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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)