Important Books for JEE Mains and JEE Advanced Recommended by IIT Toppers

Alright guys. Let’s talk about books. The most common questions all these aspirants ask is – What books to follow, how many books to follow? And how to go about preparing from these books;in the sense that are the textbooks sufficient? Or are the books (coaching materials) given by coaching institutes sufficient? Or do we have to do both? And this causes quite a lot of confusion.

               Well, personally speaking, I’d feel books matter a lot. Because, the energy you put in books, probably you can’t get that complete quality out from materials. Ultimately books are designed for everyone around the globe. Material is designed for specific people and is often biased by teachers while books usually prevent that. Toppers spend a lot of time on books and avoid material to some extent. Obviously you have to do some problem solving. If you have your focus on books, then the material you solve will be sufficient.

What are the best books for IIT JEE Preparation ?

 If you want to ask which books then for physics you can go for H C Verma, the famous and the most important. So, H C verma is a must? Yeah. That is the minimum. After finishing that, you can decide further . Further? After that, yeah, the first recommended book is
BM Sharma ( Cengage Physics ) for class 12th.
Because for class 12th you have to have an application. and
Application is something which H C verma doesn't cover.

In chemistry in class 11, cover Pradeep for theory, for solving the physical chemistry of Narendra Avasthi, Organic we have MS Chauhan, and Inorganic K Kumar.  

In Maths Try to solve lot of problems . For Advanced level go for Advanced problems in mathematics balaji publication by Vikas Gupta and Joshi . For mains purpose solve R.D .Sharma objective mathematics book .

And, how many books? I mean just these books? Or any other books? See I’ll tell you why this question. Students buy books then see that friends brother books, Buy books. Shouldn’t be a problem. 

Because I have a pile at home which I didn't open. Forget studying regularly. I don't even open. So buying is alright, but the ultimate focus should be one book, because, suppose you have a book of one author and one of another author. Then there are topics which the first author will cover in the 2nd chapter and forget the first chapter, and the other one will cover the first chapter. And just in case you read the first chapter in the first book and the second chapter in the second book. That’s why stick to one book. 

Subject Wise Books recommendation by Toppers 

 Let’s talk with Physics. As I said, HC verma is the most important book. You should read HC verma for theory. Because it has correct theory. Theory from other books can be wrong. So HC verma is the best book for theory and concepts are very Clearly explained. After HC verma, you can go on with MCQs, short answers and the back problems. Try to complete HC verma as much as you can.
Because if HC verma is clear, you know that the basic concepts are clear. Then you can go on with any other solving material like DC pandey or bansal sheets. These are very nice materials for solving.

 If you talk about chemistry, then K Kumar is a very nice book of Inorganic which has 2 versions,each for Mains and advanced. So you can go on with any of them depending on your focus. For organic there are 2 books– Himanshu Pandey and MS Chauhan. One thing – If you solve 2 books, first solve a book completely. After finishing a chapter from one book, then solve the chapter from another book. If you do 2 books at a time, you won’t be able to complete either and you’ll end up doing only easy questions from both the books and leave the rest. First have a closure on the first book you pick, take doubts, and start with the second book for revision. For physical chemistry, Narendra Avasthi ,Balaji Publications, which is a decent level book where you can cover till JEE Advanced. For Olympiads you need different preparation.

For Math, it is a very subjective thing. Solve Vinay Kumar for most of the topics. Then for coordinate geometry and trigonometry SL Loney.One can go for R.D.Sharma book designed for JEE Mains .  The thing is, math is very vast. So, it takes up a lot of time. So, depending on that you can pick up some other books like Arihant. It is a very good book and it has topic wise questions. So, Arihant is also a very nice book. And for math you can ask your teachers on which book to follow or take up the coaching material.

 I think this pattern can be followed; it is an ideal pattern.

Best Books Specially for JEE Mains and Are they sufficient for JEE Advanced ?

 These books mentioned earlier are sufficient for JEE Mains and JEE Advanced. 

Besides that if you finish all these, then you can go on with a higher level material. But I think this is good preparation for JEE advanced. 

And one thing, don’t miss the NCERT syllabus. In advanced, they pick up a line from NCERT and ask a question, especially in chemistry. So, even if you don’t read the chapter side by side, you should complete the NCERT for physics and chemistry at least. Math is an option. But for physics and chemistry, by the end of 12th you should have completed NCERT because it will help you boards also, and JEE advanced also and JEE mains also. So, NCERT is a must . 

Complete Discussion on NCERT Books 

What is the role of NCERT in IIT JEE Toppers entire preparation ? 

 In the entire preparation, most of the students feel that the entire NCERT is for boards; and JEE mains and advanced preparation is entirely different. So How should students approach NCERT? When does it have to be done? How much should it be done? 

Chemistry NCERT is very important. You can read it side by side or you can read it at the end. But try to read it side by side. Reason is that you don’t miss out on any topic. Then you can have a closure on that chapter so that nothing is missed in exam point of view, board point of view, advanced point of view. And for inorganic chemistry, I think NCERT is a good thing. Everything expands from NCERT. NCERT is a very good level book. For Organic same thing. 

 For Physics, NCERT has few things which are not taught in coaching and it is a very good book. The back chapter problems are a decent level. So physics has to be done. If you don’t read it side by side, complete it at the end. The back problems are really good and you'll see extra concepts as well. Like, especially chapters like modern physics,it is amazing.

 And for Math, it is up to you. Apart from some extra topics, you can skip NCERT. But topics like Statistics, you should complete them. 

One misconception often students have is that chemistry NCERT is easy or it is not a good book. Frankly speaking, I loved chemistry NCERT. It is an amazingly designed book that covers everything in depth and the topics you don’t need to go into depth it just skims over it. So perfectly designed book. So, and personally I loved reading NCERT and reading NCERT is a must. There is no two opinions on that. You have to read NCERT completely for chemistry. 

 For chemistry NCERT, you should cover side by side. If you leave it for the end, then there's a huge gap in your preparation. 

How should students approach NCERT ?

 How to approach NCERT, and more importantly,should it be the start point or should it be the end point or should it be the revision point.Math you can definitely skip NCERT because if you are preparing for competitive exams,the level itself goes beyond NCERT at a very early stage and therefore there are very few things you’ll gain out of NCERT in math. Specifically, barring the topics like statistics

 But in chemistry, definitely it is the starting point. Because, it is a beautifully written book and you can’t miss out on anything. You have to cover each and every point there. So, a lot of things have been written in between the lines you have to read in between the lines. And maybe you have to read it twice, thrice,four times and extract all the items out of it. So, many times I also tell students about the diagram which is mentioned there. You should actually a write it down separately,see what is given in the diagram, what is the context of that, for example, P2O5. How many P and O linkages are there? And if the diagram is there, it is important from a competition perspective. So you should note each and everything out of chemistry and prepare a separate copy for NCERT chemistry.

Physics, a lot of students feel difficult to start with and therefore HC verma is a very good starting point in physics and towards the end when you prepare for the entire 11th and 12th and where you are revising, you can pick up NCERT of physics and you should not leave it. As there are a lot of points in NCERT which are not covered anywhere. I’ve seen a lot of teachers skipping these points. So, a lot of points in fluid dynamics and inboxes few things are written. And they are so very important that in general we skip it. In exams they ask questions from there.

So I hope you Guys now must know How to prepare for the IIT JEE Mains and Advanced Exam . Now you have a List of Important Books for JEE Mains and Advanced recommended by Toppers . You have to just put your efforts and do very well in studies .

                 

   Best of luck ….!!!