Upsc booklist review
Is this booklist good enough, I'll start preparing for upsc from the mid of July most probably before that I want to finalize everything to make it less confusing .
I went through booklist of around 12 to 14 toppers and made this list, If someone is well aware of this exam please let me know if there should be some addition of deduction to this booklist to make it more effective.
Some books or names might be incorrect as I'm not well aware of all source I just wrote what i felt is good, also if there will be something that won't work for me in future while preparing I'll replace it with some other resource in the start only and revise that throughout.
PRELIMS
ANCIENT
TAMIL NADU STATE BOARD CLASS 11TH HISTORY TEXTBOOK
MEDIEVAL HISTORY
OLD NCERT
MODERN HISTORY
SPECTRUM
ART AND CULTURE
CLASS 11TH AND 12TH NCERT
POLITY
M. LAXMIKANTH
NCERT CLASS 11TH & 12TH
GEOGRAPHY
NCERT CLASS 11TH & 12TH (OR 9TH TO 12TH)
G.C. LEONG (SELECTIVE READING)
OXFORD ATLAS / MAPS
ECONOMY
NCERT CLASS 11TH & 12TH
MRUNAL PATEL VIDEOS
SRIRAM IAS NOTES
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY
SHANKAR IAS (ENVIRONMENT BOOK)
SCIENCE AND TECH
BIOLOGY CLASS 12TH NCERT (LAST 4 CHAPTERS)
CURRENT RELATED TOPICS RESEARCH
MAINS GS PAPERS
GS 1 (ART & CULTURE, POST-INDEPENDENCE, WORLD HISTORY, SOCIETY)
POST INDEPENDENCE
NITIN SANGWANS NOTES
WORLD HISTORY
VISION IAS NOTES
CCRT WEBSITE
SOCIETY
SOCIOLOGY CLASS 11TH & 12TH NCERT
GS 2 (POLITY, GOVERNANCE, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)
POLITY & GOVERNANCE
VISION IAS NOTES / MATERIAL
2ND ARC SIXTH REPORT - LOCAL GOVERNANCE
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
BOOK BY RAJIV SIKRI
GS 3 (ECONOMY, AGRICULTURE, INTERNAL SECURITY, DISASTER MANAGEMENT)
INTERNAL SECURITY / DISASTER MANAGEMENT
FORUM IAS RED BOOK OR VISION IAS NOTES
2ND ARC THIRD REPORT - CRISIS MANAGEMENT
NDMA GUIDELINES
CURRENT AFFAIRS - VISION IAS MATERIAL
FOR AGRICULTURE REFER TO CURRENT AFFAIRS RELATED
GS 4 (ETHICS, INTEGRITY & APTITUDE)
ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND APTITUDE
LEXICON
2ND ARC REPORTS
MUDIT JAIN SIR / SATHI IAS LECTURE NOTES
CURRENT AFFAIRS & GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
THE HINDU / INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
VISION IAS MONTHLY MAGAZINE / PT365
ECONOMIC SURVEY & UNION BUDGET SUMMARIES
PRS INDIA LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH WEBSITE
RAJYA SABHA TV (RSTV)
PIB (PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU) SUMMARIES
CSAT (PRELIMS PAPER II)
VAJIRAM CLASS NOTES / BLUE BOOK