If you have the question What are the books needed to clear IAS?

in your mind, we hope this post to clear all your doubts. A detailed list of the best IAS books a vailable in the market for each subject in Prelims and Mains. ?#?Essential? Books For IAS Prelims:= 1.History Of Modern India Bipan Chandra. (History) Bipan Chandra. (History)

2.India s Struggle For Independence 3.Facets of Indian Culture 4.Geography of India 5.Oxford School Atlas

Spectrum. (Culture)

Majid Husain. (Geography) Oxford. (Geography) Goh Cheng Leong. (Geography) M. Laxmikanth. (Polity)

6.Certificate Physical and Human Geography

7.Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations 8.Indian Economy Ramesh Singh. (Economy)

9.Economic Survey (2012-13). (Economy) 10.Science and Technology in India nology) Kalpana Rajaram : Spectrum. (Science and Tech R.Rajagoplan. (Environm

11.Environmental Studies from Crisis to Cure 2nd Edition ent) 12.India Year Book. (Current Affairs) 13.Manorama Yearbook 2014. (Current Affairs) 14.CSAT 2014 : Paper 2 Manual by TMH or CSAT-II

Arihant (CSAT

Paper 2)

?#?Additional? Books for IAS Mains:= Books for UPSC Civil Service Main Exam overlap with many books recommended for P relims. But Mains stage demands certain additional books as there are new topics like Foreign Relations, Internal Security, Ethics etc. 1.Contemporay Essays by Ramesh Singh OR 151 ESSAYS For UPSC Mains (Essay Paper) 2.india After Gandhi Ramchandra Guha (History GS1) GS1)

3.History of Modern World 4.Social Problems In India

Jain and Mathur OR Norman Lowe (World History Ram Ahuja. (Indian Society GS1) GS2) GS2)

5.Development & Developmental Processes (Social Justice 6.issues Relating to Social Development (Social Justice 7.Pax Indica Shashi Tharoor. (Foreign Policy GS2)

8.India s Foreign Policy by Muchkund Dubey. (Foreign Policy 9.India s National Security: A Reader. (Internal Security

GS2) GS3)

10.Disaster Management. (Disaster Management 11.Ethics In Governance. ( Ethics GS4)

GS3)

12.Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Mains. ( Ethics

GS4)