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& testbook.com Complete List of Books & Authors for SSC CGL General Awareness: Famous Books & Writers The SSC CGL General Awareness section is the scoring segment present in the entire SSC CGL Exam Pattern. Although there is no fixed syllabus to it, candidates must take note of important SSC CGI. General Awareness syllabus portions. The syllabus can be divided into two sub-parts ice., Static GK and Current Affairs. The list of books and authors for the SSC CGL exam is one of the essential Static GK topics. The SSC Board has added this topic of important books and authors to test the aspirants’ current awareness and knowledge of both fiction & non-fiction writers around the world. As per SSC CGL Previous Year Papers analysis, 4-5 questions have been specifically asked from SSC CGL famous books and authors. Candidates must take note of both Indian and International books and authors for SSC CGL exam from the last 2-3 years primarily. SSC CGL General Awareness questions have been commonly asked on famous Indian writers such as Shashi Tharoor, RK Narayan, S.H Vatsyayan, and Intemational writers viz. Adam Smith, Paulo Coelho, Charles Darwin, ete. ‘You can download the list of both fiction & non-fiction important books and authors for SSC CGL PDF below. Keep reading the article to download the fotal list of important books and authors for SSC CGL PDF useful for SSC CGL or any SSC, Banking, and Railway competitive exams altogether. Download list of Books and Authors for SSC CGL in PDF! Important Books and Authors for SSC CGL Exam Let's get going with this list of important books and authors for the SSC CGL General Awareness section. Aspirants must take down this list below for greater chances of answering the book names, years, and authors at ease Book Name Author Year of Publication ‘Tomb of Sand Geetanjali Shree 2022 Adam S. Hareesh 2022 ‘To Hell and Back: Humans of COVID Barkha Dutt 2022 Asoca: A Sutra Irwin Allan Sealy 2021 ‘Whereabouts Jhumpa Lahiri 2018 ‘The Bench Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex 2021 Elephant in the Womb Kalki Koechlin Landscapes of Loss: The Story of an Indian Kavitha Iyer 2021 Drought Economy and Max Weber 1922 Society Platform Scale: For a Post-Pandemic World Sangeet Paul Choudhary 2021 A House for Mr. Biswas VS. Naipaul 1961 A Bunch of Old Letters Jawaharlal Nehru 1958 A Death in Shonagachhi The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith (Father of Economics) Ajatshatru Jay Shankar Prasad 2020 An Era of Darkness Shashi Tharoor 2016 Jallianwala Bagh, 1919: The Real Story Kishwar Desai 2018 Stories I Must Tell: An Actor’s Emotional Journey Kabir Bedi 2021 The World As I See It Albert Einstein 1934 Naa Jeevana Gamanam, APJ Abdul Kalam 2013 (My Journey) Kamayani Jay Shankar Prasad 1936 Dharmatma Gokhale MK Gandhi - The Guide RK Narayan 1958 Indian Philosophy Dr S. Radhakrishnan 1923, Agnibeena Kazi Najrul Islam 1922 Eternal India Indira Gandhi 1978 Devdas Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay 1917 Beautiful Things Hunter Biden 2021 The Little Book of Encouragement Dalai Lama 2021 The Red Sari Javier Moro 2008 Walking with Giants G, Ramachandran (former Finance 2013 Secretary) Unbreakable: Mary Kom 2013 The Alchemist Paulo Coelho 1988 The Night Train at Deoli Ruskin Bond 1988 AZADI: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction Arundhati Roy 2020 The Night Watchman Louis Erdrich 2020 The Kiss of Life Emran Hashmi 2016 The Rights of Man Thomas Paine 1791 The Audacity Of Hope Barack Obama 2006 Hindutva or Hind Swaraj The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler UR. Ananthamurthy James Cross Giblin The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari Robin Sharma 1996 A Century Is Not Enough Sourav Ganguly 2018 Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism Dinyar Patel 2020 The Z Factor ‘Subhash Chandra 2016 Triple Talag: Examining Faith Salman Khurshid 2018 ‘What Happened Hillary Clinton 2017 ‘The Lion Of Kashmir Siddhartha Gigoo 2020 My China Diary K Natwar Singh 2009 Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten Raghuram Rajan 2010 the World Economy Ananda Math Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 1882 Pakistan: Beyond the Crisis State Maleeha Lodhi 2011 Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie 1981 The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai 2006 Vidrohi Sanyaasi Rajeev Sharma 2020 Himalayan Blunder Brigadier John Dalvi 1968 ‘The Birds of Banni Grassland Narendra Modi 2016 ‘My Experiments with Truth MK Gandhi 1925 A Passage to India EM Forster 1924 Exploring Marxist Bengal Debraj Bhattacharya 2016 Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James 2011 Journey of a Nation: Indian National Congress: 125 Anand Sharma 2011 ‘Years: CMJ: A Cricketing Life Christopher Martin-Jenkins 2011 Romaneing with Life Dev Anand. 2007 Aadhe Adhure Mohan Rakesh 1969 ‘The Three Musketeers No Full Stops in India Alexandre Dumas Mark Tully Women of Vision Alam Srinivas 2013 A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth 1993 The City of Joy Dominique Lapierre 1985 Gita Govind Jaya Dev = Coolie Mulk Raj Anand 1936 After The Dark Night SM. Ali 1973 ‘Apple Cart George Bernard Shaw 1929 Autobiography of an Unknown Indian Nirad C. Choudhary 1951 We Indians Khushwant Singh Broken Wing Sarojini Naidu 1912 The Gardener Rabindranath Tagore 1913 Origin of Species Charles Darwin 1859 1982 Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders 2017 Selection Day Arvind Adiga 2016 The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins 2015 Get the complete SSC CGI. Books list for exam preparation. Important Books and Authors for SSC CGL 2022 (Fiction) Check the table below for the list of important books and authors for the SSC CGL 2022 exam in the fiction category Book Name Author ‘Year of Publication The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson 2005 Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel 2009 Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro 2005 Middlesex Jefliey Eugenides 2002 Half ofa Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2006 Gilead Marilynne Robinson 2004 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz 2007 We Are Displaced Malala Yousafzai 2019 Gun Island Amitav Ghosh 2019 The Third Pillar Raghuram Rajan 2019 Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly Anupam Kher 2019 Rafele: Fighter Aircraft Seam S Vijayan 2019 Shadow Lines Amitav Ghosh 1988 The Great Indian Novel Shashi Tharoor 1989 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 1813 Lord of Flies William Golding 1954 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925 ‘Train to Pakistan Khushwant Singh 1956 The Blue Umbrella Ruskin Bond 1974 India Positive Chetan Bhagat 2019 Get the complete expert SSC CGI Preparation Tips to ace the exam with expert hacks. Important Books and Authors for SSC CGL Exam (Non-Fiction) Here is the list of non-fiction books and authors for the SSC CGL exam that you must keep a tab on - Book Name Author Year of Publication The Interpretation of Dreams Sigmund Freud 1399, A Wasted Hour Jeffrey Archer 2017 The Discovery Of India Jawaharlal Nehru | 1946 Karmayodha Granth Amit Shah 2020 Unstoppable: My Life So Far Maria Sharapova | 2017 Every Vote Counts ~The Story of India’s Elections Navin Chawla 2019 ‘Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India P.Chidambaram 2014 Pajamas are Forgiving Twinkle Khanna 2018 Outliers: The Story of Success Malcolm Gladwell | 2008 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Oliver Sacks 1985 India Unbound Gureharan Das 2000 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Richard Feynman | 1985 Business Legends Gita Piramal 1998 The Idea of India Sunil Khilnani 1997 Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles Ruchir Sharma 2012 Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Mary Roach 2003 Award-Winning Books and Authors for SSC CGL General Awareness In this list we have specifically compiled the list of both National & International award-winning books for SSC CGL General Awareness. Now that you could already access SSC CGL Preparation Tips, you will also avail of Award names which will help you to answer tweaked questions asked from this section like a true bibliophile - Note: “Bibliophile” is a word meaning bookworm i.e., person who has great love for reading books. International Award-Winning Books The following list specifically points out the Intemational award winning books and authors for SSC CGL General Awareness section - Book Name Author Accolade ‘The Netanyahus Joshua Cohen Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.(2022) ‘Tomb of Sand Geetanjali Shree The International Booker Prize (2022) ‘My Heart is a Chainsaw Stephen Graham Jones Bram Stoker Award for Novel (2021) ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Shehan Karunatilaka Booker Prize (2022) Detransition, Baby Torrey Peters PEN/Hemingway Award (2022) Hell of a Book Jason Mott National Book Award (Fiction, 2022) Saltwater Demands a Psalm Kemi Alabi ‘Walt Whitman Award (2022) At Night All Blood is Black David Diop The International Booker Prize (2021) Invisible Child Andrea Elliott Politzer Prize for Non-Fiction (2022) The Promise Damon Galgut Booker Prize (2021) ‘The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2021) Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart Booker Prize (2020) The Discomfort of Evening Marieke Lucas Rijneveld The International Booker Prize (2020) National Award-Winning Books The list of Indian award-winning books and authors from where questions may be asked in SSC CGL General Awareness section is mentioned below - Book Name Author Accolade Mirage and Other Stories Damodar Mauzo 57th Jnanpith Award (2022) Things to Leave Behind (novel) Namita Gokhale Sahitya Akademi Award (English, 2021) Kabita (poem) Nilmani Phookan Jr 6th Jnanpith Award (2021) ‘When God Is a Traveler (poem) Arundhathi Sahitya Akademi Award (English, Subramaniam 2020) Samrat Ashok (Play) Daya Prakash Sinha Sahitya Akademi Award (Hindi, 2021) An Era of Darkness (non-fiction) Shashi Tharoor Sahitya Akademi Award (English, 2019) Tokri Mein Digant ‘Their Gatha’ : 2014 Anamika Sahitya Akademi Award (Hindi, (Poetry) 2020) Tell Her Everything Mirza Waheed ‘The Hindu Literary Prize (Fiction, 2019) Famous Literature Books and Authors for SSC CGL General Awareness We know that you have liked reading literary books revolving around stories and non-fiction tales. Even if you don’t or missed out for reasons, we have compiled this list of famous literature books and authors for your SSC CGL General Awareness preparation. Keep reading to check renowned literature in both Hindi & English language. English Literature Books & Authors Check out the top English books with author names and years below that can come for General Awareness in SSC CGL 2022 exam in the list below - Book Name Author Year of Publication ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | 1961 Invisible Man Ralph Ellison 1953 (U.S. National Book Award for Fiction) A Week with Gandhi Louis Fisher 1942 Beloved Toni Morrison 1987 Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe 1958 The Color Purple Alice Walker 1982 (Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award) To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee 1960 Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes 1612 (Part One) 1620 (Part Two) Lolita Vladimir Nabokov 1955 Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler 1925 Hindi Literature Books & Authors Hindi literature is also well knows for its literature and fictions that students need to cover. The list shows important Hindi literature books and authors for SSC CGL exam below - Book Name Author Year of Publication Ihoota Sach Yashpal 1960 Ajatshatru Jay Shankar Prasad - Bharat Bharati Maithili Sharan Gupt 1914 Kurukshetra Ramdhari Singh Dinkar 1946 Yama Mahadevi Verma 1936 Kitni Nawon Mei Kitnee Baar S.H Vatsyayan ‘Agyeya” - Amrit aur Vish Amrit Lal Nagar 1966 Nadi ke Dweep S.H Vatsyayan ‘Agyeya” 1951 Chandrakanta Santati (First Modern Hindi novel) Devkinandan Khatri 1888 Satya Harishchandra Bhartendu Harishchandra 1876 Indian History Books and Authors for SSC CGL General Awareness History, both Ancient and Modern eras, have influenced so much culture into our lives and also into the SSC syllabus. Check out the list below to get famous Indian History books and authors for SSC CGL General Awareness section - List of Awards for Books and Authors Now that you read through the list of books and authors for SSC CGL exam, it’s time to check out the famous list of book awards in both National & International level for your Static GK preparation, Book Name Author ‘Year of Publication India Wins Freedom ‘Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (first Education 1957 Minister of India) The Shadow of the Great Game Narendra Singh Sarila 2005 Jallianwala Bagh, 1919: The Real Story Kishwar Desai 2018 ‘The Heathen in His Blindness S..N. Balagangadhara 1994 Freedom at Midnight Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins 1975 Makers of Modern India Ramachandra Guha 2010 The Discovery Of India Jawaharlal Nehru 1946 The Argumentative Indian Amartya Sen 2005 The Last Mughal: The Fall of a William Dalrymple 2006 Dynasty, Delhi 1857 ‘The Wonder That Was India Arthur Llewellyn Basham 1954 Pulitzer Prize The International Booker Prize Bram Stoker Award Man Booker Prize National Book Award PEN/Hemingway Award Walt Whitman Award ‘Women’s Prize for Fiction The Nobel Prize in Literature Neustadt International Prize for Literature Sahitya Akademi Award Jnanpith Award The Hindu Literary Prize ‘Yuva Puraskar Ghalib Award Crossword Book Award The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Tata Literature Live! Awards We hope this article could enlist all the important books and authors for SSC CGL you needed to keep an eye on. 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