CAT Preparation Books for Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning

Book Name Author/Publisher Name

CAT 2018 Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Gautam Puri

Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for the CAT Nishit K. Sinha

Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency Ananta Ashisha

How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT Arun Sharma

 

CAT Preparation Books for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

Book Name Author/Publisher Name

How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Arun Sharma and Meenakshi
Comprehension for CAT Upadhyay/Arihant

30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary Mass Market Wilfred Funk & Norman Lewis/ Simon &
Paperback Schuster

How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading

Sharma and Upadhyay
Comprehension for the CAT

PSC for VA for CAT Nishit Sinha

 
CAT Preparation Books for Quantitative Aptitude
Book Name Author/Publisher Name

CAT 2018 Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Gautam Puri

Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for the CAT Nishit K. Sinha

Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency Ananta Ashisha

How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT Arun Sharma

Shiksha spoke to a few experts from top coaching institutes across the country to know which are
the best books for CAT preparation. They shared with Shiksha their list of highly recommended
books for CAT preparation:

Best Books for CAT Preparation Recommended by Tarun Malik

Book Name Author/Publisher Name

Quantum CAT Arihant Publications

High School English Grammar and Composition Book Wren and Martin
Word Power Made Easy Norman Lewis

Past Years' CAT Questions G.K. Publications

Newspapers and magazines recommended by Tarun Malik for CAT preparation:
The Hindu Time
Business Week Newsweek
The Economist National Geographic
Fortune Business World

CAT Books Recommended by Pratik Gour:

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

Other Books Pratik Gour Recommends for CAT Preparation
Pratik suggests, CAT aspirants must also read non-fiction, so that they have an incentive to keep reading.
For example:

Name of the Book Author Genre

Around the world in Eighty Days Jules Verne Adventure

The Time Machine H G Wells Science Fiction

Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov Science Fiction

The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Dystopian Fiction

Three Men in a Boat Jerome K Jerome Humour

Something Fresh P G Wodehouse Humour

Where Eagles Dare Alistair McLean Fiction