we used a textbook called Nakama in my classes, which was much better. My friends that were taking the beginner classes were using Genki, and from I saw of it, it seems pretty decent. I don't know too much about Minna no Nihongo, but that my roommate when I was working for a certain defunct English conversation school in Japan used it. Basically...anything is better than JBP...imho.