Best Books for UPSC IAS Prelims and Mains

SUBJECT

BASIC + STANDARD BOOKS

POLITY

1. M. Laxmikant (McGraw-Hill)

2. 11th NCERT - Indian Constitution at Work

ECONOMY

3. Nitin Singhania (McGraw-Hill)

4. 11^th NCERT - Indian Economic Development

5. 12^th NCERT - Introductory Macroeconomics

GEOGRAPHY

6. 11^th NCERT- Fundamental of Physical Geography

7. 11^th NCERT- Indian Physical Environment

8. 12^th NCERT- Fundamentals of Human Geography

9. 12^th NCERT- Indian People and Economy

10. GC Leong (Oxford India)

ENVIRONMENT

11. PMF Environment Book

ANCIENT INDIA

12. 11^th NCERT- Ancient India by RS Sharma

MEDIEVAL INDIA

13. 11^th NCERT- Medieval India by Satish Chandra

ART & CULTURE

14. Indian Art And Culture by Nitin Singhania (McGraw-Hill)

15. 11^th NCERT- An Introduction to Indian Art

MODERN INDIA

16. A Brief History of Modern India

 (Spectrum Pub)

17. 12th NCERT- Modern India by Bipin Chandra

POST INDEPENDENCE

18. 12th NCERT- Politics in India Since Independence

WORLD HISTORY

19. World History (Arjun Dev)

GOVERNANCE

20. Ensure IAS Classes Notes

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

21. Ensure IAS Classes Notes

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

22. Ensure IAS Classes Notes

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

23. 12th NCERT- Contemporary World Politics

24. Ensure IAS Classes Notes

INTERNAL SECURITY

25. Ashok Kumar & Vipul Anekant (McGraw-Hill)

INDIAN SOCIETY & SOCIAL ISSUES

26. 12th NCERT- Indian Society

27. Ensure IAS Classes Notes

ETHICS

28. DECODE ETHICS By Mudit Jain

(KBC Publication)

ESSAY

29. Ensure IAS Classes Notes

CURRENT AFFAIRS

30. Ensure IAS Monthly Magazine (Online + Offline)

CSAT

31. Ensure IAS Classes Notes

32. General Studies-2 (Arihant Publication)

OVERALL PYQ

33. Ensure IAS 29 PYQs