Here is the list of books list for the TNPSC Group Exam and TNPSC Group 2 A Exam New Syllabus revised and updated on April 2013.

 1.State Board books are considered as primary source of TNPSC Exam question setting for all Group Examination. So you should study following school text books.    i)Social Science Books - 6th to 10th Std    ii)Science Books       - 6th to 10th Std, (Additional 11th,12th Botany and Zoology if you have time)    iii)Polity - 11th,12th Political Science    iv)Economy - 11th,12th Economics Books    v)Geography -11th,12th Geography Books    vi)Indian Culture - 12th Indian Culture Book

2.History    i)Prof.J.Dharmarajan's Tamilnadu History    ii)K.Venkadesan. India Freedom Struggle

3.Indian Polity    i)Lakshi Kanth - Indian Polity

4.Indian Economy    i)Pratiyogita Darban's Indian Economy & Ramesh Singh's Book

5.Geography    i)Oxford School Atlas 

    ii)Spectrum Publication -Indian Geography

6.Tamilndu Language and Culture (Mains Exam)

    i)தமி�ழ் இலக்கிய தகிவல் கிளஞ்கியம் - தேதவ�ரா�

    ii) தமி�ழ் இலக்கிய வரால�று - மு . வராதரா�ஜன் 

7.Current Affairs    i)The Hindu, Dinamani,    ii)Competitive Success Review/Civil Service Chronicle/Competition Wizard/Shankar IAS Acadamy's Civilpedia(any one of these magazine)    iii)Yojana/Thittam 

8.Science & Technology    i)Science & Tech by Spectrum Publications

9.India Year Book by Government of India 

10.English Test    i)Objective General English by R.S. Agarwal

11.Aptitude    i)A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Agarwal    ii)Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal    iii)Objective Arithmetic - R. S. Agarwal

12.Guide Books for General Studies (Not Important, if you study all the above mentioned books).  Any one of the Guides like Tata Mc Graw Hill, Spectrum or Pearson