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Books and Authors list of 2021 is an important topic in General Awareness for the various competitive examinations
like SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, IBPS PO, SBI PO, IBPS Clerk, SBI Clerk, Railways and other government exams.

In this e-book we are discussing the list of all books and authors of 2021 which will prove to be beneficial for
candidates preparing for the competitive exams in India.

December 2021

Book Name Author(s)

‘The Ambuja Story: How a Group of Ordinary Men Created an
Narotam Sekhsaria
Extraordinary Company’
‘1971: Charge of the Gorkhas and other stories’ Rachna Bisht Rawat
‘The Midway Battle: Modi’s Roller-coaster Second Term’ Gautam Chintamani
‘Public Service Ethics- A Quest for Naitik Bharat’ Prabhat Kumar
‘At Home In The Universe’ Bala Krishna Madhur
‘Watershed: How We Destroyed India’s Water And How We Can Save It’ Mriduala Ramesh
‘Raj Kapoor: The Master At Work’ Rahul Rawail
‘Pride, Prejudice, and Punditry’ Dr. Shashi Tharoor
Rewinding of First 25 years of Ministry of Electronics and Information
S S Oberoi
Technology
How Yogi Aditynath Changed UP Waala Bhaiya’ abuse to a Badge of
Shantanu Gupta
Honour
‘India’s Ancient Legacy of Wellness’ Dr. Rekha Chaudhari
‘The Turnover Wizard – Saviour Of Thousands’ Arup Roy Choudhury
‘Dr. V L Dutt: Glimpses of a Pioneer’s Life Journey’ Dr. V L Indira Dutt

November 2021

Book Name Author(s)

Ramesh Pokhriyal
‘AIIMS Mein Ek Jang Ladte Hue’
‘Nishank’
Subhadra Sen
‘The story of first civilization: From Mesopotamia to the Aztecs’
Gupta
‘The Sage with two horns: Unusual tales from mythology’ Sudha Murty
‘Not just cricket: A Reporters Journey’ Pradeep Magazine

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Bhaskar
The Cinema of Satyajit Ray
Chattopadhyay
Poonam Dalal
‘MODERN INDIA: For Civil Services and Other Competitive Examinations’
Dahiya
‘Finding A Straight Line Between Twists and Turns – An Imperfect, Yet Honest
Aseem Chawla
Reflections on the Indian Tax Landscape’
‘Sunrise over Ayodhya – Nationhood in our Times’ Salman Khurshid
Tripurdaman Singh
‘Nehru: The Debates that Defined India’
and Adeel Hussain
Ajay Chhibber and
‘Unshackling India: Hard Truths and Clear Choices for Economic Revival’
Salman Anees Soz
Dr. Ajay Kumar
‘Force in statecraft’
(Defence Secretary)
‘Lal Salaam: A Novel’ Smriti Zubin Irani
‘Srimadramayanam’ Sasikiranacharya
‘India vs the UK: The Story of an Unprecedented Diplomatic Win’ Syed Akbaruddin
‘Cooking to Save your Life’ Abhijit Banerjee
Secretary-General
‘Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World’
Ban Ki-moon
Brijinder Nath
‘Conversations: India’s Leading Art Historian Engages with 101 themes, and More’
Goswamy
Maroof Raza
‘Contested Lands: India, China, and the Boundary Dispute’ (Former Army
Officer)
General MM
‘Bangladesh Liberation@50 Years: Bijoy' with Synergy: India-Pakistan War 1971’
Naravane
‘Indian Innings: The Journey of Indian Cricket from 1947’ Ayaz Memon
‘Democracy, Politics and Governance’ Dr. A Surya Prakash

October 2021

Book Name Author(s)

Economist Gandhi: The Roots and the Relevance of the Political Economy of the
Jerry Rao
Mahatma
‘The Custodian of Trust – A Banker’s Memoir’ Rajnish Kumar
The Stars in My Sky: Those who brightened my film journey Divya Dutta

Professor Shafey
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Reason, Religion And Nation
Kidwai

Actually… I Met Them: A Memoir Gulzar

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Uday Mahurkar and

‘Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition’
Chirayu Pandit

Venkataraghavan
‘The Origin Story of India’s States’
Subha Srinivasan
Writing for My Life Ruskin Bond

Kamala Harris: Phenomenal Woman Chidananda Rajghatta

September 2021

Book Name Author(s)

‘Haryana Environment and Pollution Code’ Dheera Khandelwal

‘A Rude Life: The Memoir’ Vir Sanghvi

‘Know Your Rights and Claim Them: A Guide for Youth’ Angelina Jolie and Geraldine Van Bueren

‘Back to the Roots’ Tamannaah Bhatia and Luke Coutinho

‘Gita Govinda: Jayadeva’s Divine Odyssey’ Dr. Utpal K Banerjee

‘Human Rights and Terrorism in India’ Subramanian Swamy

‘Translating Myself and Others’ Jhumpa Lahiri
‘Shining Sikh Youth of India’ Dr. Prabhleen Singh

‘The Three Khans: And the Emergence of New India’ Kaveree Bamzai

‘400 Days’ Chetan Bhagat

‘Jungle Nama’ Amitav Ghosh

‘The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India’ Vijay Gokhale

‘The Fractured Himalaya: How the Past Shadows the Present in

Nirupama Rao
India-China Relations’

The Battle of Rezang La Kulpreet Yadav

My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future Indra Nooyi

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August 2021

Book Name Author(s)

‘Why We Kneel, How We Rise’ Michael Anthony Holding
‘In An Ideal World’ Kunal Basu
‘My Own Mazagon’ Captain Ramesh Babu
‘Leopard Diaries – the Rosette in India’ Sanjay Gubbi
‘Balakot Air Strike: How India Avenged Pulwama’ Manan Bhatt
‘A Begum and A Rani: Hazrat Mahal and Lakshimibai in 1857’ Rudrangshu Mukherjee
‘The Earthspinner’ Anuradha Roy
‘How the Earth Got Its Beauty’ Sudha Murty
Major General Rajpal Punia & Ms.
‘OPERATION KHUKRI’
Damini Punia
Retired SC Judge, Rohinton Fali
‘Discordant Notes: The Voice of Dissent in the Last Court of Resort’
Nariman
‘Lahore: Book 1 of the Partition Trilogy’ Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
Let’s Go Time Travelling Again: Indians Through the Ages Subhadra Sen Gupta

Mission Domination: An Unfinished Quest Boria Majumdar & Kushan Sarkar

Battlefield Vishram Bedekar

‘Accelerating India: 7 Years of Modi Government’ K J Alphons

July 2021

Book Name Author

‘Nathuram Godse: The True Story of Gandhi’s Assassin’ Dhaval Kulkarni

‘Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India’s First Women in Medicine’ Kavitha Rao

Venu Madhav
‘The Fourth Lion: Essays for Gopalkrishna Gandhi’ Govindu and Srinath
Raghavan

‘The Light of Asia’ Jairam Ramesh

Kareena Kapoor
‘Kareena Kapoor Khan’s Pregnancy Bible’
Khan

‘The Art of Conjuring Alternate Realities: How Information Warfare Shapes Your Shivam Shankar
World’ Singh

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‘Palleku Pattabhishekam’ Yalamanchili Sivaji

‘The Struggle Within: A Memoir of the Emergency’ Ashok Chakravarti

‘The Great Big Lion’ Chryseis Knight

‘Urdu Poets and Writers – Gems of Deccan’ J.S. Ifthekhar

‘The India Story’ Bimal Jalan

Rakeysh Omprakash
‘The Stranger in the Mirror’
Mehra

‘Bank With A Soul: Equitas’ Dr C K Garyali

‘Kashmir Ki Kyari Mein Aag Ki Lapte Aakhir Kab Tak?’ Dr Beena Budki

‘An Ordinary Life: Portrait of an Indian Generation’ Ashok Lavasa

Thillai Rajan, Joffi

‘Shifting Orbits: Decoding the Trajectory of the Indian Start-up Ecosystem’ Thomas and Rohan
Chinchwadkar

June 2021

Book Name Author(s)

All You Need is Josh: Stories of Courage and Conviction in 21st century
Supriya Paul
India

Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020 Salman Rushdie

All Roads Lead North: Nepal’s Turn To China Amish Raj Mulmi

‘1232km: The Long Journey Home Vinod Kapri

Skill It, Kill It Ronnie Screwvala

‘Home in the World’ Amartya Sen

‘Believe-What Life and Cricket Taught Me’ Suresh Raina

‘The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis’ Amitav Ghosh

‘Monk in a Merc’ Ashok Pangariya

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Tahira Kashyap
‘The 7 Sins of Being a Mother’
Khurrana

‘Habba Khatoon’ Kajal Suri

‘What is Consciousness?’ Dr Vipin Gupta

‘What is Para Consciousness?’ Dr Vipin Gupta

Will Smith and Mark

‘Will’
Manson

‘My Joys and Sorrows- as a Mother of a Special Child’ Krishna Saksena

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Ruskin Bond

‘Fiercely Female: The Dutee Chand Story’ Sundeep Mishra

‘Kashmiri Century: Portrait of a Society in Flux’ Khemlata Wakhlu

‘Policymaker’s Journal: From New Delhi to Washington DC’ Kaushik Basu

May 2021

Book Name Authors Name

‘Climate Change Explained—For One and All’ Aakash Ranison
‘The Bench’ Meghan Markle
‘Elephant in the Womb’ Kalki Koechlin
Life in the Clock Tower Valley Shakoor Rather
Borai Majumdar and
‘1971: The Beginning of India’s Cricketing Greatness’
Gautam Bhattacharya
‘All Time Favorites for Children’ Ruskin Bond
‘Sikkim: A History of Intrigue and Alliance’ Preet Mohan Singh Malik
‘Buddha in Gandhara’ Sunita Dwivedi
‘Nehru, Tibet and China’ Avtar Singh Bhasin
‘India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present’ Shivshankar Menon
‘Sach Kahun Toh’ Neena Gupta
‘Stargazing: The Players in my Life’ Ravi Shastri
‘Savarkar: A Contested Legacy (1924-1966)’ Vikram Sampath

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April 2021

Book Name Authors Name

‘Names of the Women’ Jeet Thayil
‘Suparipalana’ Dr Shailendra Joshi
‘Agriculture in India: Contemporary Challenges- in the context of doubling
Dr Mohan Kanda
farmers income’
‘Cinema Through Rasa: A Tryst with Masterpieces in the Light of Rasa
Prachand Praveer
Siddhanta’
R Gopalakrishnan and R
‘Wisdom for Start-ups from Grownups: Discovering Corporate Ayurveda’
Narayanan
‘Manohar Parrikar: Brilliant Mind, Simple Life’ Nitin Gokhale
‘Neelimarani- My Mother, My Hero’ Dr Achyuta Samanta
Utkal Keshari Harekrushna
‘Odisha Itihaas’
Mahtab
Akhtari: The Life and Music of Begum Akhtar’ Yatindra Mishra
India’s Power Elite: Class, Caste and a Cultural revolution’ Sanjay Baru
‘The Christmas Pig’ JK Rowling
‘Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through its Languages’ Peggy Mohan
‘The Living Mountain: A Fable for Our Times’ Amitav Ghosh

March 2021

Book Name Authors Name

‘Advantage India: The Story of Indian Tennis’ Anindya Dutta
Joe Biden: American Dreamer Evan Osnos
‘The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer: Arthur Conan Doyle, George Edalji and
Shrabani Basu
the case of the foreigner in the English Village’
‘Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power: 5 Battlegrounds’ Rajiv Malhotra
‘Dynasty to Democracy: The Untold Story of Smriti Irani’s Triumph’ Anant Vijay
‘The Green Queens of India- A Nation’s Pride’ Prakash Javadekar
‘Karunanidhi: A Life’ AS Pannerselvan
‘Baanjh: Incomplete Lives of Complete Women’ Susmita Mukherjee
‘Hunchprose’ Ranjit Hoskote
‘Prince with a Paintbrush: The Story of Raja Ravi Varma’ Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan
‘Undertow’ Jahnavi Barua
‘Battle Ready for 21st Century’ Lt Gen AK Singh and Brig.

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Narendra Kumar
‘India’s Power Elite: Caste, Class and Cultural Revolution’ Sanjaya Baru
‘The Pain-Free Mindset: 7 Steps to Taking Control and Overcoming Chronic
Dr. Deepak Ravindran
Pain’
‘Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Dividend
Katharine Hayhoe
World’
‘Bringing Governments and People Closer’ Dr M Ramachandran
‘My Experiments with Silence’ Samir Soni
‘Escaped: True Stories of Indian Fugitives in London’ Danish Khan and Ruhi Khan
‘Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization’ Namit Arora
Vivek Wadhwa, Ismail Amla
‘From Incremental to Exponential’
and Alex Salkever
‘Wild and Wilful: Tale of 15 Iconic Indian Species’ Neha Sinha
‘Name Place Animal Things’ Daribha Lyndem

February 2021

Book Name Authors Name

‘Yearbook’ Seth Rogen

‘Yes Man: The Untold Story of Rana Kapoor’ Pavan C. Lall
‘The Little Book of Encouragement’ Dalai Lama
‘Whereabouts’ Jhumpa Lahiri
‘1857- The Sword of Mastann’ Vineet Bajpai
‘Parliamentary Messenger in Rajasthan’ Dr K N Bhandari
Hunter Biden (Son of US
‘Beautiful Things’ A Memoir
President Joe Biden)
‘Platform Scale: For A Post-Pandemic World’ Sangeet Paul Choudary
Former Vice President
‘By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life’
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
‘The Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Good News’ Meghna Pant
‘Turn Around India: 2020- Surmounting Past Legacy’ RP Gupta
‘Unfinished’ Priyanka Chopra Jonas
‘Starstruck: Confessions of a TV Executive’ Peter Mukerjea
‘Kamala’s Way: An American Life’ Dan Morain
‘Mapping Love’ Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
‘Tipane Kashmirchi (Notes on Kashmir), Untold Stories’ Arun Karmarkar
‘ASOCA: A Sutra Irwin Allan Sealy
‘Sarasvati’s Gift’ Kavita Kane
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Air Marshal Retd Bharat

‘The Epic Battle of Longewala’
Kumar
‘Indian Economy’s Greatest Crisis: impact of Coronavirus and the Raod Ahead’ Arun Kumar
‘Louiz Banks: A Symphony of Love’ Ashis Ghatak
‘Maverick Messiah: A Political Biography of N T Rama Rao’ Ramesh Kandula
‘Agriculture Acts 2020’ Justice A K Rajan
‘They Found What/They Made What? Shweta Taneja
‘Runway to Skilled India’ Dr Darlie O Koshy
‘Leadership Lessons from 22 Yards’ Srikanth Ram
‘Because India Comes First’ Ram Madhav
‘Stories I Must Tell: The Journey of an Actor’ Kabir Bedi
‘The Lost Soul’ Olga Tokarczuk
‘#METOO’ Karan Puri
‘The Last Light of Glory Days: Stories from Nagaland’ Dr Avinuo Kire
‘India: A Scamstar Born Every Minute’ Snigdha Poonam

January 2021

Book Name Authors Name

‘Sabarimala Vijnaanakosham’ KS Vijayanath
‘Vahana Masterclass’ Alfredo Coveli
Right Under Our Nose R. Giridharan
India’s 71-Year Test: The Journey to Triumph in Australia R. Kaushik
Lt. Gen. Konsam
‘Making of a General-A Himalayan Echo’
Himalay Singh
‘Gazing Eastwards: Of Buddhist Monks and Revolutionaries in China, 1957’ Romila Thapar
‘The Population Myth: Islam, Family Planning and Politics in India’ S Y Quraishi
Vidhu Vinod Chopra and
‘Unscripted: Conversations on Life and Cinema’
Abhijat Joshi’
‘The Commonwealth of Cricket’ Ramachandra Guha
‘Manohar Parrikar-Off the Record’ Waman Subha Prabhu
Dr APJM Nazema
‘Abdul Kalam- Ninaivugalukku Maranamillai’ Maraikayar and Dr Y S
Rajan
Flying Blind: India’s Quest for Global Leadership Mohamed Zeeshan
‘India 2030: The Rise of a Rajasic Nation’ Gautam Chikermane
Dr Abhishek Singhvi and
‘The Law of Emergency Powers: Comparative Common Law Perspectives’
Prof. Khagesh Gautam

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Arun Sengupta and

‘Soumitra Chatterjee: A Life in Cinema, Theatre, Poetry and Painting’
Partha Mukherjee
Andre De Grasse and
‘Race With Me!’
Robert Budd

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