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BOOKS AND AUTHORS 2020
When you look at the question papers of SSC CHSL, SSC CGL, SSC MTS, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS SO, IPPB Sc. I, LIC AAO, etc. you may find a lot of questions related to Books and Authors. Questions based on Books and Authors form a part of the General Awareness section of many Govt. and Bank exams. These books can be fiction, non-fiction, biographies, novels, award-winning novels, critically acclaimed books, etc. But chances are that if a particular book was in news, then it can be in your SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, etc. exam too!
Here's a list of important Books and Authors for 2020. We have divided the entire list into fiction, non-fiction, biographies, novels, award-winning novels, critically acclaimed books, etc. These books have been in news in for some reason or the other. You can also find the book list of 2018-2019 and 2016-2017 in this article.
List of Important Books & Authors for SSC and Banks
1. Books and Authors List - Non-Fiction
Let us now take a look at the important non-fiction books and authors that can be asked in your SSC CGL 2020 exam.
As we know that Non-fiction is a category where we get to read biographies, memoirs, self-help books, business books, and histories. In research, it was found that reading nonfiction books increase your chance of becoming successful in all spheres.
Books and Authors List 2019-2020 - Non-Fiction
Following is the list of Non-Fiction Books that will help you ace your competitive exams. These are the best book from the year 2019-2020. Have a look over these books to prepare well for the examination.
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Books Authors
A Commentary and Digest on The Air, Act 1981 Apoorva Kumar Singh
The Bloomsbury Anthology of Great Indian Poems Abhay K.
Karmayoddha Granth Amit Shah
An Autobiography Jawaharlal Nehru
The Discovery Of India Jawaharlal Nehru
The Red Sari Sonia Gandhi
Unstoppable: My Life So Far Maria Sharapova
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
Unbreakable Mary Kom
The Audacity Of hope Barack Obama
What Happened Hillary Clinton
Feisty at Fifty Sudha Menon
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari Robin Sharma
Triple Talaq: Examining Faith Salman Khurshid
A Century Is Not Enough Sourav Ganguly
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Playing It My Way Sachin Tendulkar
281 and Beyond VVS Laxman
Straight from the Heart: An Autobiography Kapil Dev
Books and Authors List 2018-2019 - Non-Fiction
Following is the list of Non-Fiction Books that will help you ace your exams. These are the some of the informative books from the year 2018-2019. Have a look over these books to prepare well for the examination.
Books Authors
Every Vote Counts – The Story of India’s Elections
Navin Chawla
Dreams from my Father Barack Obama
I Do What I Do Dr. Raghuram Rajan
Politics of Jugaad: The Coalition Handbook Saba Naqvi
Law, Justice and Judicial Power – Justice P N Bhagwati’s Approach
Mool Chand Sharma
Virat: The making of a Champion Neeraj Jha, Vidhanshu Kumar
Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India P.Chidambaram
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The Paradoxical Prime Minister Shashi Tharoor
The Age of Awakening Amit Kapoor and Chirag Yadav
Ants Among Elephants Sujata Gidla
Hit Refresh Satya Nadella
Winning Like Virat: Think and Succeed like Kohli
Abhirup Bhattacharya
The Turbulent Years Pranab Mukherji
Brief Answers to the Big Questions Stephan Hawking
The Contenders – Who will lead India Tomorrow
Priya Sahgal
Early Indians Tony Joseph
Hidden India Latika Nath
The Line of Control: Travelling with India and Pakistan
Happymon Jacob
The Collision Years: 1996-2012 (Part-III) Pranab Mukherjee
We are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World
Malala Yousafzai
Hit Refresh Satya Nadella
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Exam Warriors Mr. Narendra Modi
Why I am a Hindu? Shashi Tharoor
Fault Lines (How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy)
Raghuram Rajan
Books and Authors List 2016-2017 - Non-Fiction
Have a look at the Books and Authors of the Non-Fiction famous book. These books from the year 2016-2017 will help you with the exams to understand the English concepts better and help you score better.
Books Authors
The trip to echo spring: On writers and Drinking
Olivia Laing
On the origin of species Charles Darwin
The interpretation of Dreams Sigmund Freud
Pajamas are Forgiving Twinkle Khanna
A Wasted Hour Jeffrey Archer
Walden Henry David Thoreau
The Discovery Of India Jawaharlal Nehru
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Bookless in Baghdad Shashi Tharoor
The Algebra of Infinite Justice Arundhati Roy
Two Lives Vikram Seth
Geetanjali Rabindranath Tagore
Silent Spring Rachel Carson
Mythologies Roland Barthes
The Diary of a young girl Anne Frank
Travels of Ibn battuta Ibn battuta
A brief history of time Stephen Hawking
Economy and Society Max Weber
The Rights of a man Thomas Paine
The Symposium Plato
The Anatomy of melancholy Robert Burton
Lives of the poets Samuel Johnson
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2. Books and Authors List - Fiction
Imagining stories activate regions of your brain responsible for developing a better understanding of others and also creating a new perspective. Fictional books are very popular among readers so they often make the news.
Books and Authors List 2019-2020 Fiction
Following is the list of Fiction Books that will help you score better for your competitive exams. These are the best book from the year 2019-2020. Have a look over these books to prepare well for the examination.
Books Authors
Animal Farm George Orwell
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
The Giver Lois Lowry
The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
Lord of the Flies William Golding
Darkness to Light Lamar Odam
Undaunted-Saving the Idea of India P.Chidambharam
We Are Displaced Malala Yousafzai
Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom
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The White Tiger Aravind Adiga
Conversations with God Neale Donald Walsch
Books and Authors List 2018-2019 Fiction
Look over the Fiction Books and Authors of the year 2018-2019.
Books Authors
Healed Manisha Koirala
My Life, My Mission Swami Ramdev
Celestial Bodies Jokha Alharthi
Game Changed Shahid Afridi
My Seditious Heart Arundhati Roy
India Positive Chetan Bhagat
Gun Island Amitav Ghosh
The Third Pillar Raghuram Rajan
Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly Anupam Kher
Rafele: Fighter Aircraft Scam S Vijayan
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Bihar Diaries Amit Lodha
The Blind Lady’s Descendents Anees Salim
Post Box No.203 – Nala Sopara Chitra Mudgal
India Unmade Yashwant Sinha
Bebak Baat Vijay Goel
Blue Water Ahoy! Anup Singh
Milkman Anna Burns
The English Patient Michael Ondaatje
A Suitable Girl Vikram Seth
Becoming Michelle Obama
Pyjamas and Forgiving Twinkle Khanna
The Diary of a Domestic Diva Shilpa Shetty
Books and Authors List 2016-2017 Fiction
Also, these Fiction books and authors of the year 2016-2017.
Books Authors
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Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
The fault in our stars John Green
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Lord of flies William Golding
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Guide R K Narayan
Train to Pakistan Khushwant Singh
Midnight's children Salman Rushdie
The Night Train at Deoli Ruskin Bond
Shadow Lines Amitav Ghosh
The Great Indian Novel Shashi Tharoor
The Blue Umbrella Ruskin Bond
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The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson
3. Books and Authors List - Biographies
Biographies and autobiographies are a very nice mixture of both Fiction and Nonfiction, so they cater the needs of all types of readers and are a good source of encouragement for readers as they get to know about personalities who made it big by their work.
Books Author
Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson
The Rise Of Theodore Roosevelt Edmund Morris
The Wright Brothers David McCullough
Wild Swans Jung Chang
The Audacity Of hope
Barack Obama
Tennessee Williams John Lahr
Open Andre Agassi
Napoleon Andrew Roberts
4. Books and Authors - Autobiographies
Autobiographies are self-written biographies. Here are some autobiographies that have made a global impact and are related to important causes:
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Books Author
Open Book Jessica Simpson
Happy for No Reason Mandira Bedi and Satyadev Bar
I am Malala Malala Yousafzai
The Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin
Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela
Story Of my Experiments with truth Mahatma Gandhi
An autobiography of Agatha Christie Agatha Christie
Wings of Fire A P J Abdul Kalam
An autobiography Jawaharlal Nehru
Playing It My way Sachin Tendulkar
Straight From the Heart Kapil Dev
Story of my Life Hellen Keller
The Bandit Queen Of India Phoolan Devi
Truth Love and a Little Malice Khushwant Singh
Why I am an Atheist Bhagat Singh
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Baburnama Babur
The autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm X
Up From Slavery Robert T Washington
Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand
Books that win Pulitzer Prize, Man Booker Prize and other prizes are important too. Here is a list of them:
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Books and Authors
2019
The Overstory: Richard Powers. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight. The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke by Jeffrey C. Stewart. Fairview: Jackie Sibblies Drury. Be With: Forrest Gander. Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza
Griswold.
2018
Less - Andrew Sean Greer Drama (Fiction) Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder - Caroline Fraser
(Biography or Autobiography) Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 - Frank Bidart (Poetry) Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James
Forman Jr (General Non-Fiction)
2017
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1. The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead (Fiction) 2. The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between - Hisham Matar
(Autobiographies and Biographies) 3. Drama: Sweat Lynn Nottage 4. History: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising in 1971 and It's Legacy
by Heather Ann Thompson 5. Poetry: Olio by Tyehimba Jess
2016
1. The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction) 2. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life - William Finnegan (Biography or Autobiography) 3. Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS - Joby Warrick (Nonfiction)
2015
1. All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr (Fiction) 2. The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in
Europe - David I. Kertzer (Autobiographies and Biographies)
Man Booker Prize-Winning Books and Authors
2019
1. Margaret Atwood- The Testaments 2. Lucy Ellmann- Ducks, Newburyport 3. Bernardine Evaristo- Girl, Woman, Other 4. Chigozie Obioma- An Orchestra of Minorities 5. Salman Rushdie- Quichotte 6. Elif Shafak- 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
2018
1. The Overstory - Richard Powers 2. The Long Take - Robin Robertson 3. Washington Black - Esi Edugyan 4. Milkman - Anna Burns
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5. Everything Under - Daisy Johnson 6. The Mars Room - Rachel Kushner
2017
1. The Sellout - Paul Betty (Fiction) 2. A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James (Fiction) 3. The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Richard Flanagan (Fiction) 4. The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton (Fiction) 5. Bring Up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel (Non-fiction) 6. The Sense of an Ending - Julian Barnes (Fiction) 7. A Horse Walks Into a Bar (2017) - David Grossman (Novel)
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