The lists of the various books which one can refer for preparation for the Indian Administrative Services Examination held by UPSC are as mentioned below:

1. History Of Modern India – Bipan Chandra. (History)
2. India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra. (History)
3. India’s Ancient Past – R.S. Sharma. (History)
4. History Of Medieval India – Satish Chandra. (History)
5. The Wonder That Was India – A.L. Bhasham. (Culture)
6. Indian Art and Culture – Nitin Singhania. (Culture)
7. Geography of India – Majid Husain. (Geography)
8. Oxford School Atlas – Oxford. (Geography)
9. Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong. (Geography)
10. Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations – M. Laxmikanth. (Polity)
11. Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh. (Economy)
12. Economic Survey. (Economy)
13. Science and Technology in India – TMH. (Science and Technology)
14. Environmental Studies: From Crisis to Cure – Rajagopalan. (Environment)
15. Environment for Civil Services Prelims and Mains – Khuller. (Environment)
16. India Year Book (Current Affairs)
17. Manorama Yearbook. (Current Affairs)
18. CSAT Paper – 2 Manual by TMH or CSAT-II – Arihant (CSAT – Paper 2)
19. Analytical Reasoning – M. K. Pandey (CSAT – Paper 2: Analytical Reasoning)
20. Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning – R. S.Aggarwal (CSAT Paper 2: Reasoning)

Additional IAS Books for UPSC Mains

1. Contemporay Essays by Ramesh Singh OR 151 ESSAYS For UPSC Mains (Essay Paper)
2. India After Gandhi – Ramchandra Guha (History – GS1)
3. Norman Lowe OR History of Modern World – Jain and Mathur (World History – GS1)
4. Social Problems In India – Ram Ahuja. (Indian Society – GS1)
5. IAS Mains General Studies Paper 2 (Arihant Manual – GS2)
6. Governance in India for CSE. (Governance – GS2)
7. Pax Indica – Shashi Tharoor. (Foreign Policy – GS2)
8. India and the World by Surendra Kumar. (Foreign Policy – GS2)
9. IAS Mains General Studies – GS3. (Arihant Manual – GS3)
10. India’s National Security: A Reader. (Internal Security – GS3)
11. Challenges to Internal Security of India. (Internal Security – GS3)
12. Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude. ( Ethics – GS4)
13. IAS Mains General Studies – Ethics. ( Arihant Manual – GS4)