Hi Guys,
After doing thorough surfing of ton of threads on CSSforum, CSS related Pages, groups, suggestions of CSP, I've come to create shortlist most recommended and ideal books for my optionals, I'll share them here so if you've chosen any single subject, you'll need not waste your time anymore finding books:-
My Optionals:-
IR
US History
Gender Studies
Criminology
Sociology
Note:-
There are hundreds of books on every subject these days, i've shortlisted top 5 in each subject, feel free to check out the content of any of these books when at the bookstore and compare with Syllabus, these are most discussed books. They're listed popularity wise so get any ONE of the first two, it's a MUST, then whichever you like from rest
IR
International Relations by Joshua S. Goldstein
International Relations by Parkash Chander
The globalization of world politics by John Baylis & Steve Smith
World Politics by Kegley
Understanding IR by Chris Brown
US History
History of the USA by Majumdar
A People's history of US by Howard Zinn
Sir Naveed Bhutto notes NOA
US History by JWT
A pocket history of the United States by Allan Nevins and Henry Steele
Gender Studies
50 key concepts in Gender Studies by Jane Piclher
Gender Studies by JWT
What is gender: sociological approaches by Mary Holmes
Gender Studies by JWT
Gender Studies Advanced Publishers
Criminology
Criminology by Larry Siegel
Criminology by Advanced Publishers
Criminology by M. Sohail Bhatti
Criminology by Ali Brotheran
Criminology: Theories, Patterns and Typologies by Larry Siegel
Sociology
Sociology by Abdul Hameed Taga
Sociology by Horton and Hunt
Sociology: A down to earth approach by James M. Henslin
Pakistani Society by Dr Iqbal Choudary
Intro to Sociology by John J Macionis