Important Books for Physics Optional for UPSC IAS Mains
| Sl No. | Books for Physics Optional | Link |
| Mechanics | ||
| 1 | an introduction to mechanics by kleppner and kolenkow | Click |
| 2 | Mechanics by D S Mathur | Click |
| Special Relativity | ||
| 3 | Theory of Relativity by Goyal and Gupta | Click |
| 4 | Introduction to Special Relativity by Robert Resnick | Click |
| Optics | ||
| 5 | A Text Book of Optics by Brijlal and Subrahmanyam | Click |
| 6 | Optics by Ghatak Ajoy | Click |
| Electrodynamics & EM Theory | ||
| 7 | Electricity & Magnetism by Satyaprakash | Click |
| 8 | Introduction to Electrodynamics by David J Griffiths | Click |
| Quantum Physics | ||
| 9 | Quantum Physics by Resnick and Eisberg | Click |
| Concepts of Modern Physics | ||
| 10 | Concepts of Modern Physics by Arthur Beiser | Click |
| Quantum Mechanics | ||
| 11 | Quantum Mechanics by Mourdine Zettler | Click |
| 12 | Quantum Mechanics: Theory and Applications by S. Lokanathan and Ajoy Ghatak |
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| Atomic & Molecular Spectra | ||
| 13 | Atomic & Molecular Spectra by Rajkumar | Click |
| Nuclear Physics | ||
| 14 | Nuclear Physics by SB Patel | Click |
| Solid State Physics | ||
| 15 | Solid State Physics by S.O. Pillai | Click |
| 16 | Solid State Physics by Puri R.K and V. K. Babbar | Click |
| Electronics | ||
| 17 | Electronics by B L Theraja Vol. IV | Click |
