Book List : GeographyNOTE: Due to huge number of people taking Geography as an optional, I listed book lists from two different sources, so some of the books may

repeat. 

Book list from Source-1

* Physical Geography - Savinder Singh or A.N. Spahler * Geomorphology - Strahler and St.'ahler * Human & Economic Geography - Leong and Morgan; * Dictionary for Geography - Penguin * Soil Genesis - Daji * Geography of India - Dr. Gopal Singh * Physical Geography made Simple - Richard H. Bryant (Rupa Publication) * Settlement Geography: Social and Economic Geography made Simple -Rupa Publication * Political Geography- R.D. Dixit or Manorama Sharma * Population Geography- R.C. Chandra * Evolution of Geographical Thought - Sudeepto Adhikari & Majid Hussain * Climatology - D.S. Lal * Reading in General Geography and Geography of India - R. C. Sharma * Physical and Human Geography - Leong * Urbanisation and Urban System in India - R. Ramchandran * Oceanography - Sharma & Vattal * Ecosystem - Odum * Human Geography - Chandra * Regional Development and Planning - Chand and Puri (Main) * Physiography - R.M. Tikka * Soil - Stroller & Stroller * General Geography of India (Part II) - N.C.E.R.T. * Regional Geography of India - N.C.E.R.T. * Gazetteer of India (Part I) * Economic & Commercial Geography of India - CB Mamoria or Sharma & Cautiaho * Economic and Social Geography made simple - R. Knowles and Warning * Physical Geography in India - C B Pichamuthu * Cartography - R. C. Singh * Economic SurveyAcknowledgement: Booklist from source-1 adopted from www.groups.yahoo.com/ias_2003.  Thanks a bunch to Mr.Prakash.

 

Book list from Source-2

Basic Reading

1.   Strahler, A.N. or Strahler & Strahler : Modern Physical Geography.2.   NCERT—11th and 12th class Geography books.3.   Geography Made Simple series by Rupa publications.4.   Rama Chandran—Urbanization and urban systems in India.5.   Five Year Plan document.6.   Yojna/Kurukshetra/Employment News.

Further Reading

1.    Small, R.J.—Study of Landforms.2.    Eyre—Soil, Vegetation and Climate.3.    Trewartha, G.T.—An Introduction to Climate.4.    Sharma & Vatal—Occanography for Geographers.5.    Adhikari, S.—Fundamentals of Geographical Thought6.    Dikshit, R.D.—Political Geography7.    Northern—Urban Geography8.    Hurst, M.E.—Geography of Economic Behaviour.9.    Symons or Moryan & Mutton—Agricultural Geography10.  Leong, G.S. & Morgen—Human & Economic Geography11.  Sharma & Continho—Economic & Commercial Geography of India12.  Chand, Mahesh & Puri—Regional Planning in India.13.  Leong, G.S. Certificate to Physical Geography14.  Critch field, Elements of Climatology15.  Singh G., Geography of India