I am posting below the List of Books for various papers of the updated GS Syllabus, that have been collected

after an elaborate research, talking to teachers and humanities subjects seniors. This is also tallying with what Ravindran Sir of Vajiram & Ravi has given and also has largely been posted on the forum in multiple places, recommended by co-aspirants.

Paper I
History & Culture :1. Facets of Indian Culture (New Edition by Spectrum) 2. [Must Read]India after Independence by Bipan Chandra 3. India After Gandhi by Ramchandra Guha - Good to Read 4. [Must Read]History of the World by Arjun Dev & Indira Dev (Orinet Blackswan) OR Old NCERT of same name (Xerox is available - exactly same book) 5. Contemporary World by Arjun Dev / Old NCERT xerox by same author 6. [Must Read]Bipan Chandra's India's Struggle for Independence If you're looking at a one stop book for World History, try Norman Lowe's Mastering World History. Its brilliant, written in question answer format, pointwise. Social Issues :1. 11th Class NCERT book on Sociology 2. [Must Read]Social Problems in India by Ram Ahuja

Geography:1.[Must Read] Go Cheng Leon 2. Principles of Geography - NECRT 11th Book

3. Economic Geography of the World (11th Class NCERT) 4. Physical Geography of India (NCERT) 5. Environment & Economic Geography (NCERT - 9th Class) 6. Cultural & Economic Geography of India (NCERT) 7. Geography & You Magazine 8. For those who don't have time to hunt for NECRTs and dont like NCERT - by far the best book for Geography Paper - 1 is India & World Geography by TMH for paper 1

Paper II

Indian Polity :1. Democracy at Work -12th NCERT 2. Indian Polity by Laxmikant 3. DD Basu's Constitution of India - Selected Analytical Parts/One reading

Public Administration Topics :1. From Govt to Governance by Kuldeep Mathur (A very thin book, Out Of Print, Get Xerox from Delhi) 2. Social Thoery, Development Administration & Ethics by Mohit Bhattacharya 3. 2nd ARC Report on Ethics in Governance, Corruption, Security - Internal & External

International Relations:1. by Rajiv Sikri - Good To Read but Not Essential 2. The Hindu, Indian Express 3. World Focus Magazine (selective articles)

4. IDSA Website 5. The Diplomat

Paper III

Economy:1. NCERTs - 11th & 12th 2. [Must Read]Economic Survey 3. Newspapers 4. [Must Read] Indian Economy by TMH - Get 5th Edition, which is more updated. Link for for 4th Edition is here Science & Technology:1. Newspaper 2. Ministry of S & T Website 3. Department of Space Website 4. MoEF Website Security Issues:1. Newspaper 2. Magazine - Frontline, Yojana Selected Articles 3. Home Ministry Website

Paper IV

1. ARC Reports * Ethics

* Corruption 2. Lectures on the same on Youtube 3. cec edusat