Book List for UPSC Civil Services

Hi all,

Here is an attempt to consolidate a litany of books for CIvil Service preparation. Now this in entirely a personal viewpoint and not a marketting strategy or propaganda to promote certain specific books.

Before you go into specific books, I would recommend you the cliched point of reading some SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS

• All NCERTs for Class 6 to 10
• History, Economics, Sociology, Political Science and Public Administration NCERTs for Class 11 and 12.
• NIOS study material for Art and Culture.

POLITY

• Indian Polity by M. Laxmikant 
• Indian Constitution by Subhash Kashyap.
• Indian Parliament by Subhash Kashyap
• M.V.Pylee

HISTORY

• India's Struggle to Independence by Bipan Chandra
• India after independence.
• India after Gandhi
• Spectrum's Modern History.

GEOGRAPHY

• NCERTs are enough as books
• Detailed study of any good ATLAS.

ECONOMICS

• Dutt and Sundaram
• Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
• Indian Economic Development (NCERT)

ART & CULTURE

• NCERT on Indian Art.
• Arihant's illustrative book on Indian Art and Culture.
• Spectrum's Indian Art and Culture.

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY.

• Majid Hussain.

CURRENT AFFAIRS

• Two newspapers. Suggested ones- The Hindu and The Indian Express
• Either one of these magazines: Yojna or Kurushetra
• Various Committee reports on PIB.
• The Recent Budget in detail.
• The Recent Economic Survey.
• Year Book for revision (Selective Readings)

Note: For other remaining topics of Science and Technology and Environment, one may either consult the GS Manual or any standard material from the coaching institutions.