Recommended books for Mains

Hi friends,

Civil Services is a dream job for us. Every Success story wake up with dream. A dream doesn’t become reality through magic, It takes sweat, determination and Hard work/Smart work.

For achieving our dream job, First and foremost thing is that, to know the Syllabus, then which material(s) is useful for this and Strategy. I already posted Syllabus (You can Check here Prelims and Mains). 2^nd step is that, which material(s)/books are important to achieve target.

As you know that, Civil services examination conducts in 3 stages i.e., Prelims, Mains and Interview.

First step is to Clear Prelims. We already posted recommended books for Prelims(You can check here). After qualify of Prelims our next target is to clear Mains i.e., Second step. So that, here we are providing books list that we have to read to clear second stage of the Civil services. Please read all books which I mentioned below. 
*** Here, We are providing links to buy books online from Amazon or Flipkart. No need to search in Online.

Essay

• A compendium of Essays Unique Test Series (Amazon / Flipkart)
• The Hindu Editorials & perspective
• Rajyasabha TV: The Big Picture

Mains General studies Paper 1

(Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)

Geography:

• Certificate Physical and Human Geography (English) New Edition (Amazon/Flipkart)
• Geography of India- Majid Hussain (Amazon/Flipkart)

Indian Heritage and Culture:

• Trends in Indian Culture and Heritage: For Civil Services (Amazon/Flipkart)

History:

• India since Independence (English) (Amazon/Flipkart)
• India's Struggle for independence (Amazon/Flipkart)
• India after Gandhi (Amazon/Flipkart)
• History of the World – Arjun Dev (Amazon/Flipkart)

Society:

• Indian Social System – Ram Ahuja (Amazon/Flipkart)
• Social Problems in India 2 Edition – Ram Ahuja (Amazon/Flipkart)

For All in one:  IAS Mains General Studies Paper 1(All topics covered) (Amazon / Flipkart)

Mains General studies Paper 2

(Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)

Governance Constitution and Polity

• Introduction to the Constitution of India by D D Basu (Amazon / Flipkart)
• Indian Polity for Civil Services Exam - Laxmikanth (Amazon/ Flipkart)

International Relations:

• International Relations – V N Khanna (Amazon / Flipkart)
• India’s Foreign Policy – Muchkund Dubey (Amazon / Flipkart)

For All in one:  IAS Mains General Studies Paper 2(All topics covered) (Amazon / Flipkart)

Mains General studies Paper 3

(Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)

Economy:

• Economic Survey and Union Budget
• Indian Economy : For Civil Services Examinations – Ramesh Singh (Amazon / Flipkart)
• The Indian Economy – Sanjiv Verma (Amazon/Flipkart)

Science and Technology:

• Developments in Science and Technology (Amazon / Flipkart)

Security:

• India’s National Security – A Reader (Amazon / Flipkart)

Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management:

• Environment for Civil Services and Other Competitive Examinations (Amazon / Flipkart)
• NIOS Material

For All in one:  IAS Mains General Studies Paper 3(All topics covered) (Amazon / Flipkart)

Mains General studies Paper 4

(Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude)

• Emotional intelligence by Daniel Goleman (Amazon / Flipkart)
• 2nd Administrative Reforms
• Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution – Review (Amazon / Flipkart)
• Public Institutions in India: Performance and Design (Amazon / Flipkart)
• Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Examination (English) 3 Edition (Amazon / Flipkart)

For All in one:  IAS Mains General Studies Paper 4(All topics covered) (Amazon / Flipkart)