Best Books for IIT JEE Maths
1. MATHS 11TH AND 12TH BY RD SHARMA
Important Note: Recommended for JEE Mains, Fundamentals Oriented
- Best Maths book for beginners.
- Has exercises covering the entire syllabus of IIT JEE Mains
- It includes illustrative solved examples which help in conceptual understanding
Suggested topics: Algebra, Permutations and Combinations, Probability, Quadratic equations, Determinants
2. PROBLEMS IN CALCULUS OF ONE VARIABLE BY I.A. MARON
USP: Recommended for both JEE Mains and Advanced, Topic based numericals with increasing level of difficulty
- Highly recommended for Calculus (both differential and integral), which is one of the toughest topics
- Contains sample problems with full explanations and illustrations
- Unsolved problems have additional twists, to develop students’ capabilities
- Questions are arranged in order of increasing difficulty
Suggested topics: Differential and Integral Calculus
Limitations: Doesn’t have enough practice problems and practice papers
3. HIGHER ALGEBRA BY HALL AND KNIGHT
USP: Recommended for both JEE Mains and Advanced, Fundamentals Oriented, Numerous numericals and practice problems
- Concepts are explained logically and concisely
- Challenging
- Cheap
- Has lots of solved and unsolved examples, with step-by-step explanations in solutions, making it easier to understand
Suggested topics: Algebra
Limitations: Sub-topics such as position of roots, range of quadratic functions, and rational inequalities. It follows a subjective pattern.
4. COORDINATE GEOMETRY BY SL LONEY
USP: Recommended for both JEE Mains and Advanced, Fundamentals Oriented, Comprehensive practice problems
- Covers basic concepts well
- Exercises are comprehensive and cover entire coordinate geometry
Suggested topics: Straight lines, circles. The concept of loci, which is very difficult to master, is covered very well in this book
Limitation: This book wasn’t written from the point of view of competitive exams
5. PLANE TRIGONOMETRY BY SL LONEY
USP: Recommended for both JEE Mains and Advanced, Fundamentals Oriented, Comprehensive numericals
- Trigonometry is considered one of the scoring topics in Maths and this book explains its concepts brilliantly
- Exercises are comprehensive
Suggested topics: Heights and distance, Inverse trigonometric functions
Limitation: This book wasn’t written from the point of view of competitive exams