History 1.

India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra

2. Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania
3. NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval)
4. NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)

Geography 1. Certificate Physical Geography – G C Leong

2. NCERT VI – X (Old Syllabus)
3. NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus)
4. World Atlas (Orient Black Swan)

Indian Polity 1. Indian Polity – M Laxmikanth

2. NCERT IX-XII

Economics 1. Indian Economy by Nitin Singhania

2. Economic Development & Policies in India – Jain & Ohri
3. NCERT XI

International Relations 1. NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)

2. Current Affairs

CSAT 1. Tata McGraw Hill CSAT Manual

2. Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning – R S Aggarwal

Solved Papers 1. IAS General Studies Prelims Solved Papers – Vishal Publications

History, Indian Heritage 1. Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania

& Culture 2. India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra
[GS Paper 1] 3. India after Independence by Bipan Chandra
4. History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra
5. Ancient India by R.S Sharma

Geography 1. Geography of India by Majid Husain

[GS Paper 1] 2. World Geography by Majid Husain
3. World Atlas (Orient Black Swan)
4. Certificate Physical and Human Geography – G C Leong
5. Fundamentals of Physical Geography NCERT Class 11
 Polity & International 1. Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth
Relations 2. Introduction to the Constitution of India by DD Basu
[GS Paper 2] 3. International Relations: Pushpesh Pant

Economy 1. Indian Economy – Nitin Singhania

[GS Paper 3] 2. Environment and Disaster Management – Tata McGraw Hill
3. Challenges to Internal Security of India – Ashok Kumar

Ethics 1. Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Main Examination
[GS Paper 4] by Subba Rao and P.N. Roy Chaudary

Solved Papers 1. IAS General Studies Prelims Solved Papers – Vishal Publications

Apart from the books mentioned above, the essential UPSC Study Material includes:

1. 2nd ARC Report (To read more on ARC Reports, check the linked article.)
2. Economic Survey (Latest)
3. Budget (Latest)
4. Finance Commission Report (Latest)
5. Annual reports by central ministries
6. Current Affairs

o The Hindu Newspaper

o Yojana Magazine
o Press Information Bureau Releases
7. Niti Aayog Action Agenda

1. UPSC Books for Indian Polity and Constitution

1. Indian Polity – by M. Laxmikanth

2. Important Acts that Transformed India – by Alex Andrews
George
3. Important Judgments that Transformed India – by Alex
Andrews George

2. UPSC Books for Indian History and Culture

1. Indian Art and Culture – by Nitin Singhania

2. Ancient and Medieval India – by Poonam Dalal Dahiya
3. Modern Indian History – by Sonali Bansal and Snehil Tripathi
3. UPSC Books for Indian Geography and World Geography

1. Certificate Physical And Human Geography – by Goh Cheng

Leong
2. Geography of India – by Majid Husain
3. Oxford Student Atlas for India

4. UPSC Books for the Indian Economy

1. Indian Economy – by Nitin Singhania

2. Indian Economy – by Ramesh Singh
3. Indian Economy Key Concepts – by Sankarganesh Karuppiah

5. UPSC Books for Science and Technology

1. Science and Technology – by Ravi P. Agrahari

6. UPSC Books for Environment – Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate

Change

1. Environment – by Shankar IAS

2. Environment – by PMF IAS

7. UPSC Books for Current Affairs

1. India 2022 Yearbook – by Rajiv Mehrishi

2. The Malayala Manorama English Yearbook 2022  –  by
Mammen Mathew
3. India 2022 – Publications Division Paperback – by Publications
Division

8. UPSC Previous Year Question Papers

1. 27 Years UPSC IAS/ IPS Prelims Topic-wise Solved Papers 1 & 2

(1995-2021)

9. Prelims Manual for GS (All-in-One Guide)

 1. General Studies Manual Paper-1 2022 Paperback – by Manohar
Pandey

10. Prelims Manual for CSAT (All-in-One Guide)

1. Cracking the CSAT Paper-2 – by Arihant Experts

11. IAS Books for Essay (UPSC Mains Essay Paper)

1. Fundamentals of Essay and Answer Writing – by Anudeep

Durishetty
2. Mastering Essay and Answer Writing – by Awdesh Singh

12. IAS Books for India Since Independence (Part of UPSC Mains GS1
Paper)

1. Post-Independence India: For Civil Services Examinations – by

Sonali Bansal and Snehil Tripathi
2. India Since Independence – by Bipan Chandra

13. IAS Books for World History (Part of UPSC Mains GS1 Paper)

1. World History – by Krishna Reddy

2. History of the World – by Arjun Dev

14. IAS Books for Indian Society (Part of UPSC Mains GS1 Paper)

1. Indian Society: Themes and Social Issues – by Nadeem Hasnain

2. Indian Society – by M Senthil Kumar

15. IAS Books for Governance (Part of UPSC Mains GS2 Paper)

1. Governance in India – by M. Laxmikanth

2. Governance in India – by M. Karthikeyan

16. IAS Books for Foreign Relations of India (Part of UPSC Mains GS2
Paper)
 1. International Relations – by Pavneet Singh
2. India and the World – by Amb. Surendra Kumar
3. India’s Foreign Policy in the Post-Covid World – by Amb.
Surendra Kumar

17. IAS Books for Internal Security (Part of UPSC Mains GS3 Paper)

1. Challenges to Internal Security of India – by Ashok Kumar and

Vipul Anekant
2. Internal Security – by Rajkumar SP

18. IAS Books for Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude (UPSC Mains GS4 Paper)

1. Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude – by Niraj Kumar

2. Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude – by M. Karthikeyan
3. Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude – by G Subba Rao & P N Roy
Chowdhury
4. Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude – by Awdesh Singh 

19. Paper-wise All-in-One manuals for UPSC CSE (Mains)

1. IAS Mains General Studies Manual General Studies Paper 1 – by

Arihant
2. IAS Mains General Studies Manual General Studies Paper 2 – by
Arihant
3. IAS Mains General Studies Manual General Studies Paper 3 – by
Arihant
4. IAS Mains General Studies Manual General Studies Paper 4 – by
Arihant

Keep pre and mains prep integrated

Polity- m laxmikanth, current affairs, Vision IAS, PIB and PRS, 2 nd arc report 6th

Economy- Ramesh singh

Modern history- spectrum n ncert old

Indian culture – nitin Singhania

Environment – shankar ias academy, current affair, silent spring by Rachel carson, website – earth
hour, UN, IUCN

Constituition – pm bakshi
Economics- current affair

Art n culture- Fine arts 11th n 12th class, use pictorials to explain answer

Post independence india- nitin Sangwan notes

World history- vision ias notes, norman lowe

Geography videos- ms rajtanil

Pmf ias website for geo

Certificate physical and human geo by gc leong

Social- vision ias notes

International affairs- ministry of external affair

Economy- Sanjeev varma Indian economy, arthpedia

Disaster mgt- NDMA guidelines, 2nd arc 3rd report

Ethics- 2nd arc 4th report n 2nd arc 12th report

Websites- clearias, insights on india, mrunal.org,

Ancient history- tamil nadu board books 11 th n 12th