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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.
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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 2022Asoca: 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 2020An 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 2021The 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 GiblinThe 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 2006Vidrohi 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 TullyWomen 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
2017Selection Day
Arvind Adiga
2016
The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins
2015
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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 2019Gun 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
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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 | 1985Business 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 1954Pulitzer 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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