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: www.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.