Best Books for CAT 2020 Preparation

Recommended by MBA Experts

Updated on: Jun 1, 2020
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Check out 32 popular CAT books recommended by

toppers and MBA experts for optimising CAT 2020
preparation. The list includes section-wise (LRDI, QA,
VARC) best books for CAT exam preparation.

Planning to appear in CAT 2020? Do remember,

selection of best CAT preparation books is the most

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crucial aspect of CAT preparation plan which also
includes a broad study plan, timetable and mock test
series. Some students opt f or self -study while others
choose to study at coaching centres. Whichever
approach you choose, the most important thing is to
study f rom the best books f or CAT exam. There are a
range of CAT preparation books available online and
of f line. The question is - which ones to ref er to? In this
article we have shared the list of best CAT books,
recommended by MBA experts and f ew tips on CAT
preparation.

CAT 2020 will be held in November last week or

December f irst week and application f orms of CAT 2020
will be available in August. Equipped with a well-planned
strategy, candidates can score well in the exam. Apart
f rom coaching classes, put in extra ef f orts and f ocus on
self -study to crack the CAT exam. Check out best
books f or CAT preparation in this article.
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Best Books for CAT Preparation and Other
Study Material
Sometimes, study materials received f rom coaching
centres is not enough. Students look f or f urther books
and resources to study f or various CAT sections like
Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning & Data
Interpretation and Verbal Ability & Reading
Comprehension. It is not possible to f oresee CAT 2020
question paper. But you can practice previous
years' CAT Question Papers online on Shiksha.com.
Additonally, to cover the wide CAT syllabus, aspirants
must try to study f rom other books and ref er to additional
study material. Given below are the lists of section-wise
CAT books.

CAT Books for Data Interpretation & Logical

Reasoning
DILR is an analytical section, which require candidates to
have a keen eye f or detail and the skill of unravelling a
jumbled pattern. Check the list of best books f or DILR.

Author/Publisher
Book Name
Name
Data Interpretation & Logical Gautam Puri

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 Reasoning
Logical Reasoning and Data
Nishit K. Sinha
Interpretation f or the CAT
Data Interpretation & Data
Ananta Ashisha
Suf f iciency
How to Prepare f or Data
Arun Sharma
Interpretation f or CAT

CAT Preparation Books for Verbal Ability and

Reading Comprehension
VARC of ten turns out to be a tough section to crack.
Mostly due to Verbal Ability and Para Jumble questions.
Check the list of best books f or VARC.

Author/Publisher
Book Name
Name
How to Prepare f or Verbal Arun Sharma and
Ability and Reading Meenakshi
Comprehension f or CAT Upadhyay/Arihant
30 Days to a More Powerf ul Wilf red Funk &
Vocabulary Mass Market Norman Lewis/
Paperback Simon & Schuster

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 How to Prepare f or Verbal Sharma and
Ability and Reading Upadhyay
Comprehension f or the CAT
PSC f or VA f or CAT Nishit Sinha

CAT Preparation Books for Quantitative Aptitude

QA is the last section of the CAT question paper are
require mental stamina to go through calculation intensive
questions. The more you practicem the better it is. Check
the list of best books f or QA.

Author/Publisher
Book Name
Name
CAT Data Interpretation &
Gautam Puri
Logical Reasoning
Logical Reasoning and Data
Nishit K. Sinha
Interpretation f or the CAT
Data Interpretation & Data
Ananta Ashisha
Suf f iciency
How to Prepare f or Data
Arun Sharma
Interpretation f or CAT

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Shiksha spoke to a f ew experts f rom top coaching

institutes across the country to know which are the best
books f or CAT preparation. They shared with Shiksha
their list of highly recommended books f or CAT
preparation:

Tarun Malik, MBA expert

So, the very f irst thing the CAT
takers need to make sure is
that their f undamentals should
be in place. The next very
important aspect to crack CAT
is "test taking strategy". So, an
aspirant must understand the
importance of taking tests

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because only by testing, one can create a strategy to
crack CAT. The strategy will include "selection of
questions", "sequence of questions to attempt", "Speed
with accuracy" and most importantly "pressure handling".
Although the material and mocks distributed by coaching
institutes are more than suf f icient. We can recommend
these books if a student has f inished all the course
material given by the institute.
Best Books f or CAT Preparation Recommended by
Tarun Malik

Author/Publisher
Book Name
Name
Arihant
Quantum CAT
Publications
High School English Grammar and
Wren and Martin
Composition Book
Word Power Made Easy Norman Lewis
Past Years' CAT Questions G.K. Publications

Newspapers and magazines recommended by Tarun

Malik f or CAT preparation:

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 The Hindu
Time
Business Week

Newsweek
The Economist

National Geographic
Fortune

Business World

Pratik Gour, IMS India

CAT Preparation2020 would not be complete without

going through a f ew books like the IMS Theoretical
Books of Verbal & Quant. This is a set of books that
would not only clear concepts but would also consist of
questions to solve which helps to practice.

CAT 500 is another special book f rom IMS consisting of

“500 Must Solve Questions” If you can solve these
questions correctly and in the target time (average 2.5
minutes) then you can be assured that you are on the

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right path.

Acing the CAT exam and

getting the GD-PI calls f rom
targeted B-Schools is just the
f irst step. Beyond that every
student needs to build their
skills on communication f or
acing f urther rounds. We
recommend the IMS CSB Book
- The Communication Skill
Builder & the Advance – edge a
monthly magazine that keeps
you completely updated with news and happenings along
with any recent Test or B School related inf ormation.
There are a f ew good books that we would recommend in
dif f erent areas which could be a good read like:
CAT Books Recommended by Pratik Gour:

Name of the Book Author Genre

Seven Habits of Highly Stephen
Ef f ective People Covey Management
Stephen
A Brief History of time Hawking Science

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 Cosmos Carl Sagan Science
An Illustrated Retelling Devdutt Mythology &
of Mahabharta – Jaya Patnaik Management
India in Slow Motions Mark Tully Politics
Milton
Capitalism & Freedom Friedman Economics
Suketu City Lif e -
Maximum City Mehta Mumbai
Nelson Autobiography
Long Walk to Freedom Mandela - Politics
APJ Abdul
Wings of Fire Kalam Autobiography
David
Gregory Autobiography
Shantaram Roberts – City Lif e

Other Books Pratik Gour Recommends f or CAT

Preparation
Pratik suggests, CAT aspirants must also read non-
f iction, so that they have an incentive to keep reading.
For example:

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 Name of the Book Author Genre
Around the world in Adventure
Jules Verne
Eighty Days
Science
The Time Machine H G Wells
Fiction
Isaac Science
Caves of Steel
Asimov Fiction
Suzanne Dystopian
The Hunger Games
Collins Fiction
Jerome K Humour
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome
PG Humour
Something Fresh
Wodehouse
Alistair Fiction
Where Eagles Dare
McLean

Best Books f or CAT Preparation Recommended by

Deekshant Sehrawat, MBAguru
Deekshant Sehrawat, MBAguru recommends the
f ollowing books f or CAT preparation 2019:

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• Quantum CAT by Sarvesh Kumar Verma
• Quantitative Aptitude for the
CAT by Nishit Sinha
• RS Aggarwal’s Quantitative
Aptitude For Competitive
Examinations
• Verbal Ability & Reading
Comprehension by Ajay Singh

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