IAS Exam Book list for Main Exam and Optional paper Books

IAS Exam Booklist  

Main Exam 

1. NCERT 40 Books Set for UPSC Exams (English Medium)
2. India’s Ancient Past – R.S. Sharma
3. Indian Art and Culture – Nitin Singhania (Culture)
4. History Of Modern India – Bipan Chandra. (History)
5. India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra. (History)
6. Geography of India – Majid Husain(Geography)
7. Oxford School Atlas – Oxford. (Geography)
8. Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong (Geography)
9. Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations – M. Laxmikanth (Polity)
10. Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh (Economy)
11. Economic Survey. (Economy)
12. Science and Technology in India – TMH. (Science and Technology)
13. Environmental Studies: From Crisis to Cure – Rajagopalan. (Environment)
14. Environment for Civil Services Prelims and Mains – Khuller. (Environment)
15. India Year Book 2019 (Current Affairs);(Current Affairs)
16. Manorama Yearbook 2019 . (Current Affairs)
17. Essays for Civil Services – Pulkit Khare (Essay Paper)
18. India After Gandhi – Ramachandra Guha(History – GS1)
19. Norman Lowe OR History of Modern World – Jain and Mathur(World History – GS1)
20. Social Problems In India – Ram Ahuja. (Indian Society – GS1)
21. IAS Mains General Studies Paper 2 (Arihant Manual – GS2)
22. Environment Shankar IAS Book 2019
23. Governance in India for CSE. (Governance – GS2)
24. Pax Indica – Shashi Tharoor. (Foreign Policy – GS2)
25. India and the World by Surendra Kumar. (Foreign Policy – GS2)
26. IAS Mains General Studies – GS3. (Arihant Manual – GS3)
27. India’s National Security: A Reader. (Internal Security – GS3)
28. Challenges to Internal Security of India. (Internal Security – GS3)
29. Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude. ( Ethics – GS4)
30. IAS Mains General Studies – Ethics.. ( Arihant Manual – GS4)

Civil Services Optional Subject Books (Paper 6 and 7)

Sociology

• Society In India: Concepts, Theories And Recent Trends – Ram Ahuja
• Social Problems In India – Ram Ahuja
• Persistence And Change In Tribal India – M.V. Rao
• Sociology Themes and Perspectives – Michael Haralambos, Martin Holborn

Public Administration 

• Public Administration – Laxmikanth
• New Horizons of Public Administration – Mohit Bhattacharya
• Administrative Thinkers – D. Ravindra Prasad
• Introduction to the Constitution of India – D.D.Basu

History

• Modern India, 1885-1947
• History of Medieval India
• The Penguin History Of Early India: From The Origins To AD 1300
• History Of Modern India
• India's Ancient Past
• Modern Indian History
• Mastering Modern World History
• The Age Of Revolution: 1789-1848
• The Age Of Capital 1848 - 1875
• Age of Empire 1875-1914

Geography

• Physical Geography By Savinder Singh
• Physical Geography By Stahler
• GEOMORPHOLOGY by Savindra Singh
• CLIMATOLOGY by D. S. Lal
• Climatology Atmosphere, Weather & Climate – K.Siddhartha
• Human Geography By Majid Hussain
• India a Comprehensive Geography
• Regional Planning in India – Chand and Puri
• Oxford School Atlas

Economy

• Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh.
• Advanced microeconomics theory – macro theories of distribution, welfare etc.
• Microeconomics – game theory, asymmetric info etc.
• Snowdon and Vane – the best one.
• Snowdon and Vane – the best one.
• Economic Survey.
• India Year Book 2019.