Byte on important books for CAT 2015

Preparation to CAT 15 would not be complete without going through a few books like the IMS Theoretica Books of Verbal & Quant. This is a set of books that would not only clear concepts but would also consist of questions to solve which helps to practice.

CAT 500 is another special Book from IMS consisting of “500 Must Solve Questions” If you can solve these questions correctly and in the target time (avg 2.5mins) then you can be rest assured that you are on the right path to acing the CAT.

Acing the CAT and getting the GDPI call from targeted B Schools is just the first step beyond that every student needs to build their skills on communication for acing the further rounds. We recommend the IMS CSB Book - The Communication Skill Builder & the Advance edge a monthly magazine that keeps you completely updated with news and happenings along with any recent Test or B School related information. There are a few good books that we would recommend in different areas which could be a good read like:

Non - Fiction
Name of the Book	Author	Genre
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People	Stephen Covey	Management
A Brief History of time	Stephen Hawking	Science
Cosmos	Carl Sagan	Science
An Illustrated Retelling of Mahabharta – Jaya	Devdutt Patnaik	Mythology & Management
India in Slow Motions	Mark Tully	Politics
Capitalism & Freedom	Milton Friedman	Economics
Maximum City	Suketu Mehta	City Life - Mumbai
Long Walk to Freedom	Nelson Mandela	Autobiography - Politics
Wings of Fire	APJ Abdul Kalam	Autobiography
Shantaram	David Gregory Roberts	Autobiography – City Life

some lighter stuff/genres too, so that you have an incentive to keep reading.

For example:

Around the world in Eighty Days - Jules Verne - (Travel, Adventure)

The Time Machine - H. G. Wells - (Science Fiction... alternatively, Isaac Asimov's Caves of Steel or to a lesser extent Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park would be a good choice in this genre)

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (Young Adult )

Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K Jerome (Humour - alternatively some P G Wodehouse, say "Something Fresh" or "A Prefect's Uncle")

The whole set of Sherlock Holmes novels/short stories (Detective - alternatively, Poirot or the Saint would work)

Where Eagles Dare - Alistair McLean (Thriller - Forsyth would work well too)Byte on important books for CAT 2015