Best Books For JEE Preparation

Choosing the right books for JEE Mains and JEE Advanced
will provide the correct direction to your JEE preparation.


These books will surely boost your preparation for IIT JEE.

Mathematics Books for JEE

  • Trigonometry for JEE Main & Advanced by Arihant Publications
    - trigonometry is not directly asked in JEE these days. Board level books are usually sufficient.
  • RD Sharma class 11th and RD Sharma class 12th
    - people tend to underestimate the school level books. But these are the ones that will build your foundation.
  • Integral Calculus for IIT-JEE by Amit Agarwal- the best book for integral calculus for any competitive exam.
  • Coordinate Geometry for IIT-JEE by SK Goyal
    - A great book for Coordinate geometry. Its subjective problems are excellent.
  • Differential Calculus for IIT-JEE by Amit Agarwal- the best book for differential calculus for any competitive exam.
  • Vectors & 3D Geometry by Arihant Publications
  • IIT Mathematics by ML Khanna- a highly subjective book for JEE, highly recommended.
  • A Practice Book of Mathematics JEE Main & Advanced by Arihant Publication- a great book consisting of lots of problems.

Chemistry books for JEE

  • Organic Chemistry by LG Wade
    - The BEST possible book for organic chemistry.
  • New Pattern Textbook of Physical Chemistry for Competitions (JEE Main & Advanced ) by OP Tondon
    - the best book for physical chemistry for any competitive exam.
  • Modern Approach to Chemical Calculations by RC Mukherjee- the best book for physical chemistry for problems.
  • Organic Chemistry by Morrison Boyd
    you must read this book once if you are appearing for JEE. This is the so called "HC Verma" of organic chemistry.
  • Concise Inorganic Chemistry by JD Lee- a great book for inorganic chemistry. This book will teach you how to understand the subject rather than just memorizing it.
  • Numerical Chemistry 22/e by P Bahadur - recommended by many top rankers.

Physics books for JEE

  • Concepts of Physics Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 H.C Verma
    - the best book for beginners to build up their fundamentals.
  • Mechanics Part-1 & 2 by DC Pandey - the best book for rankers.
  • Understanding Physics Electricity and Magnetism by DC Pandey.
  • Understanding Physics for JEE Main & Advanced Optics & Modern Physics by DC Pandey
  • Understanding Physics for JEE Main & Advanced Waves & Thermodynamics by DC Pandey.
  • Problems In General Physics by IE Irodov
    - buy this book if you want some challenge. Some problems are way above JEE level.
  • Resnick Halliday - a great book for theory and non trivial problems.

You should additionally have the following:

  • NCERT Exemplar Problems: Solutions Physics Class 12
  • NCERT Exemplar Problems: Solutions Mathematics Class 12
  • NCERT Exemplar Problems: Solutions Chemistry Class 12
  • NCERT Exemplar Problems: Solutions Chemistry Class 11
  • NCERT Exemplar Problems: Solutions Physics Class 11
  • NCERT Exemplar Problems: Solutions Mathematics Class 11

Additionally, to complete your preparation, you must solve the past year JEE papers



All the best!