Here are some very important books for UPSC CSE exams preparation.
UPSC CSE syllabus in details available in this blog post: UPSC CSE Syllabus
Books are categorized paper-wise:
GS Paper 1:
- India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra
- India After Independence by Bipan Chandra
- Ancient India by RS Sharma
- History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra
- From Plassey To Partition And After by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
- Oxford Student Atlas for India
- Central Physical and Human Geography by GC Leong
- Panchayati Raj in India by Kuldeep Mathur
- Mastering Modern World History by Norman Lowe
- Indian Art and Culture, Nitin Singhania
- Geography NCERTs (Class XI and XII)
- Introduction to Indian Art for Class XI (NCERT)
- Contemporary World History for class XII (Old NCERT Book)
GS Paper 2:
- Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth
- Constitution of India by DD Basu
- 35 Landmark Supreme Court Judgments Simplified for UPSC IAS/ IPS Prelim & Main Exams, Siddharth Arora
- India’s Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri
- The India way by S. Jaishankar
- Constitution of India at Work (Class XI) NCERT Publication
GS Paper 3:
- Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
- Environment – By Shankar IAS
- Challenges to Internal Security of India – by Ashok Kumar and Vipul Anekant
- XII Standard NCERT Book on Biology
GS Paper 4:
- Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude for IAS General Studies, Niraj Kumar
- Ethics in Governance, ARC Report
- The Book on Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude published by Access Publication
Essay
- 151 Essays for IAS/ PCS & other Competitive Exams, Disha Experts
- Fundamentals of Essay and Answer Writing, Anudeep Durishetty
Resources for Current Affairs:
- The Hindu
- Yojna Magazine
English Paper
- Compulsory English, A P Bhardwaj
Previous years papers
- 9 Year Wise UPSC Civil Services IAS Mains General Studies Papers 1 to 4 Solved Papers (2013 - 2022) 3rd Edition - Disha Experts, Disha Publication
- 9 Year Wise UPSC Civil Services IAS Mains Essay Solved Papers (2013 - 2022) 3rd Edition - Disha Experts, Disha Publication
- 27 Years UPSC IAS/ IPS Prelims Topic-wise Solved Papers 1 & 2 , Mrunal Patel
Others
- Vision IAS notes