Reading Books of UGC CSIR NET

General Reference
1. Fundamentals of Physics – R Resnick, D Halliday & J Walker (Wiley)
2. Concepts of Physics – H C Verma (Bharati Bhawan)
3. Feynman Lecture in Physics, especially Vol. I is a must read.
4. Calculus and Analytical Geometry – Thomas and Finney (Pearson) {for those who want some basic math}
5. Concepts of Modern Physics – A Beiser (TMH)
6. Modern Physics – R Gautreau and W Savin (Schaum’s Outline Series)
7. Quantum Mechanics – Y. Peleg et al. (Schaum’s Outline Series)

I. Mathematical Methods of Physics 
1. Mathematical Methods for Physicists – Arfken and Weber
2. Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A concise introduction - Tai L. Chow (Cambridge University Press - 2000)
3. Mathematical Techniques for Engineers and Scientists – Andrews and Phillips (SPIE Press)
4. Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers – Donald A McQuarrie (University Science Books: California)
5. Complex Variables – Churchill (McGraw-Hill)
6. Differential Equations – G. F. Simmons (McGraw-Hill)
7. Mathematical Methods in Classical and Quantum Physics – Tulsi Dass and Satish K. Sharma (University Press – 1998)

II. Classical Mechanics
1. Mechanics – Landau and Lifshitz (Pergamon Press)
2. Classical Mechanics – H S Hans and S P Puri (Tata McGraw Hill).
3. Classical Mechanics – Goldstein, Poole and Safko (Pearson) 3rd Edn.
4. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics – M G Calkin (World Scientific).
5. Relativity – The Special and General Theory – A Einstein (available for download from the Physics Kerala web).
6. Introduction to Special Relativity – R Resnick (Wiley).
7. Special Relativity – A. P. French (The MIT Introductory Physics Series – 1968).
8. Classical Mechanics - R. Douglas Gregory (Cambridge University Press 2006).

III. Electromagnetic Theory 
1. Introduction to Electrodynamics – D J Griffiths (Prentice Hall)
2. Basic Laws of Electromagnetism – I E Irodov (Mir Publishers)
3. Electromagnetics with Applications – Kraus and Fleisch (McGraw-Hill)
4. A Student’s Guide to Maxwell’s Equations - Daniel Fleisch (Cambridge University Press - 2008)
5. Optics – Eugene Hecht (Pearson)
6. Introduction to Modern Optics – Grant R. Fowles (Dover)
7. Modern Optics – Robert D. Guenther (Wiley - 1990).

IV. Quantum Mechanics 
1. Quantum Mechanics – E. Merzbacher (John Wiley & Sons)
2. Principles of Quantum Mechanics – R. Shankar (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers)
3. Textbook of Quantum Mechanics - P. M. Mathews and K. Venkatesan (Tata McGraw-Hill)
4. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics - David J. Griffiths (Prentice Hall)
5. Quantum Mechanics An Introduction – Walter Greiner (Springer)
6. Quantum Mechanics – A. Goswami (Waveland Pr Inc)
7. Lecture on Quantum Mechanics – Ashok Das (Himalaya Publishers)
8. Applied Quantum Mechanics – A. F. J. Levi (Cambridge University Press - 2004)

V. Thermodynamic and Statistical Physics 
1. Statistical Mechanics – R. K. Patria (Butterworth Heinemann)
2. Statistical Mechanics – K. Huang (Wiley)
3. Elements of Statistical Mechanics – Kamal Singh and S. P. Singh (S. Chand)
4. Statistical Mechanics: A Set of Lectures – R. P. Feynman (W A Benjamin Inc: New York)
5. Fundamental of Statistical and Thermal Physics – P. Reif (McGraw-Hill)
6. Statistical Physics – I. Ishihara (Academic Press).
7. Elementary Statistical Physics – C. Kittel (John Wiley & Sons)
8. Concepts in Thermal Physics - Stephen J. Blundell and Katherine M. Blundell (Oxford University Press 2006)

VI. Electronics 
1. Elements of Electronics – Bagde & Singh (S Chand & Co)
2. Principles of Electronics – V. K. Mehta (S Chand & Co.)
3. Operational Amplifiers & Linear Integrated Circuits – R. Gayakawad (Pearson)
4. Electronic Principles – A. P. Malvino (Tata McGraw-Hill)
5. Electronic Devices and Circuits – Allen Mottershed (?)
6. Integrated Electronics – Millman and Halkias (?)
7. Digital Principles and Applications – Malvino and Leech (McGraw-Hill)

VII. Atomic & Molecular Physics 
1. Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles, - R Eisberg and R Resnick (Wiley)
2. Introduction to Atomic Spectra - H. E. White (McGraw-Hill)
3. Molecular Spectroscopy – C. N. Barnwell (McGraw-Hill)
4. Modern Spectroscopy - J. Michael Hollas (John Wiley & Sons - 2004)
5. Laser Fundamentals – William T. Silfvast (Cambridge University Press - 2004)

VIII. Condensed Matter Physics
1. Introduction to Solid State Physics – C Kittel (Wiley)
2. Solid State Physics – Ali Omar (Pearson)
3. Problems and Solutions in Solid State Physics – S. O. Pillai (New Age)
4. Solid State Physics – Azhcroft and Mermin

IX. Nuclear and Particle Physics 
1. Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics – A. Das and T. Ferbel (World Scientific – 2005)
2. Subatomic Physics - Ernest M. Henley and Alejandro Garcia (World Scientific - 2007)
3. An Introduction to Nuclear Physics – W. N. Cottingham and D. A. Greenwood (Cambridge University Press - 2004)
4. Particles and Nuclei: An Introduction to the Physical Concepts - Bogdan Povh et. al. (Springer - 2006)
5. Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics – Khanna (Prentice Hall)