UPSC Booklist by Topics from Best Authors

What could be more important than Books for UPSC Exam Preparation? Let’s see a list of the best UPSC Books by topics from the best authors.

NCERT Text Books

NCERT Text Books are one of the important and most useful books for IAS preparation. It contains almost all the basic topics present in UPSC Examination Syllabus such as mathematics, geography, history, and science. You can buy NCERT textbooks for classes 6 to 12. You can buy NCERT books through this link.

Best UPSC Books By Topics

UPSC Books for Indian Polity and Constitution

  1. Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth
  2. Introduction to the Constitution of India by D.D. Basu
  3. Indian Constitution & Polity by Mahesh Kumar Barnwal, Kunal Verma
  4. Important Acts that Transformed India by Alex Andrews George
  5. Important Judgments that Transformed India by Alex Andrews George.

UPSC Books for Indian History and Culture

  1. Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania
  2. Indian Art & Culture by Arihant Experts
  3. Art and Culture Question Bank by Vinay GB
  4. India’s Ancient Past by R.S Sharma
  5. Ancient and Medieval India – by Poonam Dalal Dahiya
  6. A Compendium of Indian Art and Culture – For Civil Services and Other Competitive Examination by B.S. Baliyan
  7. Modern Indian History – by Sonali Bansal and Snehil Tripathi

UPSC Books for Indian Geography and World Geography

  1. Geography of India by Majid Hussain
  2. Objective Indian and World Geography by D.R Khullar
  3. Certificate Physical And Human Geography by Goh Cheng Leong

UPSC Books for Indian Economy

  1. Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
  2. Indian Economy Key Concepts by Sankarganesh Karuppiah
  3. Indian Economy For Civil Services and Other Competitive Examinations by Nitin Singhania

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UPSC Books for Science and Technology

  1. Esencia Science and Technology: For Civil Services and Other Competitive Examinations by  H. S. Sidhu and Gurbinder Kaur
  2. Science and Technology by Ravi P. Agrahari

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UPSC Books for Environment Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change

  1. Environment and Ecology: Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Disaster Management for Civil Services Examination by Majid Hussain
  2. Environment and Ecology by R. Rajagopalan
  3. Environment – By Shankar IAS

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UPSC Books for World History

  1. World History by Krishna Reddy
  2. History of the World  by Arjun Dev and Indira Arjun Dev

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UPSC Books for India Since Independence

  1. India Since Independence by Bipan Chandra
  2. India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra
  3. Post-Independence India: For Civil Services Examinations by Sonali Bansal and Snehil Tripathi

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UPSC Books for Indian Society

  1. Indian Society by For Civil Services Main Examination by M. Senthil Kumar and Rijesh
  2. Indian Society: Themes and Social Issues by Nadeem Hasnain

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UPSC Books for Foreign Relations of India

  1. Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy by Rajiv, Sikri
  2. International Relations – by Pavneet Singh

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UPSC Books for Governance

  1. Governance in India by M. Laxmikanth
  2. Governance in India: Basic and Beyond  by M. Karthikeyan

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UPSC Books for Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude

  1. Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude – by G Subba Rao & P N Roy Chowdhury
  2. Lexicon Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude for IAS General Studies – by Niraj Kumar
  3. Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude – by M. Karthikeyan

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UPSC for Internal Security

  1. Challenges to Internal Security of India by Ashok Kumar and Vipul Anekant
  2. Internal Security for Civil Services Main Examination by M. Karthikeyan 

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