BOOK LIST

By Abrahim Shah

English

● Cracking the SAT by Princeton Review (for grammar)

● Barron’s GRE word list for Precis MCQs

Islamiat​:

● An Introduction to Islam by Dr. Hamidullah (selective chapters such as social system,

economic system, women rights)
● O level Islamiat by Farkhanda Noor Muhammad (do articles of faith, pillars of Islam and
lifetime of the Holy Prophet pbuh
● Caravan Islamic Studies by Hafiz Karim Dad Chughtai (use only for outline and to
structure your answers)
● Use the internet for Ayat and to read good articles on topics

Pakistan Affairs

● Trek to Pakistan by Ahmed Saaed (for pre-partition)

● Pakistan: A New History by Ian Talbot (for post-partition)
● If you have the time—read a few chapters from Christophe Jaffrelot’s ​Pakistan Paradox
(only a few chapters and that too if you have time. Chapters such as the post 1990s era,
terrorism)

Current Affairs

● Dawn newspaper (read daily)

● Foreign Affairs magazine (a few days per month)
● Al Jazeera (one or two days per week)
● Use websites such as Brookings Institution and Council for Foreign Relations
o These are think tanks and they publish good articles on major global issues

Note: Do not spend more than half an hour on the newspaper every day. Read selective topics
from all above sources

General Science and Ability

● No books
● Use Google and Youtube, and websites such as Khan Academy
● For general ability—use the website indiabix.com

Economics

● Principles of Microeconomics by Mankiw

 ● Principles of Macroeconomics by Mankiw
● Macroeconomics by Bernanke (only 2 chapters)
● Development Economics by Tadaro ( a few chapters)
● Issues in Pakistan’s Economy by Akbar Zaidi (for paper II)
● Read contemporary issues like trade deficit, etc for paper II online

Political Science

● Introduction to Political Science by mazharul haq.

● Western Political Thought by Judd Harmon
● Muslim Political Thought by Aslam chaudhry
● World Constitutions by Kealey
● Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan by Hamid Khan
● Foreign Policy of Pakistan by Abdul Sattar

International Relations

● An Introduction to International Relations by Richard Devetak, Anthony Burke & Jim

George
● The Globalization of World Politics by John Baylis, Steve Smith & Patricia Owens
● Selected topics such as Power, War & Foreign Policy from Global Politics by Andrew
Heywood
● Pakistan’s Foreign Policy by Abdul Sattar (For Paper 2)
● Pakistan’s Strategic Culture by Peter Levoy (For Paper 2)

History of the USA

● John Newman and John Schmalbach, AP United States History (all chapters)
● Alan Brinkley, The Unfinished Nation (selective chapters such as the civil war, civil rights
movement, cold war)

International Law

● Akehurst’s Modern Introduction to International Law

● Read individual cases online

Environmental Sciences

● Botkin and Keller’s Environmental Sciences

o Do the science part from here
● For the international movements and legislation, use Google. You’ll easily find very good
articles on these movements

Gender Studies

● 50 key concepts of gender studies by jane pilcher and imelda whelehan

● Human rights commission reports
● What is Gender? Sociological Approaches by Mary Holmes
 ● Gender and Development by Caroline Moser
● Gender Studies by Amanullah Gondal

Public Administration

● Public Administration by Rosenbloom

● Public Administration by Iqra Riaz

Anthropology

● Cultural Anthropology by Haviland (all chapters other than the one on Arts)
● Cultural Anthropology by Kottak (only 3 or 4 chapters)
● Visions of Culture by Jerry Moore (do theories from here—only the ones mentioned in
the syllabus)
● University of Alabama has also published articles on theories—you can find them here:
https://anthropology.ua.edu/anthropological-theories/

Sociology

● Introduced to Sociology by John Maconis

● Introduction to Sociology by Horton and Hunt
● Sociological Theory by Ritzer
● Sociological Research by Newman

Criminology

● Criminology by Larry Siegel

● Criminology: The Core by Larry Siegel
● Nasir Khan, Criminology (Advanced Publishers)

Punjabi

● Punjabi by JWT
● Advice from an officer: memorize as much poetry as you can

Note:​ You can find most of the foreign books from the website: w ​ ww.gen.lib.rus.ec​. Free copies
of Foreign Affairs are also easily available online. Books by local authors should easily be
available from most book stores.