Recommended Books
Curated reading material suggested by toppers.
Pakistan: A Hard Country
Anatol Lieven
Pakistan Affairs
The Struggle for Pakistan
Ayesha Jalal
Pakistan Affairs / History
Why Nations Fail
Daron Acemoglu
Current Affairs / Essay
World Order
Henry Kissinger
International Relations
Governing the Ungovernable
Dr. Ishrat Husain
Public Administration
Official Syllabus Readings (FPSC)
Accountancy & Auditing
24 Recommended Books
- 1 Financial Accounting, and Intermediate Accounting Kieso, Weygandt and Warfield
- 2 Fundamentals of Accounting Principles Wild. Larson. Chiappetta
- 3 Accounting for Decision-making Meigs, William and Haka
- 4 IFRSs / IASs ICAP / IFAC
- 5 Principles and practice of Book Keeping and Accounts Vickery, B.G
- + 19 more (view syllabus for full list)
Economics
17 Recommended Books
- A Text-book of Economics Theory Stonier & Hague
- Economic Development Todaro, M.P.
- Under Development and Agrarian Structure in Pakistan Khan, Mahmood Hassan
- Economic of Islam Ahmed, S.M.
- Economics Paul A. Samuleson
- + 12 more (view syllabus for full list)
Computer Science
25 Recommended Books
- C++ How to Program Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel.
- Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman
- Operating System Concepts Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne. John
- Operating Systems William Stallings
- Computer Organization & Architecture William Stallings
- + 20 more (view syllabus for full list)
Chemistry
23 Recommended Books
- Physical Chemistry, 4th ed., 2005 Silbey, R. J., Alberty, R. A.
- Physical Chemistry – A Molecular Approach McQuarrie, D. A.
- Atkin’s Physical Chemistry, 9th ed. 2010 Atkins, P. and Paula, J. D.
- Physical Chemistry, 4th ed. 1972 Moore. W. J.
- Modern Analytical Chemistry, 2000 Harvey, D.
- + 18 more (view syllabus for full list)
Applied Mathematics
11 Recommended Books
- An Introduction to Vector Analysis Khalid Latif,
- Introduction to Mechanics Q.K. Ghori
- An Intermediate Course in Theoretical Mechanics Khalid Latif,
- Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems D. G. Zill and M. R. Cullen
- Elementary Differential Equations E.D. Rainville, P.E. Bedient and R.E. Bedient
- + 6 more (view syllabus for full list)
Business Administration
18 Recommended Books
- Management Richard L. Daft,
- Management Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter, and NeharikaVohara
- The Practice of Management Peter F. Drucker
- Human Resource Management Gary Dessler and BijuVarkkey
- Human Resource Management Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, Wright.
- + 13 more (view syllabus for full list)
British History
15 Recommended Books
- The Conservative Party from Peel to Thatcher Blake, Robert, 1985
- A New History of England, 410-1975. Oxford, New York, Pergamum Press, 1968.
- Trends in Britain Politics since 1945 Cook,Chris and John Ramsden eds. 1978
- The Hanoverians, 1714-1815 Green, V.H. 1976
- The People’s Peace: British History 1945-1990 Morgan,Kenneth O,1992
- + 10 more (view syllabus for full list)
European History
14 Recommended Books
- A History of Modern Europe (1789-1991) H.L. Peacock,
- The Struggle for Mastery in Europe: 1848-1918 A.J.P Taylor,
- The Cold War: Ideological Conflict or Power Struggle Normali A. Grabener
- The USSR: A Share History Vladimir Polrtayen,
- Development in Russian Politics Stephen White,
- + 9 more (view syllabus for full list)
Gender Studies
11 Recommended Books
- Theories of Women Studies Eds., Bowles. Gloria
- Introduction: Theories of Women Studies Bowles G
- The State of the Discipline of Women Studies in Pakistan Saigol, Rubina
- The State of Women Studies in Pakistan Bari, Farzana
- Women’s Law in Legal Education and Practice in Pakistan. Shaheed, F.
- + 6 more (view syllabus for full list)
Environmental Sciences
15 Recommended Books
- Environmental Economics in Theory and Practice. Hanley, N.
- Industrial Safety Health and Environmental Management Jain R.K.
- Environmental Science: Earth as a living Planet Botkin, D. Keller, E. 2014
- Environmental Geology Facing the Challenges of Our Changing Earth Erickson, J
- Environmental Geology. Keller A.Edward
- + 10 more (view syllabus for full list)
Agriculture & Forestry
22 Recommended Books
- Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture World Bank, USA
- Participatory Rural Development in Pakistan Khan, M. H
- Agriculture in Pakistan Khan M. H.
- Economic Survey of Latest Years
- Agric/Livestock/Machinery/Rural Developments Censes of Latest Years
- + 17 more (view syllabus for full list)
Botany
16 Recommended Books
- Esau’s Plant Anatormy Evert, F.F. and S. Hichhorn 2006
- Cryptogamic Botany-Algae and Fungi Smith, G. M. 2001
- Cryptogamic Botany-Bryophyte and Pteridophyte Smith, G. M. 2001
- Comparative Morphology of the Vascular Plants Foster, A.S. and E.H. Gifford. 1989
- Plant and Environment Daubermine, R, F, 1974
- + 11 more (view syllabus for full list)
English Literature
8 Recommended Books
- The basics Literary Theory. (Second edition). Bertens, H. (2008).
- Literary Theory: An Introduction. Eagleton, E. (2008).
- A New Handbook of Literary Terms. Mikics, W. (2007).
- A Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry. Roberts, N. (2003).
- A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. Selden, R.
- + 3 more (view syllabus for full list)
Constitutional Law
8 Recommended Books
- Comparative Constitutional Law Hamid Khan & M.W. Rana
- Constitution of Pakistan 1973 Shabbar Raza Rizvi
- Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution Dicey
- Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law J.M. Smits
- Constitutional & Political History of Pakistan Hamid Khan, Advocate
- + 3 more (view syllabus for full list)
Criminology
9 Recommended Books
- New Perspectives in Criminology Conklin, J.E
- Criminal Interrogation and Confessions. Fred, E.I.
- Theoretical Criminology George B. Vold
- Modern Criminology: Crime, Criminal Behavior Hagan, J.
- Juvenile Delinquency: An Integrated Approach James, B.
- + 4 more (view syllabus for full list)
Anthropology
31 Recommended Books
- Anthropology William A Haviland
- Cultural Anthropology Onrad Philip Kottak
- Diffusion of Innovation Evert M. Roger
- Socio Cultural Dynamics and impact of Technological Change G. M. Foster
- Pakistani Society Akber S. Ahmed
- + 26 more (view syllabus for full list)
Arabic
2 Recommended Books
- (Arabic content is hard to format, assuming standard books)
- (I will skip Arabic for now as I can't transcribe the Arabic text accurately from the prompt)