Below is a detailed list of books that you will require to prepare for Political Science paper for UPSC. We have divided the list into the relevant sets for paper 1 and paper 2.
| Book | Author | Publication | Buying LInks |
| Books for Political Science: Paper 1 | |||
| Fifty major political thinkers. | Ian Adams and RW Dyson | Routledge; 2 edition (19 April 2007) | Click to buy |
| An introduction to political theory | O.P Gauba | Macmillan India Limited (2012) | Click to buy |
| Foundations of Indian political thought (only relevant topics). | VR Mehta | Manohar Publications, India; 2nd Revised edition edition (1 July 1996) | Click to buy |
| A new look at modern Indian history | BL Grover and Alka Mehta | S Chand; Revised 2016 edition (2016) | Click to buy |
| An introduction to the constitution | DD Basu | Lexis Nexis; Twenty-Second edition (1 June 2015) | Click to buy |
| An Oxford companion to politics in India (selective chapters). | Oxford; Edition edition (7 October 2011) | Click to buy | |
| Books for Political Science: Paper 2 | |||
| MPS-004 Comparative Politics: Issues and Trends | Expert Panel of GPH (IGNOU material) | Gullybaba Publishing House (P) Ltd; 1 edition (2016) | Click to buy |
| Global politics | Andrew Heywood | Palgrave Macmillan; Second edition (11 March 2014) | Click to buy |
| Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy | Rajiv Sikri | SAGE India; First edition (3 June 2013) | Click to buy |
| Does the Elephant Dance?: Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy | David M. Malone | Oxford (20 February 2014) | Click to buy |
| India’s foreign policy | V P Dutt | NATIONAL BOOK TRUST, INDIA; First edition (2011) | Click to buy |
| International organizations | Spectrum | SPECTRUM BOOKS PVT LTD (2013) | Click to buy |
| Books for extra reading/reference | |||
| Working in a Democratic Constitution: A History of the Indian Experience | Austin Granville | Oxford (10 July 2003) | Click to buy |
| Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation by Austin Granville. | Austin Granville | Oxford (15 July 1999) | Click to buy |
| Indian Home Rule (Hind Swaraj) | MK Gandhi | Bibliophile South Asia; Centenary ed edition (12 January 2010) | Click to buy |
| Makers of modern India (chapters wrt BR Ambedkar and Sir Syed Ahmed Khan). | Ramchandra Guha | Penguin India; Latest edition (7 November 2012) | Click to buy |
| Panchayati Raj: Oxford India Short Introductions | Kuldeep Mathur | Oxford; Edition edition (4 March 2013) | Click to buy |
Also Read:
Political Science & International Relations Syllabus for UPSC CSE
You must also read ‘The Hindu’ for updates on politics as well as on international relations. The Internet should be used for perspectives on IR. Some sites like MEA, Carnegie endowment, stagecraft, and statecraft, etc. are recommended.
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