Best Books For CSS (Old Syllabus)
 

[B]English(Precis & Composition)[/B]
1. Exploring the world of English
2. BA (english) Test papers specially if one can get of Punjab
University.
3. Direct Indirect made easy
4. Active passive made easy.

[B]Everyday Science[/B]

Everyday Science Advance (Imtiaz Shahid)
Dogars Unique Everyday Science MCQs

[B]Current Affairs[/B]

DAWN newspaper

Contemporary Affairs by Imtiaz Shahid
(atleast 2 or 3 latest additions as it is series)

[B]Pakistan Affairs[/B]

Imtiaz Shahids or Rabbani Pak affairs
Struggle for Pakistan by I H Qereshi
British raj in india

[B]Islamiyat[/B]

[B]In English[/B]

Islam at a galnce by Islahi
Towards Islamiyat byDoggar Sons

Islamic ideology by SM Shahid

For last ten Suras Any good Tafseer

[B]In Urdu[/B]
Islami Nazriya i hayath by Professor Khursheed Ahmad
for ten Suras Any Tafseer better is that of Maududi Sahab but u have to squeez it a lot.
Beside that articles on Islamic topics in on Friday in Daily Dawn and I think also in The News.

Books for Compulsory
 

[B]Essay :[/B] Read Dawn extensively.Try developing you writing skills by writing an essay with in speculated time atleast once every week.

[B]English Composition and Preci's:[/B] [B]Exploring The World of English [/B]by Saadat Ali Shah (English Bible for CSS,must be consulted)
along with [B]Wren & Martin [/B](Grammer)

[B]Every Day Science :[/B] Encyclopedia of Every Day Science by Dr. Zafar Saeed Chouhadry Published by Bhatti Sons.It covers JUST every thing an examinor may set in E.D.S paper.


[B]Current Affairs: [/B]Read [B]Dawn[/B] Extensively. Dont rely only on Books and Monthly Magazines. Albeit Dogars Monthly Magazine of current affairs is goog for Objectives.

Please do follow the Economic Survey of Pakistan and the Annual Budget thouroughly.ISSI quarterly, "Strategic Studies" ,may be consulted.

[B]Pakistan Affairs:[/B] Bhatti sons, Dogars,Imtiaz Shahids or any book of Pakistan Affairs which covers alpha and omega of Pakistan Affairs. It would be better if the paper of History of Pakistan and India -II is prepared while preparing Pakistan Affairs.

[B]Islamiat :[/B] Islami Nazria Hiyat and Islam its Meaning and Message are the ideal books for the preparation of ISlamiat.Dogars Islamiat book in English is translation of Islami Nazria Hiyat.

Courtesy:Pyromanic

AOA

well u may add :

English Composition and Preci's: A better guide to english by b.r.mullick

Current Affairs: contemporary affairs by imtiaz shahid nd also development and security digest of FRIENDS Org, 88, St. 3, Race Course Road, Rawalpindi of mirza aslam baig

Pakistan Affairs: yeah u may add Pakistan Affairs of Ikram Rabani may also see [url]www.storyofpakistan.com[/url]

your Books
 

Asslamo alikum
English- Exploring the World of English bu Ilmi Kitab Khana
EDS- Advance Every day Science by Imtiaz Shahid
Pak Affairs- Pakistan Affiars by Muhammad Sohail Bhatti.
or by Ikram Rabbani.
However Struggle for Pakistan by Ishtiaq Hussain qureshi togather with Making of Pakistan by KK Aziz are better than all options if u can get them from the market.
I could find and read these two books after exam.
For islamiat Islami Nazaria Hayat (Urdu) plus look for pamphlets / some booklets/ book recently written on contemporary issues.

[B]English: [/B]
Practical English grammar by Martinent and Thosman
English Usage by Swan
Chambers Idioms

[B]Pak affairs:[/B]
Pakistan afairs by M. Ikram Rabbani

[B]Current Affairs:[/B]
DAWN
Monthly Press Review

[B]EDS:[/B]
EDS by Carvan Publishers

[B]Islamiyat:[/B]
Islamiyat for PCS/CSS by Laqa-ul-Mohsin


Dont forget to have MCQs of all the subjects by Dogar's publishers.

Books for optional subjects
 

[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=5][B][CENTER]Books for optional subjects[/CENTER]
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[quote][B]Note :[/B] Here i mention list of books which are recommended by CSPs and Veteran members. Conducive members are requested to post reference of books under this thread.
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[CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]Constitutional Law[/U][/B]
[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][LIST=1][*] World Constitutions by Kaeley[*] How States Are Governed[*] Studies In The Constitution Of Pakistan by Dr. safdar mahmood[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]Economics[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER]

[B]Paper I :[/B][LIST=1][*] KK Dewett (Modern Economic Theory)[*] Paul A. Samuelson(Economics international edition)[/LIST][B]Paper II :[/B][LIST=1][*] Economics of Pakistan by Saeed Nasir and Kamal Haider[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]International Relations[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*] International Relations by Prakash Chander[*] Introduction to international relations : power and justice by T. A. Couloumbis and J. H. Wolfe[*]International Relations and Political Theory by Kamran Shahid[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]Geography[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*]Physical Geography by A.Strahler[*] Human geography by Deblij[*] A Geography of Pakistan by Huma Naz Sethi[/LIST][CENTER] [FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]Journalism[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*] Mass Communication by Imtiaz Shahid[*] Exploring Journalism by Safdar Mahmood[*] Any editorial etc. on Journalism in DAWN or leading newspapers[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]Sociology[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*] Sociology by Horton and Hunt[*] Pak. Sociology by Ch. Iqbal (For MA classes)[*] Sociology by Abd-ul-Hameed Taga[*] Sociology an introduction by S.M Shahid[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]Political science[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*] Muslim Political Thought by Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry[*] Western Political Thought by Judd Harmon[*] Political science Theory and Practice by Mazharul Haq[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]INDO PAK HISTORY[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
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[B]PAPER I[/B]

books by[LIST=1][*] K. Ali[*] Sohail Bhatti[/LIST][B]PAPER II[/B][LIST=1][*] Struggle for Pakistan by I.H.Quershi ( for pre-partition period)[*] Pakistan Affairs by Ikram Rabbani[*] Constitutional and political history of pakistan by hamid Khan ( for post- partition period )[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]US History [/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
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Books by[LIST=1][*]R. K. Majumdar[*] A. N. Srivastva[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
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[B]FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING[/B]

1) Gani & EJAZ's Principles of accounting and Advanced Accounting (Final accounts, Partnership, Bank reconciliation, Non-profit organizations and capital and revenue)
2) Meigs and Meigs' Accounting-basis for business decision (Chapter 1 to 5)
3) Shukla's Financial Accounting 1 (Additional practice)

[B]COST ACCOUNTING[/B]

1) Matz & usury's Cost accounting (chapter 1 to 6) and standard costing, budgeting, by-product costing and marginal costing
2) HILTON's managerial accounting (Additional practice and theory for objective type preparation) standard costing, marginal costing, process costing, budgeting, LIFO and FIFO.

[B]AUDITING[/B]

1) Khawaja Amjad Saeed's AUDITING.(only the topics indicated in syllabus)

[B]TAXATION[/B]

1) Mohammad moazzam mughal's INCOME TAX (only the sections mentioned in the syllabus)

[B]BUSINESS ORGANIZATION [/B]

INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS by saeed nasir.(only related topics)


[CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]Statistics[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*] Stats by prof. sher muhammad chaudhry for Ba/BSc.[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]British History[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*] British History by Birdsall S. Viault[*] Mastering Modern British History by Norman Lowe[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]European History[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*] Mastering Modern European History by Stuart T. Miller.[*] About European history by L.p.cock.[*] European History by IJ Chawla.[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]Physics[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*] Modern physics by A.BEISER[*] University physics by SEARS ZEMANSKY[*] Fundamentals of physics by HALLIDAY AND RESNICK[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]Agriculture[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*] Towards understanding agriculture by Mohd Ishaq Khan[*] Books published by National Book Foundation in collaboration with USAID like Horticulture, Plant Breeding, Extension Methods etc[*] Agriculture by Asif Malik[*] Agriculture by Masood A. A. Qureshi[*] MCQs of Agriculture for css/pcs by Dogar's publishers.[/LIST][CENTER] [FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]Sindhi[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*] Sindhi adab jo tanqidi ibheyas by abdulmajeed memon[*] Sindhi boli ji mukhtasar tarikh by leghari[*] Sindhi adab jo mukhtasar jaizo by abduljabar junejo[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]Islamic History & culture[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*] History of Islam By Mazhurl Haq[*] History of Saracens by Syed Ameer Ali[*] Plus used Google to get information about Turkey Sultanat-Usmania[*] History of the arabs by Phillip.K.Hitti[*] Study of islamic History by K.Ali[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]Public Administration[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*] Public Administration By Dr. Sultan[*]Personnel Management by Dr. Sultan[*] Tiyagi Book for the Schools and approaches of Public administration[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]Forestry[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*] Two volumes of Prof. Dr. Masood A. A. Qureshi[*] Yellow pages coming with the Dawn of Monday[*] Forestry by Muhammad iqbal Shiekh and SM hafeez[/LIST][CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][B][U]International Law[/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/CENTER][LIST=1][*] Internation Law by S.K Kapoor[*] International Law by J.J Starke[/LIST]________________________

Allah Nagheban,

[B][U]Best books on US history:[/U][/B]

"The First Salute" - Barbara Tuchman
A look at how the political rivalries within the Royal Navy led to the British loss of the American Revolution

"Miracle at Philadelphia" - Catherine Drinker Bowen
Story of the Constitutional Convention of 1787

"American Scripture" - Pauline Maier
Background on the Declaration of Independence

"The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution" - Bernard Bailyn
The title says it all. Bailyn is probably about the best US Historian around today.

"The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787" - Gordon S. Wood

"Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution" - Forrest McDonald

"Democracy in America" - Alexis de Tocqueville (1835)
de Tocqueville was a French Nobleman who spent several years traveling the US in the early 1830. This work has been highly regarded since its original publication for its unique "outsider's perspective" of life during the early decades of the Republic.

[CENTER][SIZE=4][B]Political Science[/B][/SIZE]
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[B]
Paper A

For Muslim Political Thought[/B]

1) Muslim Political Thought and Institutions by S.M.Shahid

2) Political Thought in Medieval Islam by Rosenthal

[B][CENTER][SIZE=4][FONT=Georgia]Applied Mathematics[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER]
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[B]Paper 1[/B]
Mechanics book Dr g k ghouri (B Sc level)
Vector and tensor analysis by prof. nawazish ali shah (for vector analysis and briefly tensors)
Vector analysis Z R Bhatti
Schaums series Vector Analysis (surface integral + Tensors)
vector and tensor methods by charlton jeffreys

[B]Paper 2[/B]
Advanced engineering mathmatics by Erwin kreyzig
(covers ordinary + partial differential equations + numerical analysis portion)
Numerical analysis using C++ Dr. S.A. Bhatti

for detailed review of differential equations portion
Ordinary differential equations by Easthan
partial differential equations by Sneddon


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Best Books For CSS
 

[B][/B]
[B]ENGLISH ESSAY[/B]
1- Paragraphs & Essays (Prof. Manzoor Mirza) RS 300/-
2- Dogar's Unique Latest Essays (Prof. Mohammad Asif Qadri) RS 175/-

[B]ENGLISH COMPOSITION[/B]
1- Precis Writing (Abdul Basit Jasra, Naimatullah Khan Joyia) RS 60/-
2- A Practical English Grammar (A. J. Thomson, A. V. Martinet) RS 600/-
3- Practical English Usage (Michael Swan) RS 1600/-
4- English Grammar & Composition (Nawaz Khalid, Mohammad Baqir Hussain) RS 250/-
5- English Grammar & Composition (Shabbir Hussain Chaudhry) RS 350/-
6- Dictionary of Synonyms & Antonyms (Prof. Tariq Ali Khan) RS 80/-
7- Oxford Idioms RS 800/900/

[B]CURRENT AFFAIRS[/B]
1- International Affairs (Dr. Safdar Mahmood) RS 500/-
2- Strategic Studies //Quarterly// RS 50/-
3- Contemporary Affairs (M. Imtiaz Shahid) //Quarterly// RS 300/-
4- Daily DAWN RS 13/-

[B]PAKISTAN AFFAIRS[/B]
1- EXAM CRAM Pakistan Affairs (Adeel Niaz) RS 300/-
2- Pakistan Affairs (M. Ikram Rabbani) RS 375/-
3- Pakistan's Foreign Policy: A Reappraisal (Shahid M. Amin) RS 495/-
4- Pakistan's Foreign Policy 1947-2005 (Abdul Sattar) RS 595/-
5- Pakistan Political Roots & Development 1947-1999 (Safdar Mahmood) RS 395/-
6- The Military & Politics in Pakistan (Hasan Askari Rizvi) RS 350/-
7- The Idea of Pakistan (Stephen Philip Cohen) RS 600/-
8- Early Phase of Muslim Political Movement (Jamil-ud-Din-Ahmad)
9- Middle Phase of Muslim Political Movement (Jamil-ud-Din-Ahmad)
10- Final Phase of Muslim Political Movement (Jamil-ud-Din-Ahmad)
11- Military, State and Society in Pakistan (Hasan Askari Rizvi) RS 695/-
12- The Political System of Pakistan (Khalid B. Sayeed)
13- Struggle for Pakistan (I. H. Qureshi)
14- Towards Pakistan (Waheed-uz Zaman)

[B]EVERYDAY SCIENCE[/B]
1- Encyclopedic Manual of Everyday Science (Dr. Rab Nawaz Samo) RS 350/-
2- DOGAR'S UNIQUE EVERYDAY SCIENCE (Dr. Riaz-ul-Haq)
3- EVERYDAY SCIENCE ADVANCE (M. Imtiaz Shahid)

[B]ISLAMIAT (URDU)[/B]
1- Islamiat (Zahid Hussain Anjum) RS 135/-
2- Islamiat Advance bray CSS (Muhammad Imtiaz Shahid, Attiya Bano) RS 300/-
3- Islam Ka Nizam-e Hayat (Dr. Liaqat Ali Khan Niazi) RS 350/-

[B]PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION[/B]
1- EXAM CRAM Public Administration (Asif J. Mir) RS 225/-
2- Public Administration (S. M. Shahid) RS 180/-
3- Pricples of Public Administration (Dr. Muhammad Hassan Sheikh) RS 375/-
4- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (Dr. Sultan Khan)

[B]SOCIOLOGY[/B]
1- Sociology (John J. Macionis) RS 350/-
2- Social Problems of Pakistan (Dr. Mohammad Khalid) RS 400/-
3- Sociology (M. Iqbal Chaudhry) RS 250/-
4- Pakistani Society (M. Iqbal Chaudhry) RS 175/-
5- EXAM CRAM Sociology MCQs (Syed Salman Hameed Kazmi) RS 90/-
6- SOCIOLOGY (SACHDEVA & GUPTA)
7- EXAM CRAM Sociology MCQs (Syed Salman Hameed Kazmi)

[B]JOURNALISM[/B]
1- A-One Exploring Journalism (Mirza Muhammad Yousaf) RS 200/-
2- Mass Communication (M. S. Shahid) RS 150/-
3- Mass Communications MCQs (Muhammad Asif Malik) RS 60/-
4- Journalism for CSS (Mian Muhammad Asghar) RS 120/-

[B]GEOGRAPHY A[/B]
1- Physical Geography of the Global Environment (H. J. Deblij, Peter O. Muller)
2- EXAM CRAM Geography (Mohammad Jahangir Sanpaal) RS 225/-

[B]GEOGRAPHY B[/B]
1- Pakistan: Geograohy, Economy & People (Fazle Karim Khan) RS 310/-
2- Geography of Pakistan (Prof. Nazir Ahmad Khalid)
3- The New Oxford Atlas for Pakistan RS 335/-
4- Fundamentals of Human Geography (Prof. Mian Mohammad Anwar) RS 125/-
5- World Economic and Commercial Geography (Prof. Nazeer Ahmad Khalid) RS 150/-

[B]INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS[/B]
1- International Relations (Joshua S. Goldstein) RS 350/-
2- International Relations (Dr. Sultan Khan) RS 180/-
3- International Relations & Political Theory (Kamran Shahid) RS 295/-
4- International Relations (Parkash Chander)
5- International Relations (Muhammad Asif Malik, Raja Mansoor Ahmad) RS 135/- //objective//

[B]MISCELLANOUS[/B]
1- Encyclopaedia of General Knowledge (Adeel Niaz) RS 400/-
2- General Knowledge Advance MCQs (M. Imtiaz Shahid, Attyia Bano) RS 325/-
3- General Knowledge Advance (M. Imtiaz Shahid) RS 400/-

[B]ARABIC[/B]
[COLOR="Green"][B]Tareekh Adab Arabi [/B][/COLOR](By:Ahmed Hassan Zyarat)(Trans by:M.Naeem Siddiqui)
(Maktaba e Danial)
[COLOR="Red"]Rs 275/-[/COLOR]

[B]JOURNALISM[/B]
[COLOR="Green"][B]Competitive Journalism [/B][/COLOR](By: Abid Tehami)
[COLOR="Red"]Rs 200/-[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Green"][B]Faridi's Objective Mass Communication [/B][/COLOR](By: Javed Iqbal & Mukhtiar Ali Shar)
(Maktaba e Faridi)
[COLOR="Red"]Rs 125/-[/COLOR]

[B]EVERYDAY SCIENCE[/B]
[COLOR="Green"][B]CSS Everyday Science with Solved Papers[/B][/COLOR](By:Shabbir Hussain Chaudhry)
(Majeed Book Depot)
[COLOR="Red"]Rs 175/-[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Green"][B]Everyday Science (Objective Type) [/B][/COLOR] (By:Syed Baqir Raza)
(Emporium Publishers)
[COLOR="Red"]Rs 150/-[/COLOR]

[B]ISLAMIAT[/B]
[COLOR="Green"][B]Misbah ul Islam[/B] [/COLOR](By:Qamar Hasnain Qadri)
[COLOR="Red"]Rs 150/-[/COLOR]

[B]SOCIOLOGY[/B]
[B][COLOR="Green"]An Introduction to Sociology [/COLOR][/B](By:Javed Soonhoro Jiskani Baloch)
(Maktaba e Faridi)
[COLOR="Red"]Rs 175/-[/COLOR]

[B][COLOR="Green"]Sociology MCQs [/COLOR][/B](By:Zahid Saeed)
(Emporium Publishers)
[COLOR="Red"]Rs 150/-[/COLOR]