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We have Picked Some Must Have Books for IAS Preparation according to their Category.

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HISTORY

Book Name Author Name 
India’s Ancient Past R.S. Sharma [MUST READ]
History Of Medieval India Satish Chandra [MUST READ]
India’s Struggle For Independence Bipan Chandra [MUST READ]
History Of Modern India Bipan Chandra [MUST READ]
A Brief History of Modern India Rajiv Ahir [IMPORTANT]

GEOGRAPHY [NCERT BOOKS AND GC LEONG ARE ENOUGH]

Book Name Author Name
Indian and World Geography for Civil Services D.R. Khullar [Not Important]
Geography of India Majid Husain [Not Important]
Orient Blackswan School Atlas Orient Black Swan [IMPORTANT]
Certificate Physical and Human Geography GC LEONG [MUST READ]
Oxford School Atlas
Oxford [NOT IMPORTANT]

CULTURE [NITIN SINGHANIA ENOUGH]

Book Name Author Name
Facts of Indian Culture Spectrum [IMPORTANT]
The Wonder That Was India A.L. Bhasham [Not Important]
Art and Culture of India Nitin Singhania [MUST READ]

POLITY AND ECONOMY

Book Name Author Name
Indian Polity 5th Edition M. Laxmikanth (Polity) [MUST READ]
Indian Economy 9th Edition Ramesh Singh (Economy) [MUST READ]
Indian Economy Key Concepts Shankar Ganesh [IMPORTANT]

ENVIRONMENT

Book Name Author Name
Shankar IAS Environment Shankar IAS [MUST READ]

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Book Name Author Name
Science and Technology in India

Ashok Singh (TMH)

OTHERS

Book Name Author / Category 
General Studies: Paper I (2018)  TMH (GS – Paper 1)
General Studies: Paper II (2018)  TMH (CSAT – Paper 2)
Analytical Reasoning M. K. Pandey (CSAT – Paper 2: Analytical Reasoning)
Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning R. S.Aggarwal (CSAT Paper 2: Reasoning). K. Pandey
India Year Book 2017 (Current Affairs)
Manorama Yearbook 2017 (Current Affairs)

Most Important and Additional IAS Preparation Books for UPSC Mains (Click to Buy Online)

Contemporary Essays by Ramesh Singh                        (Essay Paper) [NOT IMPORTANT]
151 ESSAYS For UPSC Mains                                        (Essay Paper) [MUST READ]
A Compendium of Essays                                             (Essay Paper) [NOT IMPORTANT]

IAS Preparation Books FOR GENERAL STUDIES PAPER 1

Book Name Author Name
Norman Lowe World History of Modern World Jain and Mathur (World History – GS1)
Social Problems In India Ram Ahuja. (Indian Society – GS1)
India After Gandhi Ramachandra Guha (History – GS1)
From Plassey to the Partition         Sekhar-Bandyopadhyay (History – GS1)

IAS Preparation Books FOR GENERAL STUDIES PAPER 2

Books Name Category
India and the World (Foreign Policy – GS2)
Pax Indica – Shashi Tharoor (Foreign Policy – GS2)
Governance in India for CSE (Governance – GS2)
IAS Mains General Studies Paper 2 (Arihant Manual – GS2)

IAS Preparation Books FOR GENERAL STUDIES PAPER 3

Book Name Category
Internal Security (Internal Security – GS3)
Challenges to Internal Security of India (Internal Security – GS3)
IAS Mains General Studies Paper 3 GS3. (Arihant Manual – GS3)

IAS Preparation Books FOR GENERAL STUDIES PAPER 4

Book Name Category
Lexicon Ethics ( Ethics – GS4)
IAS Mains General Studies Paper 4 ( Arihant Manual – GS4)

IAS Preparation Books for Interview

Book Name Author
CIVIL SERVICES INTERVIEW: HOW TO EXCEL Madhukar Bhagat
Kit of Interviews S. Rajinder Dhillon
Interviews The Last Basic Tips On facing Civil Services Personality Test UNIQUE
Interview Cracker Neelam Soni

Must Get UPSC IAS Practice Books available in Amazon

21 Years CSAT General Studies IAS Prelims Topic-wise Solved Papers (1995-2017) [MUST READ]
 14000+ MCQ By Manohar Pandey [Arihant Publications] [MUST READ]


General Studies Manual (GS Manual)

GS manual should be with you when you are going to prepare for the prelims examination. Now arises the question that what is GS manual? It’s an all-in-one book for civil services prelims covering all the topics like Polity, Economy, History, Geography, Current Affairs, General Knowledge, Mental Ability, Facts, and more. One Book in hand with all the information you need is like the god on the earth for IAS examination Aspirants. Some times standard books prescribed for preparation do not have that information which GS manual have. Above that, the language and content are so easy to understand for any of the aspirants. The level set is also satisfactory.

The passed candidate suggests that one must go through the past 5 years Solved Section-wise Papers and IAS Syllabus before going to any other books. These papers will be a great boon for IAS aspirants. Valuable time and efforts are to be used in the right place so these two reference books will be best for those who start preparing for Prelims. They must be sure to get the solved section-wise questions papers and the IAS syllabus.

Book Name Author / Category 
General Studies: Paper I (2018)  TMH (GS – Paper 1)
General Studies: Paper II (2018)  TMH (CSAT – Paper 2)
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