I want book list for mechanical engineering

Hello Anupam,

Best Mechanical Engineering Books PDF For Undergrads

The best books for the core ME courses are –

Mechanical Engineering Drawing books

• Engineering Drawing and Design by David A. Madsen and David P. Madsen.
• Engineering Drawing by Basant Agarwal and C M Agarwal

Basic Books For Mechanical Engineering:

Basic Thermodynamics books

• Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach by Younus A. Cengel and Micheal A. Boles (Best ME book; pdf is also available)
• Rogers’ Engineering Thermodynamics
• P.K. Nag’s Basic and Applied Thermodynamics
• Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics by Michael J. Moran and Howard N. Shapiro

Engineering or Vector Mechanics books

• Vector Mechanics for Engineers statics and dynamics by Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russel Johnston. The solution guide of this book is also available.
• 800 solved problems in Vector Mechanics for Engineers (Vol 1) by Joseph Shelley
• 700 solved problems in Vector Mechanics for Engineers (Vol 2) by Joseph Shelley

Mechanics of Solids or Strength of Materials books

• Timshenko’s History of Strength of Materials
• Singer’s Strength of Materials
• Mechanics of Materials by Beer Johnston
• Engineering Mechanics of Solids by Popov

Numerical books

• Numerical Methods for Engineers by Steven Chapra.
• Numeric Methods for Scientists and Engineers by R.W. Hamming.
• Fundamentals of Engineering Numerical Analysis by Parviz Moin

Heat Transfer books

• Heat and Mass Transfer an Engineering Approach by Cengel
• Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer by Incorpera, DeWitt, Lavine, Bergman
• Introduction to Heat Transfer by Vedat Arpaci , Shu-hsin — Kao , Ahmet Selamet

Fluid Mechanics

• Mechanics of fluids by Irving Shames
• Fluid Mechanics — Frank M. White
• Fundamentals of fluid Mechanics by Bruce R. Munson, Wade W. Huebsch, Alric P. Rothmayer.
• Fluid Mechanics by Cengel and Kimbala

Machine Design books

• Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design
• A text book of Machine Design by R.S Khurmi and J.K Gupta
• The Mechanical Design Process by David G. Ullman

There are several handbooks available for Machine Design -

• Standard Handbook of Machine Design by Shigley

Mechanics of Machinery books

• Theory of Machines by R.S Khurmi and J.K. Gupta
• Mechanics of Machines : elementary theory and example : John Hannah and Richmond Courtney Stephens

Instrumentation and Measurement books

• Theory and Design of Mechanical Measurements by Richard S. Figliola
• Instrumentation for Process Measurement and Control by Norman A. Anderson

Power Plant Engineering books

• Power Plant Engineering by P.K. Nag
• Power Plant Engineering G.R. Nagpal

Refrigeration and Building Mechanical Systems books

• Refrigeration and Air Conditioning by Ahmadul Ameen
• Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology by Bill Johnson, Bill Whiteman, John Tomczyck
• Refrigeration by Hundi

Aerodynamics books

• Fundamentals of Aerodynamics by John Anderson (great for fundamental knowledge)
• Fundamentals of Flight by Richard S. Shevell

Fluidics books

• Fluid Power with application by Anthony Esposito

Control Engineering books

• Control Systems Engineering by Norman Nise (Best Mechanical Engineering book for control engineering.

Automobile Engineering books

• Automotive Mechanics by William H. Crouse (great book for learning)
• A Textbook of Automobile Engineering by R.K. Rajput

Special: Mechanical Engineering Books (pdf and hard copy) for Basic ME

The below mentioned MR books will help you to earn a basic knowledge about different topics before getting into depth.

• Comprehensive Basic Mechanical Engineering by R.K. Rajput
• Mechanical Engineering By Khurmi and Gupta
• Basic Mechanical Enginnering By R.K Singal
• Basic Mechanical Engineering By Basant Agarwal.

Hope it helped you

Thank you