Best Books for GATE 2025 Exam Preparation - CS, ECE, ME, CE

For Engineering Mathematics

• Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications by Kenneth Rosen
• Higher Engineering mathematics by B.S. Grewal
• Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig

For Structural Engineering

• Theory of Structure by CK Wang, S. Rammamrutham, L.S. Negi & Jangit
• Theory of Elasticity by Timoshenko & Gere
• Theory of Structure by Wilbur & Norris
• Strength of Materials/Mechanics of Structure by Gare & Timoshenko,
• E. Popove, L. Singer,
• B.C. Punamia, Rammamrutham

For Geotechnical Engineering

• Soil Mechanics by Gopal Ranjan & Rao, Venkat Ramaiha, S. K. Garg,
• B.C. Punamia, V N S Murthy

For Water Resources Engineering

• Water Resources by S K Garg
• Water and Waste Water by SK Garg 1 and 2
• Fluid Mechanics- RK Bansal and Fox and Richard

For Transportation Engineering

• Transportation by Justo Khanna

For Environmental

• Environmental Engineering by S. K. Garg Part I & Part II
• Waste Water Engineering by B. C. Punamia Part I & Part II

For Geomatics Engineering

• Surveying (vol. 1,2,3)  by B.C.Punia, Ashok Jain, Arun Jain

For Design of Machine Elements

• Machine design - V.B. Bhandari

For Engineering Mechanics

• Engineering Mechanics by Bhavikatti
• Engineering Mechanics by Beer and Johnston,
• Engineering Mechanics by R K Rajput

For Fluid Mechanics

• Fluid Mechanics by R K Bansal
• Fluid & Hydraulics- Modi and seth

For Heat Transfer

• Heat and Mass Transfer by J P Hollman and R C Sachdeva
• Heat Transfer by Cengel and Holman

For Industrial Engineering

• Industrial Engineering by O P Khanna, Buffa and Sarin

For Manufacturing Engineering

• Production Technology: Manufacturing Processes, Technology and Automation by R.K. Jain

For Strength of Materials

• Strength of Materials - Gere & Timoshenko, B C Unamia, Sadhu Singh, Ramamrutham

For Thermal Science

• Engineering Thermodynamics by P.K. Nag

For Thermo Dynamics

• Engineering Thermodynamics by P K Nag and Rajput
• Thermodynamics by Cengel.

For the Theory of Machines

• Theory of machines by Ratan

For Vibrations

• Mechanical Vibration by Grover

For Engineering Mathematics

• Advanced Engineering Mathematics by E.Kreyszig

For Electric Circuits

• Transient Analysis Of Electric Power Circuits by Arieh L Shenkmann
• Circuit Theory: Analysis & Synthesis by Abhijit Chakrabarti

For Electromagnetic Fields

• Elements of Electromagnetics by Mathew N. O. SADIKU
• Engineering Electromagnetics by William H. Hayt

For Signals and Systems

• Signals and Systems by Oppenheim and Wilsky
• Signals and Systems by Nagoor Kani

For Electrical Machines

• Electrical Machinery by P.S Bimbhra

For Power Systems

• Power Systems Engineering by Nagrath and Kothari
• Power Systems by JB Guptha & CL Wadhwa

For Control Systems

• Control Systems Engineering by Nagrath and Gopal

For Electrical and Electronic Measurements

• Electrical and Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation by AK Sawhney

For Analog and Digital Electronics

• Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory by Boylestad
• Digital Design by M.Morris Mano
• Integrated Electronics : Analog And Digital Circuits And Systems by Christos C. Halkias, Chetan D. Parikh Jacob Millman

For Power Electronics

• Power Electronics by MH Rashid
• Power Electronics by P.S.Bimbhra

For Engineering Mathematics

• Higher Engineering Mathematics – Dr. BS Grewal
• Engineering Mathematics – Erwin Kreyszig­
• Advanced Engineering Mathematics – Dr. HK Dass
• Advanced Engineering Mathematics by R. K. Jain, S. R. K. Iyengar

For General Aptitude

• Quantitative Aptitude – R. S. Agarwal
• Logical Reasoning – R. S. Agarwal
• Objective English – Hari Mohan Prasad
• Quantitative Aptitude by CAT by Arun Sharma

For Network Theory

• Network Theory by Alexander Sadiku
• Circuit Theory by A.Chakraborty
• Network Analysis by Van Valkenburg
• Engineering Circuit Analysis – Hayt & Kammerly
• Linear Circuit Analysis- De Carlo/Lin

For Electronic Devices

• Integrated Electronics:- Jacob Millman & Christos C. Halkias
• Solid State electronic Devices- Ben Streetman and Sanjay Banerjee
• Semiconductor devices – David Neamen
• Semiconductor devices-S. M. Sze
• DC Analysis of MOS Transistor-Tsivid

For Analog Circuits

• Micro Electronics circuit – Sedra & Smith
• Linear ICs – Gaekwad
• Analog Electronics,  Electronics devices, and circuits – Donald A Neaman
• Electronic Devices and Circuit   Theory by Robert L Boylestad & Nashelsky      
• Pulse and Digital Electronics by Millman and Taub

For Digital Circuits

• Digital Electronics – Morris Mano
• Microprocessor Architecture, Programming and Application with the 8085 – Ramesh Gaonker
• Digital Electronic Principles and applications by Ronald J. Toccii, Pearson Publications
• Digital circuits and design by Salivahanan
• Fundamentals of digital systems by Anandkumar
• Digital Logic and Computer Design by M.Morris Mano

For System & Signal

• Signals & Systems By Alan V. Oppenheim
• Modern digital and analog Communications system by BP Lathi
• Digital Signal Processing by S.K Mitra
• Signals & System – Oppenheim & Schafer
• Signals & System – Proakis
• Signals & System – Schaum Series-H.P. Hsu

For Control System

• Automatic Control Systems – Benjamin C Kuo
• Modern Control System – Katsuhiko Ogata
• Control Systems Engineering by Norman Nise
• Control Systems by Nagarath and Gopal
• NPTEL Video lectures by M. Gopal

For Communications

• Analog and Digital Communication System by Simon Haykin
• Principle of Communication System by Taub& Schillings
• Modern digital and analog Communications system by BP Lathi
• Electronic Communication Systems by Kennedy and Davis (just the Noise chapter)

For Electro-Magnetics

• Elements of Electromagnetics by Matthew N.O. Sadiku
• Network lines and fields by J.D Ryder (Transmission lines part)
• Electromagnetic waves and Radiating Systems by Jordon and Balmain
• Antenna Theory by Balanis
• NPTEL Lectures by Prof. R. Shevgaonkar
• Engineering Electromagnetics-William Hayt
• Schaum’s Outline of Electromagnetics -Joseph A Edminister
• Antenna And Wave Propagation-KD Prasad

Computer Science

• Operating System by Galvin
• Algorithm by Cormen
• Architecture by Hamacher
• TOC- Theory of Computation by Ullman

Agricultural Engineering

• Concept of Agricultural Engineering by Mohanty Das
• Soil & Water Conservation by VVN Murty
• Farm Machinery by Three Authors

Chemical Engineering

• Heat Transfer
• Mc Cabe -FPM and MO by Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering
• Principles of Mass Transfer and Separation Processes
• Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering
• JM Smith - Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
• Ram Prasad - Chemical Engineering For Gate Principles Solved Problems & Objective Type Questions
• M.Subbu - An Insight into Chemical Engineering

Geology and Geophysics

• Complete Master Guide GATE by Amresh Singh
• Geophysics by Telford

Production and Industrial

• Thermodynamics by P.K Nag
• Heat Transfer by Made Easy Class Notes
• Production by Swadesh Sing, S K Mondal Notes
• Material Science by Made Easy Class Notes & Swadesh Singh
• Fluid Mechanics and Machinery by Modi & Seth
• Machine Design by VB Bhandari
• Strength of Material by Sadhu Singh
• Refrigeration by Made Easy Class Notes
• IC engine by Mathur Sharma
• Theory of Machine by SS Rattan