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IAS Books for Civil Services Prelims and Mains Exam

Preparation
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. Taking inputs from toppers, a detailed list of the best IAS books available in the market for each subject in
Prelims and Mains, with links for buying books online is provided here. Links for free IAS online study-materials as per
the latest UPSC syllabus are also provided in this post (see last section). Take maximum benefit of the same. All the
best!

Essential IAS Books For UPSC Prelims (Click to Buy Online)

1.

. (History)

2.

. (History)

3.

. (Culture)

4.

. (Geography)

5.

. (Geography)

6.

. (Geography)

7.

. (Polity)

8.
9.

. (Economy)
. (Economy)

10.

. (Science and Technology)

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

. (Environment)
(Current Affairs)
. (Current Affairs)
or

(CSAT Paper 2)

(CSAT Paper 2 : Analytical Reasoning)

16.

(CSAT Paper 2 : Reasoning)

Additional IAS Books for UPSC Mains (Click to Buy Online)

1.

OR

2.

(History GS1)

3.
4.
5.

OR

(Arihant Manual GS2)

. (Governance GS2)

7.

. (Foreign Policy GS2)

9.

(World History GS1)

. (Indian Society GS1)

6.

8.

(Essay Paper)

. (Foreign Policy GS2)

. (Arihant Manual GS3)

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10.

. (Internal Security GS3)

11.

. (Internal Security GS3)

12.

. ( Ethics GS4)

13.

. ( Arihant Manual GS4)

PS : Many books for UPSC Civil Service Main Exam overlap with books recommended
for Prelims, except the mentioned additional books for topics like Foreign Relations,
Internal Security, Ethics etc.

IAS Books for Optional Subjects and Additional Reference (Click

to Buy Online)

Prelims and Mains.

IAS Manuals and Previous Year Question Papers (Click to Buy Online)
1.
2.

. (GS Problem Solving)

. (Revision)

3.
4.
5.

IAS Books in Hindi Language

For many of the books listed above, corresponding books in Hindi language are available in the market. Hindi medium
students may check the link
to buy online at discounted prices.

Books for Other Exams (Click to Buy Online)

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2.
3.

UPSC Books at Online Stores! (Click to Buy Online)

Free Online Resources For IAS Prelims and Mains

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Tips regarding IAS book selection

Its not necessary to read 201-heavy-weight-books to
clear IAS! But considering the competition and vast
syllabus, there is no doubt that UPSC exam preparation
cannot be done without some essential books. Quality
books act as add-ons to your online preparation and
helps a lot in self-study. Concentrate on the
recommended books mentioned in this website along
with NCERT books for daily study and use additional books as reference.
ClearIAS.com publishes reviews on new books in the market under our
section.
Publishers/authors can send us samples for review. Readers too can post the reviews about the UPSC books
they bought in the comment section. That will be helpful for other aspirants for book selection.
We keep updating this page, when
come back to check this page again!

worth the time and money of candidate appear in market. So

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