Best book list every topper should read.

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This is the most important question one always keep thinking about during upsc preparation.


The reason being that too much or less of material will equally create challenges in your preparation.
Moreover, choosing the right sources and revision of these resources is the most crucial part of your preparation. Otherwise, everyone is reading from some source or the other.
Basic rule to decide: You have to reach the common ground of what other toppers know and read. Hence, keep it simple and easy. Plus you should finish your GS preparation to optimum so that more time can be given to your optional.
Books: one book for one topic is sufficient
Modern history: Spectrum
Ancient and medieval: Tamil Nadu class 11th history book.
Culture: Nitin singhania notes or book.
Geography: Mrunal video lectures
Economics: Mrunal video lectures
Environment: Shankar IAS book
Polity: Laxmikant book
Current affairs: vision or insight's daily or compilation
Benefits of these sources:
You can skip formal coaching if you have read and understood these materials. Because these materials cover long and short of your syllabus.
You will be able to retain more and will help immensely in your mains examination.
This is your foundation. You can build upon it and few other sources in case you need it. (Which I'm sure you will not feel the need)
You will find yourself at the same level as Toppers and have no anxiety of not reading other book's.
This will also be the most Time efficient way to cover syllabus rather than jumping from one book to other.
Hope it helps you guys!!

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