Booklist to study for UPSC Prelims, Mains & Optional Subjects PDF Download

Subject

UPSC Books

History

1. India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra
2. Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania
3. NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval)
4. NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)
5. Indian Culture- Spectrum

Geography

1. Certificate Physical Geography – G C Leong
2. NCERT VI – X (Old Syllabus)
3. NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus)
4. World Atlas (Orient Black Swan)

Indian Polity

1. Indian Polity – M Laxmikanth
2. NCERT IX-XII

Economics

1. Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
2. Economic Development & Policies in India – Jain & Ohri
3. NCERT XI

Current Affairs 

1.  The Hindu
2. Monthly Yojna Magazine & Kurukshetra Magazine

International Relations

1. International Relations NCERT XI and XII
2. Current Affairs

CSAT

1. Tata McGraw Hill CSAT Manual
2. Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning – R S Aggarwal

Solved Papers

1. IAS General Studies Prelims Solved Papers 

For more information on CSAT, check the linked article

Subject

UPSC Books

History, Indian Heritage & Culture

[GS Paper 1]

• Basic Books:
  NIOS course books for classes XI and XII on - Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India, National Movement & Contemporary World and Culture of India. (All these are available in PDF format on internet)
• Advance Level Books:
  1. India’s Ancient Past by R.S. Sharma published by Oxford University Press 
  2. A History of Ancient & Early Medieval India by Upinder Singh 
  3. History of Medieval India (800–1700 AD) by Satish Chandra published by Orient Longman 
  4. History of Modern India by Bipin Chandra (2009 Edition) 
  5. India's Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra & Others
  6. India After Independence (1947 - 2000) by Bipin Chandra & Others 
  7. From Plassey To Partition And After by Sekhar Bandopadhyaya
• World History:
  1. The Story of Civilization, Part 2 by Arjun Dev, NCERT
  2. Contemporary World History for class XII (Old NCERT Book)

Geography

[GS Paper 1]

1. Certificate Physical & Human Geography (Oxford) by Goh Cheng Leong 
2. NCERTs (New Editions)
   - XI Standard: 
   (1) India - Physical Environment 
   (2) Fundamentals of Physical Geography
   - XII Standard: 
   (1) India - People & Economy 
   (2) Fundamentals of Human Geography 
3. School Atlas - Oxford
4. Geography of India by Majid Husain

Ecology & Environment

1. XII Standard NCERT Book on Biology (Chapters pertaining to Ecology) 
2. XII Standard NCERT Book on Biology (Chapters pertaining to Ecology) 
3. Certificate Physical & Human Geography by Goh Cheng Leong (Second Half of the Book)
4. Environment by Shankar IAS
5. India Year Book (Chapters on Environment)
6. The chapter on Climate Change from Economic Survey
7. The Hindu or Indian Express Newspaper

Polity & International Relations

[GS Paper 2]

1. Constitution of India at Work (Class XI) NCERT Publication 
2. Indian Polity by Laxmikant
3. The Hindu or Indian Express Newspaper
4. Yojana Magazine

Economy 

[GS Paper 3]

1. Indian Economic Development XI Standard NCERT 
2. Indian Economy by Nitin Singhania
3. Introductory Macro Economics XII Standard NCERT (Ignore all diagrams & mathematical formulas) 
4. The Hindu or Indian Express Newspaper
5. Economics Dictionary published by Collins & Penguin
6. Economic Survey
7. Indian Economy by Sanjiv Verma

Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude

[GS Paper 4]

1. Ethics in Governance, ARC Report 
2. Lexicon by Chronicle Publications 
3. Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Main Examination by Subba Rao and P.N. Roy Chaudary
   
4. The Book on Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude published by Access Publication

Social Issues

1. XI Standard NCERT on Indian Society (Chapters on Unity & Diversity and Population Issues) 
2. XII Standard NCERT (Chapters on Communalism, Secularism and Urban Issues such as Poverty, Housing, etc.) 
3. The Hindu or Indian Express Newspaper

Governance Issues

1. From Government to Governance by Kuldeep Mathur 
2. Ethics in Governance, ARC Report
3. Governance in India by M. Laxmikanth
4. Citizen-Centric Administration (Chapters 2, 5, 6, 7 & 8 only and box items in the report)

Developmental Issues

1. Human Development Report & World Development Report 
2. Panchayati Raj in India by Kuldeep Mathur 
3. The Hindu or Indian Express Newspaper
4. Kurukshetra & Yojana Magazines

International Relations

1. India’s Foreign Policy Since Independence by V.P. Dutt 
2. The Hindu or Indian Express Newspaper
3. International Relations by Pushpesh Pant

Security Issues

1. India’s Security in a Turbulent World by Jasjit Singh, published by the National Book Trust of India 
2. The Hindu or Indian Express Newspaper

Science & Technology

1. VIII, IX, X Standard NCERT books on Biology
2. Science and Technology by Ravi P. Agrahari
3. The Hindu or Indian Express Newspaper
4. Monthly Magazine 'Science Reporter for Science & Technology'

Current Affairs

Monthly daily weekly edurev

Solved Papers

EduRev 

UPSC Books For Optional Subjects

Public Administration

1. IGNOU BA and MA Notes
2. Administrative Thinkers by Prasad and Prasad
3. New Horizons of Public Administration by Mohit Bhattacharya
4. Public Administration And Public Affairs by Nicholas Henry
5. Public Policy: Concept, Theory and Practice by Bidyut Chakrabarty and Prakash Chand
6. Essentials of organisational behaviour by Stephen Robbins
7. Public Administration - Laxmikant
8. ARC reports
9. Important reports from ministries

Sociology 

Booklist for Sociology Optional Paper 1:

• Introduction to Sociology by Anthony Giddens
• Sociological Theory by George Ritzer
• Sociology Themes and Perspectives by Haralambos & Holborn
• A Dictionary of Sociology by John Scott
• Sociological Thought by Francis Abraham and John Henry Morgan
• An Introduction to Political Theory by O P Gauba

Booklist for Sociology Optional Paper 2:

• Social Change in Modern India by M N Srinivas
• Caste Its Twentieth Century Avatar by M N Srinivas
• Handbook of Indian Sociology by Veena Das
• Indian Society: Themes and Social Issues by Nadeem Hasnain
• Modernization of Indian Tradition by Yogendra Singh
• Rural Sociology by S.L Doshi and P.C Jain
• Social Background of Indian Nationalism by A R Desai

History 

• NCERT (Class IX to XII)
• NIOS/IGNOU Notes
• India's Ancient Past by R. S. Sharma.
• History of Medieval India: From 647 A.D. to the Mughal Conquest by Satish Chandra.
• History of Modern India by Bipan Chandra.
• India's Struggle For Independence by Bipan Chandra.
• Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania.
• A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century by Upinder Singh
• From Plassey to Partition and After A History of Modern India by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
• A Comprehensive History of Medieval India: From Twelfth to the Mid-Eighteenth Century by Farooqui Salma Ahmed
• Contemporary India: Economy, Society, Politics by Neera Chandhoke
• A History of Modern World by Jain and Mathur
• Mastering Modern World History by Norman Lowe

Philosophy

Paper I

• W. T. Stace: A Critical History of Greek Philosophy (Plato and Aristotle).
• Copleston: A History of Philosophy (Relevant Chapters from volume I, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX & XI).
• Anthony Kenny: A New History of Western Philosophy. OUP Oxford.
• Datta & Chatterjee: An Introduction to Indian Philosophy. Rupa Publishing.
• C. D. Sharma: A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy. MLBD.
• Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy.

Paper II

• John Hick: Philosophy of Religion.
• Michael B. Wilkinson: Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction.
• O. P. Gauba: Social & Political Philosophy.
• Political Theory, An Introduction. Edited By Rajeev Bhargava & Ashok Acharya.
• Oxford Dictionary of Politics.

Maths

Paper-1

Linear Algebra

• Schaum Series - Seymour Lipschutz
• Linear Algebra - Hoffman and Kunze 

Calculus

• Mathematical Analysis - S C Malik and Savita Arora
• Elements of Real Analysis - Shanti Narayan and M D Raisinghania

Analytic Geometry

• Analytical Solid Geometry - Shanti Narayan and P K Mittal
• Solid Geometry - P N Chatterjee

Ordinary Differential Equations (Ode)

• Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations - M D Raisinghania

Dynamics and Statics

• Krishna Series

Vector Analysis

• Schaum Series - Murray R. Spiegel

Algebra

• Contemporary Abstract Algebra - Joseph Gallian

Real Analysis

• Same As Calculus of Paper

Complex Analysis

• Schaum Series - Speigel, Lipschitz, Schiller, Spellman

Linear Programming

• Linear Programming and Game Theory - Lakshmi Shree Bandyopadhyay

Partial Differential Equations

• Same As Ode of Paper 1
• Advanced Differential Equations - M D Raisinghania

For Numerical Analysis

• Computer Based Numerical and Statistical Techniques - M. Goyal
• Numerical Methods - Jain, Iyengar and Jain

• Digital Logic and Computer 
  Design - M. Morris Mano

• Krishna Series