[PDF] Books and Authors – Important List 2025–2026 for Competitive Exams
This post focuses on providing a Books and Authors list for 2025–2026, which is extremely useful for candidates preparing for competitive exams in India such as SSC, Railway, State PSC, UPSC, and other government exams. Knowing these key Books and Authors improves general knowledge and helps in answering questions related to literature, awards, and notable publications.
Important Books and Their Authors (2025–2026)
- Perfection: A Satire on Modern Life – Author: Vincenzo Latronico (Italian novelist), Translated by Sophie Hughes
- I AM? – Compiled by Gopichand P. Hinduja, Launched by Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar
- Heart Lamp – Author: Banu Mushtaq, Translated by Deepa Bhasthi, International Booker Prize 2025
- Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh: Through the Ages – Author: Amit Shah
- Indian Renaissance: The Modi Decade – Author: Amit Shah
- Diyasalai – Autobiography by Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize 2014
- The Cantonment Conspiracy: A Military Thriller – Author: General Manoj Mukund Naravane
- Why Bharat Matters – Author: Dr. S. Jaishankar
- Speaking with Nature: The Origins of Indian Environmentalism – Author: Ramachandra Guha
- BRING IT ON: The Incredible Story of My Life – Author: Deepa Malik
- Chhaunk: On Food, Economics and Society – Author: Abhijit Banerjee
- Witness – Autobiography by Sakshi Malik, Olympic wrestler
- Ramanujan: Journey of a Great Mathematician – Authors: Arun Singhal & Devendra Kumar Sharma
- Tipu Sultan: The Saga of the Mysore Interregnum – Author: Vikram Sampath
- M S Swaminathan: The Man Who Fed India – Author: Priyambada Jayakumar
Sahitya Akademi Awards 2024 – Books and Authors
| Category | Author | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Poetry | Sameer Tanti | Assamese |
| Poetry | Dileep Jhaveri | Gujarati |
| Poetry | Gagan Gill | Hindi |
| Poetry | K. Jayakumar | Malayalam |
| Poetry | Haobam Satyabati Devi | Manipuri |
| Poetry | Paul Kaur | Punjabi |
| Poetry | Mukut Maniraj | Rajasthani |
| Poetry | Dipak Kumar Sharma | Sanskrit |
| Novel | Aron Raja | Bodo |
| Novel | Easterine Kire | English |
| Novel | Sohal Koul | Kashmiri |
| Short Stories | Yuva Baral | Nepali |
| Short Stories | Hundraj Balwani | Sindhi |
| Essays | Mukesh Thali | Konkani |
| Essays | Mahendra Malangia | Maithili |
| Essays | Baishnab Charan Samal | Odia |
| Literary Criticism | K.V. Narayana | Kannada |
| Literary Criticism | Sudhir Rasal | Marathi |
| Play | Maheswar Soren | Santali |
| Research | A.R. Venkatachalapathy | Tamil |
Selected Important Books and Authors
- Twist – Colum McCann
- The Saga of Kudopali: The Unsung Story of 1857 – Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)
- Hermit – Chris McQueer
- The Original – Nell Stevens
- Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism – Sarah Wynn-Williams
- Original Sin – Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson
- Gyan Seepiyan: Pearls of Wisdom – Javed Akhtar
- The Secret of Secrets – Dan Brown
- Memories and Milestones – V Sriram & Lashman
- The Emperor of Gladness – Ocean Vuong
- The Last Day – Jaroslavas Melnikas
- India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent – Audrey Truschke
- As Dark As Blood – Yasser Usman
- Deviants – Santanu Bhattacharya
- Test Cricket: A History – Tim Wigmore
- March of Glory – K Arumugam & Errol D’Cruz
- Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race – Christian Davenport
- Wild Fictions: Essays – Amitav Ghosh
- To the Seventh Generation: The Journey of Christian Medical College Vellore – Dr. V I Mathan
- Echoes of Eternity – Pavan K Varma
- Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire – Anirudh Kanisetti
- The Chola Tigers: Avengers of Somnath – Amish Tripathi
- Mother Mary Comes to Me – Arundhati Roy
- Hindutva: Who is a Hindu? – Veer Savarkar
- Mahatma Gandhi and the Environment – T. N. Khoshoo
- They Will Shoot You, Madam’: My Life Through Conflict – Harinder Baweja
- Bharat: That Is India – Reclaiming Our Real Identity – Abhijeet Joag
- The Wrong Way Home – Shunali Khullar Shroff
- KESARIYA: An Ode to the Karamsot Rathores – Urvashi Singh
- Economic Empowerment of Bharat in the Modi Era – Prof. Sikander Kumar
- Age of Enlightenment: Mahatma Gandhi’s Vision – Prof. Dr. Sankar Kumar Sanyal