Famous Books of 2020
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Below are some of the famous books and authors of 2020.
Famous Books of 2020
Below are some of the famous books and authors of 2020. This topic may prove helpful for the upcoming PSC, UPSC, IBPS PO/Clerk, Railways, insurance exams.
A(9)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| A Ballad of Remittent Fever | Ashoke Mukhopadhyay |
| A Burning | Megha Majumdar |
| A Children's Bible | Lydia Millet |
| A Commentary and Digest on The Air, Act 1981 | Apoorva Kumar Singh |
| Age Of Pandemics(1817-1920): How They Shaped India and the World | Chinmay Tumbe |
| Amazing Ayodhya | Neena Rai |
| A Promised Land | Barack Obama |
| A Song of India | Ruskin Bond |
| Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction. | Arundhati Roy |
A Ballad of Remittent Fever
Ashoke Mukhopadhyay
A Burning
Megha Majumdar
A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet
A Commentary and Digest on The Air, Act 1981
Apoorva Kumar Singh
Age Of Pandemics(1817-1920): How They Shaped India and the World
Chinmay Tumbe
Amazing Ayodhya
Neena Rai
A Promised Land
Barack Obama
A Song of India
Ruskin Bond
Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.
Arundhati Roy
B(3)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Bad Money: Inside The NPA Mess And How It Threatens The Indian Banking System | Vivek Kaul |
| Bapu- the Unforgettable | Manish Sisodia |
| Bye Bye Corona | Dr. Pradeep Kumar Srivastava |
Bad Money: Inside The NPA Mess And How It Threatens The Indian Banking System
Vivek Kaul
Bapu- the Unforgettable
Manish Sisodia
Bye Bye Corona
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Srivastava
C(6)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents | Isabel Wilkerson |
| Chaturanga | Anand Neelakantan |
| Chosen Spirits | Samit Basu |
| Chronicles of Change Champions | Smriti Irani |
| COVID-19: SabhyataKa Sankat Aur Samadhan | Kailash Satyarthi |
| Cricket Drona | Jatin Paranjape |
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson
Chaturanga
Anand Neelakantan
Chosen Spirits
Samit Basu
Chronicles of Change Champions
Smriti Irani
COVID-19: SabhyataKa Sankat Aur Samadhan
Kailash Satyarthi
Cricket Drona
Jatin Paranjape
D(2)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Deacon King Kong | James McBride |
| Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line | Deepa Anappara |
Deacon King Kong
James McBride
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Deepa Anappara
H(6)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Hamnet | Maggie O'Farrell |
| Hidden Valley Road | Robert Kolker |
| His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Illustrated Biography | Tenzin Geyche Tethong |
| Homeland Elegies | Ayad Akhtar |
| Hop-On: My Adventures on Boats, Trains and Planes | Ruskin Bond |
| How the Onion Got Its Layers | Sudha Murthy |
Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker
His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Illustrated Biography
Tenzin Geyche Tethong
Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar
Hop-On: My Adventures on Boats, Trains and Planes
Ruskin Bond
How the Onion Got Its Layers
Sudha Murthy
I(3)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| I am No Messiah | Meena Iyer |
| If it Bleeds | Stephen King |
| Invincible | A Tribute to Manohar Parrikar– Tarun Vijay |
I am No Messiah
Meena Iyer
If it Bleeds
Stephen King
Invincible
A Tribute to Manohar Parrikar– Tarun Vijay
L(2)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future | Pope Francis |
| Lockdown Liaisons | Shobhaa De |
Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future
Pope Francis
Lockdown Liaisons
Shobhaa De
K(3)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Karmayoddha Granth | Amit Shah |
| Klara and the Sun | Kazuo Ishiguro |
| Kitchens of Gratitude | Vikas Khanna(Chef) |
Karmayoddha Granth
Amit Shah
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kitchens of Gratitude
Vikas Khanna(Chef)
M(3)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Miracle At Happy Bazaar | Ruskin Bond |
| Moustache | Hareesh S.(JCB Prize for Literature 2020)* |
| My Life in Designs | Gauri Khan |
Miracle At Happy Bazaar
Ruskin Bond
Moustache*
Hareesh S.(JCB Prize for Literature 2020)
My Life in Designs
Gauri Khan
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N(2)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism | Dinyar Patel |
| National Security Challenges: Young Scholars Perspective | General M. M. Naravane(Indian Army Chief) |
Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism
Dinyar Patel
National Security Challenges: Young Scholars Perspective
General M. M. Naravane(Indian Army Chief)
O(4)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Oh Mizoram | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai(Governor of Mizoram) |
| One Arranged Murder | Chetan Bhagat |
| Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World | Dalai Lama & Franz Alt |
| Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver | Urjit Patel(Former RBI Governor) |
Oh Mizoram
P. S. Sreedharan Pillai(Governor of Mizoram)
One Arranged Murder
Chetan Bhagat
Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World
Dalai Lama & Franz Alt
Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver
Urjit Patel(Former RBI Governor)
P(3)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy | Tamal Bandyopadhyay |
| Portraits of Power: Half a Century of Being at Ringside | N. K. Singh |
| Prelude to a Riot | Annie Zaidi |
Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy
Tamal Bandyopadhyay
Portraits of Power: Half a Century of Being at Ringside
N. K. Singh
Prelude to a Riot
Annie Zaidi
Q
- Quest for Restoring Financial Stability in India–Dr. Viral V. Acharya.
R(3)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| RAW: A History of India’s Covert Operations | Yatish Yadav |
| Red Pill | Hari Kunzru |
| Reporting India: My Seventy Year Journey as a Journalist | Prem Prakash |
RAW: A History of India’s Covert Operations
Yatish Yadav
Red Pill
Hari Kunzru
Reporting India: My Seventy Year Journey as a Journalist
Prem Prakash
S(18)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Shakespeare in a Divided America | James S. Shapiro |
| Shuggie Bain | Douglas Stuart.(Booker Prize 2020)* |
| TThe Battle of Belonging | Shashi Tharoor |
| The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind | Ramchandra Guha |
| The Death of Jesus(Vol. III) | J.M. Coetzee |
| The Dharma Forest | Keerthik Sasidharan |
| The Discomfort of Evening | Marieke Lucas Rijneveld |
| The Endgame | Hussain Zaidi |
| The Ickabog | JK Rowling |
| The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World | Dr. S. Jaishankar |
| The Khalistan Conspiracy: A Former R&aw Officer Unravels The Path To 1984 | G.B.S. Sidhu |
| The Machine is Learning | Tanuj Solanki |
| The Shaurya Unbound-Tales of Valour of the Central Reserve Police Force | Om Birla(Lok Sabha Speaker) |
| The Vanishing Half | Brit Bennett |
| These, Our Bodies, Possessed by Light | Dharini Bhaskar |
| Think Like a Monk | Jay Shetty.UUncanny Valley– Anna Wiener |
| Undertow | Janhavi Barua.VVoices of Dissent– Romila Thapar.WWar: How Conflict Shaped Us– Margaret MacMillan |
| Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from Quarantined City | Fang Fang.YYour Best Day is Today!– Anupam Kher.📝SideNotes:Moustache– Malayalam novel (Meesha),translated to English by Jayasree Kalathil |
Shakespeare in a Divided America
James S. Shapiro
Shuggie Bain*
Douglas Stuart.(Booker Prize 2020)
TThe Battle of Belonging
Shashi Tharoor
The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind
Ramchandra Guha
The Death of Jesus(Vol. III)
J.M. Coetzee
The Dharma Forest
Keerthik Sasidharan
The Discomfort of Evening
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
The Endgame
Hussain Zaidi
The Ickabog
JK Rowling
The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World
Dr. S. Jaishankar
The Khalistan Conspiracy: A Former R&aw Officer Unravels The Path To 1984
G.B.S. Sidhu
The Machine is Learning
Tanuj Solanki
The Shaurya Unbound-Tales of Valour of the Central Reserve Police Force
Om Birla(Lok Sabha Speaker)
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
These, Our Bodies, Possessed by Light
Dharini Bhaskar
Think Like a Monk
Jay Shetty.UUncanny Valley– Anna Wiener
Undertow
Janhavi Barua.VVoices of Dissent– Romila Thapar.WWar: How Conflict Shaped Us– Margaret MacMillan
Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from Quarantined City
Fang Fang.YYour Best Day is Today!– Anupam Kher.📝SideNotes:Moustache– Malayalam novel (Meesha),translated to English by Jayasree Kalathil
* Time-sensitive data — verify for latest information
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