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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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