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Booklist for Anthropology Optional (UPSC Anthropology books)
Here is a quick rundown of the UPSC optional anthropology syllabus. We also discussed how to prepare for the Anthropology optional and the recommended reading list for Papers I and II.
Here is the suggested reading list for UPSC Anthropology books
These books don’t have to be read from beginning to end. To understand the subject well, you must study these books topic by topic in accordance with the course curriculum. Use newspapers and internet resources in addition to these to broaden your knowledge and find substance for your answers.
Paper I
| Physical Anthropology – P Nath |
| Braintree material |
| Anthropology Simplified – Vivek Bhasme (very good source for diagrams and answer structuring) |
| Anthropology – Ember and Ember |
Paper 2
| Indian Anthropology -Nadeem Hasnain |
| Tribal India – Nadeem Hasnain |
| Anthropology Simplified- Vivek Bhasme |
| The Tribal Culture of India – LP Vidyarthi |
| January 2014 edition of Yojana- Tribal and Marginalized Communities |
| Xaxa Report |
General reading material
- Sapiens – Yuval Noah Harari
- The Selfish Gene- Richard Dawkins
- The Blind Watchmaker- Richard Dawkins
- The Gene- Siddhartha Mukherjee
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