GATE Preparation Books – Best Books for GATE Preparation 2025

Selecting the correct GATE preparation books for your prep is very important as this plays a crucial role in your exam preparation journey. Each year, lakhs of engineering students graduate from universities and colleges across India. The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) tests students’ knowledge of various engineering concepts to set a benchmark for future engineers.

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GATE is also one of the popular exams for which many candidates apply. With the level of competition, it is essential to score well. Candidates rely heavily on books to prepare for exams. Hence, knowing the correct textbooks for each subject is necessary to select the best one and prepare accordingly. 

By doing so, candidates will better understand the syllabus, practice well, and score better marks. The best book for the GATE exam is not available. However, it also depends on various factors like your level of preparation, the subject, and the topics you need to pay more attention to.

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Top GATE preparation books for – (CH, CSE, CE, AG, ME, CE, PI, GG and ECE)

 

Best GATE Books for CSE (Computer Science Engineering)

 

Below is the list of books based on the topics according to the subjects in the GATE Syllabus for candidates looking for revision material.

 

Topic-wise list of GATE Preparation books for Computer Science 

 

Below is the topic-wise list of GATE preparation books for Computer Science, which will help candidates to ace the exam. 

 

 

Topic	Name of the Book	Author
Algorithm	Introduction to Algorithm	Thomas H. Cormen
Theory of Computation	An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata	Peter Linz
Computer Organization and Architecture	Computer Organization and Architecture	William Stallings
Operating System	Operating System Concepts	Galvin
Computer Networks	Computer Networks	Andrew S. Tanenbaum and David J. Wetherall
	Networks by Fourozon	Fourozon
Database Management Systems	Database System Concepts	Henry Korth
Discrete Mathematics	Discrete Mathematics and its Applications	Kenneth. H. Rosen
Digital Logic and Number Representation	Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals	Morris Mano

 

Books for GATE Chemical Engineering 

 

The GATE exam Preparation books for Chemical Engineering (CH) will help candidates secure high marks in Chemical Engineering and help them to obtain good results. Below is the list of reference books for GATE Chemical Engineering. 

 

Name of the Book	Author
Chemical Engineering For GATE Principles Solved Problems & Objective Type Questions	Ram Prasad
An Insight into Chemical Engineering	M. Subbu
Heat Transfer	JP Holman
Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering	Fogler
Principles of Mass Transfer and Separation Processes	BK Dutta
Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics	JM Smith
Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering	McCabe – FPM and MO
An Insight into Chemical Engineering	M. Subbu

 

Best books to prepare for GATE- Chemical Engineering- Topicwise 

 

Section	Important Topic	Books and Authors
Engineering Mathematics	Eigen Values & Eigenvectors  Rank of Matrix  Limit Continuity  Differential Equations  Laplace Equation  Probability, Mean, Median  Numerical Solution of Differential Equations	BS Grewal
Chemical Engineering for GATE	Classification of Chemical Reactions  Design of Isothermal Ideal Reactors  Design of Non-Isothermal IDEAL reactors  Introduction to Heterogenous Reactions System  Solid Catalysed Reactions	Ram Prasad
Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering		David. M. Himmelblau
Thermodynamics	The first law of Thermodynamics The second law of Thermodynamics  Principles of Entropy Properties of Pure Substances Chemical Reaction Equilibrium  Solutions Thermodynamics	A Textbook of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics- K.V. Narayanan  An Introduction to Chemical Engineering- JM. Smith, H.C. VanNess, M.M. Abbott
5. Fluid Mechanics	Properties of Fluid  Fluid Kinematics & Fluid Dynamics  Application of Bernoulli’s Equations  Flow Meters Flow through Pipes Fluid Machinery Characterisation of Particulates Screen Analysis  Fluidisation  Size Reduction Equipment & Laws of Size Reduction	Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (English) 7th Edition (Paperback) by Yunus. A. Cengel,  John .M. Cimbala  Introduction to Fluid Mechanics- Fox and Mc Donald
6. Mechanical Operation		Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering – Warren McCabe, Julian Smith, Peter Harriott Mechanical Operation For Chemical Engineering by Narayanan C. M. & Bhattacharyya B. C
7. Heat Transfer	Modes of Heat Transfer Conduction & Convection in Fins Temperature Distribution in Slab/ Cylinder/ Sphere Convective Heat Transfer & Application of Newton’s Cooling Law Radiation Heat Transfer Boiling & Condensation Design of Heat-Exchanging Equipment Heat Transfer through the Pipe	Heat Transfer – Binay.K.Dutta Heat Transfer – Jack Philip Holman
8. Mass Transfer	Types of Mass Transfer Interphase Mass Transfer Mass Transfer Equipment Mass Transfer Operations Design of Mass Transfer Equipment HTU & NTU Concepts	Mass Transport Phenomena – Christie J. Geankoplis Mass Transfer Operations – Robert E. Treybal
9. Chemical Reaction Engineer		Chemical Reaction Engineering – Fogler & Gurmen Chemical Reaction Engineering – Octave Levenspiel
10. Process Dynamics and Control	Introduction to Laplace to Solve Differential Equations Types of System Transfer Functions Responses of Systems for Different Types of Input Functions Open Loop and Closed Loop System Servo and Regulator Problems Types of Feedback Controller Design of Feedback & Feed Forward Control System Tuning of Control Parameters	Process Systems Analysis and Control – Donald R. Coughanowr & Steven E. LeBlanc
11. Chemical Process Control	Basic Chemical Calculations Material Balance with and without Chemical Reaction Recycle and Bypass Operations Energy Balance Combustions Calculation	An Introduction To Theory And Practice – Stephanopoulos. G Process dynamics and control – Seborg, D.E., Edgar, T.F. and Mellichamp, D.A Plant design and Economics – Peters M. S. and Timmerhaus K. D
12. Chemical Technology	Fertilizer Industries Sugar Industries Paper & Pulp Industries Petrochemical Polymer	Dryden’s Outlines of Chemical Technology by Gopala Rao M. and Marshall S
13. Transport Phenomena		R. Byron Bird, Warren E. Stewart, Edwin N. Lightfoot

GATE Books for Agricultural Engineering (AG) 

Below is the list of GATE preparation books for Agricultural Engineering (AG):

 

Book Name	Author
Handbook of Agriculture: Facts and Figures for Farmers, Students and All Interested in Farming	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Principles of Agricultural Engineering Volume-1	T. P. Ojha
Tractors and Their Power Units	John B. Liljedahl
Soil And Water Conservation Engineering	R Suresh
Irrigation	A M Michael
Irrigation Engineering	N. N. Basak
Concepts and Applications in Agricultural Engineering	Mahendra Kumar Mohanty, Nikunja Bihari Dash
Fundamentals Of Food Engineering	D. G Rao

 

Books for GATE -Civil Engineering (CE) Exam 2025

 

The best GATE exam preparation books for Civil Engineering should be preferred by students when preparing for the GATE Civil Engineering paper. In the CE books, aspirants will find clear statistics and data to assist them in their exams. 

 

Below is the list of GATE Civil Engineering books listed in tabular form: 

 

Topic	Book Name	Author
Strength of Materials	Strength of Materials (Edition 2)	U.C Jindal
Structural Analysis	Fundamental Structural Analysis (Edition 3)	C.S.Reddy
R.C.C. Design	RCC Designs (Reinforced Concrete Structures) (Edition 3)	BC.Punmia, Ashok Kumar Jain, Arun Jain
Design Of Steel Structures	Design Of Steel Structures (Edition 3)	SK Duggal
Environmental Engineering	Water Supply Engineering(Environmental Engineering Vol.1) (Edition 28)	S.K Duggal
	Sewage Disposal and Air Pollution Engineering( Environmental Engineering Vol. 2) (Edition 3)	S.K Duggal
Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering	Basics and Applied Soil Mechanics (Edition 2)	Gopal Ranjan, A.S.R.Rao
Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Machines	Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics (Edition 14)	Dr P.N.Modi, Dr S.M Seth
Highway Engineering	Highway Engineering	S.K.Khanna, C.E.G.Justo
Surveying	Surveying (vol. 1,2,3)	BC. Punia, Askok Jain, Arun Jain
Engineering Hydrology	Engineering Hydrology (Edition 4)	K Subramanya
Irrigation Engineering	Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulic Structures (Edition 1)	S.K Garg
Engineering Mathematics	Higher Engineering Mathematics (Edition 43)	B.S. Grewal
Aptitude	A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning (Edition: Revised)	R.S. Aggarwal

 

GATE Books for Electrical Engineering (EE)

 

Below are the GATE preparation books for Electrical Engineering (EE): 

 

Sections	Books
Engineering Mathematics	Advanced Engineering Mathematics by E. Kreyszig
Electric Circuits	Transient Analysis Of Electric Power Circuits by Arieh L Shenkmann Circuit Theory: Analysis & Synthesis by Abhijit Chakrabarti
Electromagnetic Fields	Elements of Electromagnetics by Mathew N. O. SADIKU Engineering Electromagnetics by William H. Hayt
Signals and Systems	Signals and Systems by Oppenheim and Wilsky Signals and Systems by Nagoor Kani
Electrical Machines	Electrical Machinery by P.S Bimbhra
Power Systems	Power Systems Engineering by Nagrath and Kothari Power Systems by JB Guptha & CL Wadhwa
Control Systems	Control Systems Engineering by Nagrath and Gopal
Electrical and Electronic Measurements	Electrical and Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation by AK Sawhney
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
Power Electronics	Power Electronics by MH Rashid Power Electronics by P.S.Bimbhra

 

GATE Books – Geology and Geophysics (GG)

 

Book Name	Author
A Textbook of Geology	G. B. Mahapatra
Principles Of Engineering Geology	K M Bangar
Engineering And General Geology	Parbin Singh
Engineering Geology	R. Nagarajan , A. Parthasarathy , V. Panchapakesan
Text Book of Physical Geology	G B Mahapatra
Structural Geology	Marland P Billings
Economic Geology	Umeshwar Prasad
Principles of Geomorphology	W.D. Thornbury
Principles of Petrology	G W Tyrrell
Dana’s Textbook of Mineralogy	William E. Ford
Quantitative Geophysics and Geology	Louis Lliboutry
Fundamentals of Geophysics	William Lowrie
Solved Problems in Geophysics	Elisa Buforn, Carmen Pro, Agustn Udas

GATE Books – Mechanical Engineering (ME)

 

GATE exam preparation books for Mechanical Engineering are candidates’ most preferred study material for revising the subjects thoroughly. Using them is the best way to prepare for the exams. 

 

Topics	Name of the books	Author
Thermodynamics	Engineering Thermodynamics	P K Nag
	Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach	Yunus A Cengel
Manufacturing	Production Technology: Manufacturing Processes, Technology and Automation	R.K. Jain
Material Science	Material Science and Metallurgy	U C Jindal
Industrial Engineering	Industrial Engineering and Management	O.P. Khanna
Heat Transfer	Fundamentals of Engineering Heat and Mass Transfer	R C Sachdeva
Machine Theory	The Theory of Machines	S S Ratan
Engineering Mechanics	Engineering Mechanics- New Age International	S S Bhavikatti
	Higher Engineering Mathematics	B S Grewal
Vibrations	Mechanical Vibrations	G K Grover
Material Strength	Strength of Materials	James M Gere, Stephen P Timoshenko
Aptitude	A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning	R.S. Aggarwal

 

GATE Books- Production and Industrial Control (PI)

 

Name of the Book	Name of the Author
Fluid Mechanics and Machinery	Modi & Seth
IC engine	Mathur Sharma
Machine Design	VB Bhandari
Production	S K Mondal Notes Swadesh Singh
Strength of Material	Sadhu Singh
Thermodynamics	P.K Nag
Theory of Machine	SS Ratan

GATE Books for Electronics and Telecommunications

 

The candidates who aim to score high marks in the GATE Exam can refer to these GATE exam preparation Books for Electronics and Telecommunications:

 

Subjects	GATE Books for ECE
Engineering Mathematics	Higher Engineering Mathematics- Dr B.S. Grewal  Engineering Mathematics- Erwin Kreyszig  Advanced Engineering Mathematics- Dr HK Dass  Advanced Engineering Mathematics by R.K. Jain and S.R.K. Iyengar
General Aptitude	Quantitative Aptitude – R.S. Agarwal Logical Reasoning- R.S. Agarwal  Objective English- Hari Mohan Prasad  Quantitative Aptitude by CAT by Arun Sharma
Network Theory	Network Theory by Alexander Sadiku  Circuit Theory by A. Chakraborty Network Analysis by Van Valkenburg Engineering Circuit Analysis- De Carlo/Lin
Electronic Devices	Integrated Electronics: Jacob Millman & Christos C. Halkias  Solid State Electronic Devices- Ben Streetman and Sanjay Banerjee Semiconductor Devices- S.M. Sze DC Analysis of MOS Transistor – Tsivid
Analog Circuits	Micro Electronics Circuit- Sedra & Smith  Linear ICs – Gaekwad  Analog Electronics, Electronics Devices and Circuits- Donald A Neaman  Electronics Devices and circuits – Donald A Neaman  Electronics Devices and Circuit Theory by Robert L Boylestad & Nasheksky  Pulse and Digital Electronics by Millman and Taub
Digital Circuits	Digital Electronics- Morris Mano  Microprocessor Architecture, Programming and Applications 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
System & Signal	Signals & Systems by Alan V. Oppenheim  Modern Digital and Analog Communication System by BP Lathi  Digital Signal Processing by S.K. Mitra  Signals and System- Oppenheim & Schafer  Signals & System- Proakis  Signals & System- Schaum Series- H.P. Hsu
Control System	Automatic Control Systems – Benjamin C Kuo  Modern Control System- Katsuhiko Ogata  Control Systems Engineering by Norma Nise  Control Systems by Nagarath and Gopal  NTPEL Video Lectures by M. Gopal
Communications	Analog and Digital Communication System by Simon Haykin  Principles of Communication System by Taub & Schillings  Modern Digital and Analog Communications System by BP Lathi  Electronic Communication Systems by Kennedy and Davis
Electromagnetics	Elements of Electromagnetics by Matthew N.O. Sadku Network Lines and Fields by JD. Ryder (Transmission lines part) Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems by Jotdon 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
MCQ Books	GATE ECE by R.K Kanodia

GATE Preparation Books for other papers 

The candidates can refer to other books depending on their niche. Below are the GATE preparation books for other papers:

 

Papers	GATE Books
Bio-Technology	Lehning M Prescott, Eldon John, Lehninger
Information Technology	GATE 2022 Last Year Papers
Paint Technology	PK Nag
Marine Engineering	RK Rajput, RK Bansal
Instrumentation & Control	Natesan, Mukherjee & Chakrawarthy
Chemical Engineering	Cengel & Boles
Oil Engineering	RK Bansal, RK Rajput
Architecture	The Road Ahead, GATE Architecture
Geology and Geophysics	Complete Master Guide GATE – Amresh Singh

 

GATE Mining Engineering	Elements of Mining Technology- By Deshmukh
GATE Statistics Engineering	Miller and Freund’s Probability and Statistics For Engineers – By Pearson
GATE Textile Engineering And Fibre Science	Textile Processing and Properties – By Vigo TL Vigo Vigo
GATE Production and Industrial Engineering	GATE 2020 – Guide – Production and Industrial Engineering – By GKP
GATE Geology & Geophysics	Engineering and General Geology – By Parbin Singh
GATE Ecology & Evolution	Games of Life: Explorations in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior – By Karl Sigmund, Dover Publications
GATE Architecture and Planning Books	Architect’s Guidebook For Competitive Exams – By Ar. Swapnil Vidhate
GATE Physics Syllabus	Chapterwise Solved Papers Physics GATE 2020 – By Vijay Kumar
GATE Chemistry Syllabus	Chapterwise Solved Papers Chemistry GATE 2020 – By Sanjay Saxena & Preeti Gupta
GATE Mathematics Syllabus	Chapterwise Solved Papers Mathematics GATE – 2020 – By Suraj Singh, Arihant Publication
GATE Biomedical Engineering	Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering – By G.S Sawhney

 

How to Choose the Right GATE 2025 Preparation Books

 

When selecting GATE books for preparation, candidates should consider the following factors:

 

1. Easy to understand: The GATE books are easy to read and understand for candidates. By explaining concepts simply, they can understand without relying on technical terms. Candidates can gain a deep understanding of the topics by doing this.
2. Accurate information: The GATE books contain precise details on the topics and chapters in the GATE syllabus. Candidates should not use books that provide misleading information.
3. Keep your language simple: During preparation, the candidates should use books that are simple in language. Fancy words in GATE 2025 Preparation books will confuse candidates and prevent them from understanding basic concepts.

 

4. Pictorial Representations: Diagrams in textbooks to aid topics and manner increase candidates’ chances of remembering what they have studied. Using fewer technical terms will help the candidates understand and allow them to understand the topic more deeply.

 

FAQs on GATE Preparation Books

 

1. There are so many GATE reference books available. What should I choose?

The best way to discuss what books to choose is to speak to your mentor or senior. Their practical approach and experience will help you find the right book. It is essential to select an easily understandable text. 

 

2. How many GATE preparation books should one refer to for each subject? 

 

Select a book and discuss it with your teacher. Three books are sufficient, depending on the subject. The individual can refer to many books if they still have doubts, but don’t let it grow so large that it creates confusion in the mind.  

3. Are standard books sufficient for GATE?

The only way you will benefit from reading standard books is if you read the topics that are required on the exam syllabus. The standard books are not GATE-based and therefore contain unnecessary concepts and theories. Accordingly, students should conduct directed studies that focus on the syllabus.

 

4. What do the GATE preparation books contain besides questions? 

The students will notice that a comment or note accompanies every topic. It is essential to read this note carefully as it contains important information. Additionally, there are some preparation questions at the back of the book. 

5. Which book is recommended for architecture and planning subject preparation?

 

Architects Guidebook for competitive exams-By Ar. Swapnil Vidhate is the recommended book for architecture and planning subject preparation. 

6. Which book is most recommended for Biotechnology engineering students?

The biotechnology book by Lehning M Prescott, Eidon John, and Lehninger is the most recommended book for biotechnology engineering.