Best recommended books for UPSC, APSC & RAS - Borthakur's IAS Academy

General Studies: IAS Mains Paper 1

- Ancient History by R.S Sharma (Old NCERT)
- Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania
- The modern history of Bipin Chandra (Old NCERT)
- The spectrum of modern India by Rajiv Ahir
- Politics in India since Independence (NCERT)
- India since Independence by Bipin Chandra (Old NCERT)
- World History NCERT by Arjun Dev (Old NCERT)
- Fundamentals of Physical Geography (NCERT)
- Fundamentals of Human Geography (NCERT)
- India: Physical Environment (NCERT)
- India People and Economy (NCERT)
- Indian Society (NCERT)
- Social Change and Development in India (NCERT)

General Studies: IAS Mains Paper 2

- Indian Constitution at Work (NCERT)
- Indian Polity by Laxmikanth
- Introduction to the Constitution of India by D.D. Basu
- Governance in India by Laxmikanth
- India Year Book
- Contemporary World Politics (NCERT)

General Studies: IAS Mains Paper 3

- Indian Economy NCERTs of class 11th and 12th
- Indian Economy for Civil Services Exam by Ramesh Singh
- Indian Economy by Uma Kapila
- Economic Survey and Fiscal Budget
- India People and Economy (NCERT)
- ARC Report on Disaster Management
- India Year Book For Science and Technology

General Studies: IAS Mains Paper 4

- IGNOU Study Material for Ethics Course
- Justice: What’s the right thing to do? - By Michael Sandel
- Psychology NCERT class 12th book
- Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Examination by G. Subba Rao
- Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude for IAS General Studies by Niraj Kumar:
- Administrative Reforms Commission Report on Ethics:

Books for Political Science Paper I(Optional)

- India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra
- An introduction to constitution – DD Basu
- An introduction to political theory – O P Gauba
- An Oxford companion to politics in India – Niraja Gopal Jayal and Pratap Bhanu Mehta
- A History Of Political Thought: Plato To Marx – Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswamy
- Foundations of Indian political thought- V R Mehta
- A New Look at Modern Indian History – B L Grover & Alka Yagnik
- Indian Government & Politics – B L Fadia

Books for Political Science Paper II(Optional)

- International organisations – Spectrum Books Publication
- International Relations – Khanna
- India’s foreign policy – V P Dutt
- Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy - Rajiv Sikri
- Does the Elephant Dance?: Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy- David M. Malone
- Global politics- Andrew Heywood