Impotant books for IAS pre and Mains

Essential IAS Books For UPSC Prelims

1.      History Of Modern India – Bipan Chandra. (History)

2.      India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra. (History)

3.      Facets of Indian Culture – Spectrum. (Culture)

4.      Geography of India – Majid Husain. (Geography)

5.      Oxford School Atlas – Oxford. (Geography)

6.      Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong. (Geography)

7.      Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations – M. Laxmikanth. (Polity)

8.      Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh. (Economy)

9.      Economic Survey (2012-13). (Economy)

10.  Science and Technology in India – Kalpana Rajaram : Spectrum. (Science and Technology)

11.  Environmental Studies from Crisis to Cure 2nd Edition – R.Rajagoplan. (Environment)

12.  India Year Book. (Current Affairs)

13.  Manorama Yearbook 2014. (Current Affairs)

14.  CSAT 2014 : Paper – 2 Manual by TMH or CSAT-II – Arihant (CSAT – Paper 2)

Additional IAS Books for UPSC Mains

1.      Contemporay Essays by Ramesh Singh OR 151 ESSAYS For UPSC Mains (Essay Paper)

2.      India After Gandhi – Ramchandra Guha (History – GS1)

3.      History of Modern World – Jain and Mathur OR Norman Lowe (World History – GS1)

4.      Social Problems In India – Ram Ahuja. (Indian Society – GS1)

5.      Development & Developmental Processes (Social Justice – GS2)

6.      Issues Relating to Social Development (Social Justice – GS2)

7.      Pax Indica – Shashi Tharoor. (Foreign Policy – GS2)

8.      India’s Foreign Policy by Muchkund Dubey. (Foreign Policy – GS2)

9.      India’s National Security: A Reader. (Internal Security – GS3)

10.  Disaster Management. (Disaster Management – GS3)

11.  Ethics In Governance. ( Ethics – GS4)

12.  Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Mains. ( Ethics – GS4)

PS : Many books for UPSC Civil Service Main Exam overlap with books recommended for Prelims, except the mentioned additional books for topics like Foreign Relations, Internal Security, Ethics etc.

IAS Books for Optional Subjects and Additional Referernce

·         Books for Optional subjects in UPSC Mains.

·         Additional books for reference – Prelims and Mains.

IAS Manuals and Previous Year Question Papers

1.      General Studies For Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2014 – TMH. (GS Problem Solving)

2.      UPSC Civil Services Prelims in 60 days – Rakesh Dwivedi. (Revision)

3.      IAS Prelims 19 Years General Studies Topic-Wise Solved Papers (1995-2013) – Disha.

4.      IAS (Pre.) Solved Papers General Studies wih CSAT 2013 – Arihant.

5.      IAS Mains Civil Services Main Examination: General Studies Chapter-wise Solved Papers.