CSS RECOMMENDED BOOK LIST
Recommended and compiled through different resources
Sr. No Subjects Book Titles Authors Publishers
ENGLISH ESSAY
Understand topic. Figure out whether you are good in Philosophical type essays or current affair based.
Don’t JUST attempt the one about which you have read something if you could not understand its true dimension
and demand.
Understanding completely will land you in the safe zone. Don't rush. Take time to understand.
1
Better Writing now Francine Galko Learning Express
English Essay
How to write good essays Lauren Starkey Learning Express
Winning essays for Mureed Hussain Jasra CSPS publishers,
competitive exams Islamabad
Essay essentials Arslan Zahid JWT
ENGLISH PRECIS
High school English grammar Wren n Martin oxford
English Grammar in Use
Raymond Murphy Polymer
2 English Precis Exploring the world of English Syed Saadat Ali shah ILMI
Vocabulary SAT or GAT books
GENERAL SCIENCE AND ABILITY
General Science & Ability Prof. Muhammad Akram
General Kashmiri
Science and JWT General Science
3 Mian Shafiq World times
ability and Ability
Gale Encyclopedia of Science K. Lee Lerner
PAKISTAN AFFAIRS
Constitutional and Political
HAMID KHAN OXFORD
Development of Pakistan
Concise history of Pakistan M. R. Kazimi OXFORD
Pakistan: A hard country Anatol Lieven OXFORD
Making Sense of Pakistan Farzana Sheikh Columbia University Press
4 PAK. AFFAIRS
Pakistan At the Crossroads
Maleeha Lodhi OXFORD
Pakistan: Beyond the crisis
state
Future of Pakistan Stephen P Cohen
Pak & World Affairs Shamshad Ahmad
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Useful Links: -
http://thediplomat.com/
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/
http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/
http://cscr.pk/
http://carnegieendowment.org/
https://www.usip.org/
http://www.criterion-quarterly.com/
http://www.belfercenter.org/
5 Current Affairs https://www.cfr.org/
Pakistan Enduring Challenges Christine Fair
Foreign Policy of
Abdul Sattar OXFORD
Pakistan
Modern South Asia Ayesha Jalal
The China Pakistan Axis Andrew Small
Policy of Parliamentary Affairs Journal
Dawn, The Diplomat, The Economist, Pildat, IPRI, PIDE,
ISSI, BBC, ALJAZERA
ISLAMIC STUDIES
Islam its meaning and message The Islamic
Prof. Khursheed
foundation
Hafiz Karim Dad Chughtai
6 Islamic Studies
Islamic Studies
Introduction to Islam Dr. Hamidullah
Siraj Islamiyat JWT
Khilafat o Malookiat Abu Ali mododi
USA HISTORY
History of The United States of America MAJUMDAR
The USA 1917-1980 Nigel Smith
A People's History of the United States Harper & Row.
Howard Zinn
HarperCollins
7 USA History
Crash Course U.S. History TV Show
Outline of US History by US Department of State in the US History Head
https://archive.org/details/OutlineOfUSHistory
CRIMINOLOGY
An introduction to Criminology theory Roger Hopkins Burke Willian Publishing
8 Criminology
Criminology LARRY J. SIEGEL University of
Massachusetts, Lowell
Juvenile Delinquency: An Integrated James Burfeind Dawn
Approach Jeglum Bartusch
http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195387322/chapter1/flashcards/
http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415628945/questions.asp?unit=1
PUNJABI
Dungian Sochaan Akhtar Hussain Jehangir Publishers
9 Punjabi Qamar Husnain Qadri
PUNJAB RANG & Faisal Hayat Jappa
Agwai Book Wasif Latif
Political Science
Political Thought
McGraw-Hill,
: From Plato to the Present M. Judd Harmon
Muslim Political Thought Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry Publishers Emporium
Political Science: Theory and
Bookland
Practice Mazhar-ul-Haq
10 Political Science
Constitutional and Political
OXFORD
History of Pakistan Hamid Khan,
Sages of the Ages
Western Political Akhtar & Aslam,
thought
Zoology
11 Zoology 10th Edition Miller and Harley
Zoology Integrated Principles of Zoology Hickman
Campbell Biology
Important note for all subjects: -
*Internet is the key to cover topics that are not covered by books.
*Internet will remain helpful for all subjects (Both Compulsory and Optional) and must be utilized in proper way.
*YouTube videos give great insight.
Journals & Magazines
THE DAWN THE ECONOMIST FOREIGN AFFAIRS IPRI
THE DIPLOMAT PIDE ISSI SHEIR.ORG
USIP KHAN ACADEMY JWT MAGAZINES
