Keep in mind that you don’t have to do everything.

Your choice of books depends on

your discretion. You can read the description for each book and decide “to do or not
to do”.

1. Physics
a. University Physics - This is one of my favorite books to read physics. It
makes the subject fairly engaging and provides intriguing in-text examples!
Although some topics are not completely covered.
b. HCV - You would have probably heard about it. I used it to cover the topics
that weren’t completely covered in Uni Physics. And I solved the objective
type questions from this book. They are awesome.
c. Irodov. My go-to choice for problems. In my opinion completing a topic
from this book is sufficient to enable you to solve almost all JEE level
physics questions. Start it when you have a fairly good understanding of the
topic. If you are aiming for top-500, you must at least solve the mechanics
portion from this book.
d. D.C. Pandey - Bought it. Hardly used it. But the level if questions is decent.
e. B.M. Sharma - Some friends used it. Good reviews for both theory and
problems.
f. Advanced Problems in School Physics/ Pathfinder - This book is not for
everyone. Neither is it required for JEE. But if you are really feeling
adventurous you can try to solve a few questions. Only try this after having
completed Irodov. Highly recommended for Physics olympiad (Not for
NSEP but InPho onwards). Don’t feel disappointed if you aren’t able to
solve many questions
g. Resnik Halliday - Fairly common among aspirants. I guess it is similar to
Uni Physics.
h. Allen SRGBT - These are sheets that are distributed in Allen top batches (
SRG batches). You can try these towards the end. A good mix of moderate to
challenging questions.
2. Maths
a. Cengage series - Best book series for maths problems. It contains a huge
collections of problems ranging from easy to challenging. This book would
suffice for most topics. Additionally you get DPPs which contain good
questions and can be solved while revising the topic.
b. Balaji Publication Maths (by Pankaj Joshi and Viaks Gupta) - Good and
short problem book. I would suggest doing it after completing the syllabus
as revison. Problems are moderate to challenging.
c. Allen SRGBT - Highly recommended if you are aiming for top 100. Covers
almost all topics. Questions are challenging. Excellent for last month
revision.
d. TMH - If you weak in a particular topic then Solved Illustions from this
book might help. I used this book a couple times(rarely), and it was overall
OK.
3. Physical Chemistry
a. University Chemistry - Best book for physical chemistry theory. I loved the
book. Highly recommended for topics like Thermo, Electro Chem etc. But
few topics require JEE oriented contect (Read - Shortcut Formulas) for
which you can read your coaching material after this.
b. Attkins - Again good theory book. Some topics like thermo are really good,
but the book is very extensive. You only need to read some topics from read.
Not a must. ( Prefer the version that I have linked. The thinner one. )
c. Pearson Problem book. (By Neeraj Kumar) - Best problem book for
physical chemistry. Covers all type of questions asked in the current JEE
pattern. Number of problems are huge. Recommended to complete the
book. ( I was not able to.)
4. Organic Chemistry
a. L.G. Wade - Good theory book. I reading and doing in-text examples would
give you a solid foundation in chemistry.
b. Solomons- Again a good theory book. Some of my friends preferred this
over L.G. Wade.
c. Himanshu Pandey - Best problem book covering problems of (almost) all
types. Highly recommended.
d. Pearson Problem book ( by Akshya Choudhary) - Do it after Himanshu
Pandey if you have time left. Most questions are mechanism based and
many questions were not required for JEE. But this book develops critical
thinking skills for OChem which would help you in test series like FIITJEE
AITS and there was a good mechanism based paragraph in JEE Adv. 2018
aswell.
5. Inorganic Chemistry
a. J.D. Lee - Best book for inorganic chemistry for JEE. You must read this at
least once. This book has quite an extensive content and can be
overwhelming if left for the end moment. If you go with JD Lee, start at
least in November. Probably before that.
b. R.K. Gupta - Theory is a tad con-sized when compared to J.D. Lee.
Questions are good.
c. NCERT - Here NCERT is a must. This should be the first priority when
starting with inorganic.
d. V. Joshi - Very good collection of questions. Covers achieves, NCERT,
Exempler and questions from various coaching DPPs.
e. FIITJEE, solved modules, CPPs and GMPs etc.