Best Text Books for IAS Preparation: The selection of textbooks plays a vital role in Civils Preparation. Aspirants get confused in choosing the best books for their preparation.
After significant research, we have come up with the list of most used textbooks for Civils prelims & mains by the Toppers.
Best Text Books for IAS Prelims Preparation:
| Name of the Text Book | Subject | Authors | Link to Purchase |
| History of Modern India | History | Bipan Chandra | Click Here to Purchase |
| India’s Struggle for Independence (1857-1947) | History | Bipan Chandra Mridula MukherjeeAditya Mukherjee Sucheta Mahajan K.N. Panikkar | Click Here to Purchase |
| History of Medieval India | History | Satish Chandra | Click Here to Purchase |
| India’s Ancient Past | History | R.S. Sharma | Click Here to Purchase |
| Geography of India (6th Edition) | Geography | Majid Husain | Click Here to Purchase |
| Oxford School Atlas (35th Edition) | Geography | Oxford | Click Here to Purchase |
| Certificate Physical and Human Geography (Oxford New Edition) | Geography | Goh Cheng Leong | Click Here to Purchase |
| The Wonder That Was India | Culture | A.L. Basham | Click Here to Purchase |
| Indian Art and Culture | Culture | Nitin Singhania | Click Here to Purchase |
| Indian Economy | Economy | Ramesh Singh | Click Here to Purchase |
| Economic Survey | Economy | Oxford | Click Here to Purchase |
| Indian Polity (5th Edition) | Polity | M. Laxmikanth | Click Here to Purchase |
| Science and Technology | Science & Technology | Ashok Singh | Click Here to Purchase |
| Environmental Studies | Environment | R. Rajagopalan | Click Here to Purchase |
| Environment | Environment | D.R. Khullar J A C S Rao | Click Here to Purchase |
| India 2017 | Current Affairs | Publication Division | Click Here to Purchase |
| Manorama Year Book | Current Affairs | Mammen Mathew | Click Here to Purchase |
| General Studies Paper II | CSAT Paper 2 | MHE | Click Here to Purchase |
| Analytical Reasoning | CSAT Paper II – Analytical Reasoning | M.K. Pandey | Click Here to Purchase |
| A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning | CSAT Paper II – Reasoning | R.S. Aggarwal | Click Here to Purchase |
Best Books for UPSC Mains Exam:
| Name of the Text Book | Subject | Authors | Cost of Text Book |
| The Wonder That Was India | Culture | A.L. Basham | Rs. 380.00/- |
| India’s Ancient Past | Culture | R.S. Sharma | Rs. 168.00/- |
| Indian Art & Culture | Culture | Nitin Singhania | Rs. 448.00/- |
| History of Modern India | History | Bipan Chandra | Rs. 203.00/- |
| India’s Struggle for Independence | History | Bipan Chandra Mridula MukherjeeAditya Mukherjee Sucheta Mahajan | Rs. 194.00/- |
| Geography of India | Geography | Majid Husain | Rs. 620.00/- |
| Oxford School Atlas | Geography | Oxford | Rs. 210.00/- |
| Indian Polity | Polity | M. Laxmikanth | Rs. 404.00/- |
| Indian Economy | Economy | Ramesh Singh | Rs. 412.00/- |
| Economic Survey | Economy | Ministry of Finance (Govt. of India) | Rs. 347.00/- |
| Science & Technology | Science and Technology | Ashok Singh | Rs. 251.00/- |
| Environmental Studies | Environment | R. Rajagopalan | Rs. 188.00/- |
| Environment | Environment | A R Khullar | Rs. 268.00/- |
| India Year Book | Current Affairs | Publication Division | Rs. 125.00/- |
| Manorama Year Book | Current Affairs | Mathew | Rs. 270.00/- |
| Essays for Civil Services & Other Competitive Exams | Essay Paper | Pulkit Khare | Rs. 98.00/- |
| India After Gandhi (The History of the World’s Largest Democracy) | History (General Studies-I) | Ramachandra Guha | Rs. 500.00/- |
| A History of the Modern World | History (General Studies-I) | Jain & Mathur | Rs. 389.00/- |
| Social Problems In India | Indian Society (General Studies-I) | Ram Ahuja | Rs. 249.00/- |
| Governance Constitution, Polity Social Justice, and International Relations | General Studies-II | Arihant | Rs. 368.00/- |
| Governance in India for Civil Services Examination | Governance (General Studies-II) | M. Laxmikanth | Rs. 309.00/- |
| Pax Indica | Foreign Policy (General Studies-II) | Shashi Tharoor | Rs. 274.00/- |
| India and the World | Foreign Policy (General Studies-II) | Surendra Kumar | Rs. 1052.00/- |
| IAS Mains General Studies Paper 3 | (General Studies-III) | Arihant | Rs. 419.00/- |
| India’s National Security | Internal Security (General Studies-III) | Kanti P. Bajpai Harsh V. Pant | Rs. 732.00/- |
| Challenges to Internal Security of India | Internal Security (General Studies-III) | Ashok Kumar | Rs. 175.00/- |
| Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude | Ethics (General Studies-IV) | Civil Service Chronicle | Rs. 365.00/- |
| IAS Mains General Studies Paper 4 | Ethics (General Studies-IV) | Arihant Experts | Rs. 326.00/- |