I am going to join B. Tech course with Mechanical Engineering as my branch.

Which book should I use to ace exams like “GATE” and “IES” ?

Which books do they use in IITs and NITs ?

Please mention all alternatives possible.

Hi

the books are as follows:
Enginnering Thermodynamics: PK Nag
IC Engine: ML Mathur and RP Sharma
Gas Turbine and Propulsive Systems: PR Khajuria & SP Dubey
Fluid Mechanics: Modi & Seth, RK Bansal
Compressible Flow: SM Yahya
Heat and Mass Transfer: JP Hollman, RC Sachdeva
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning: CP Arora, Domkundwar
Fluid Machinery: Jagdish Lal, RK Bansal
Theory of Machines: RS Khurmi, Malik & Ghosh
Mechanical Vibration: Grover
Machine Design: Shigley, VB Bhandari
Material Science: WD Callister, IP Singh
Production Engineering: Kalpkjian Schmid, Amitabh Ghosh & AK Malik
Industrial Engineering: O P Khanna, Buffa & Sarin
Operations Research: Kanti Swarup
Strength of Materials: Gere & Timoshenko, BC unamia, Sadhu Singh