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Godrej Literature Live! Literary Awards

The longlists for the Godrej Literature Live! Literary Awards for Fiction, Non-Fiction and Business have been released. The awards aim to recognise the best of a year’s writing across these categories, from both previously published and debut authors. The awards are keenly awaited each year and the winners will be named on 25 October at a special ceremony at Godrej Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest.

Godrej Literature Live! Fiction Book of the Year

  • Rahul Bhattacharya

    Railsong: A Novel

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    Amrita Mahale

    Real Life

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    Karan Mahajan

    The Complex

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    Jeet Thayil

    The Elsewhereans

    Buy

    Stephen Alter

    The Greatest Game: Being The Further Adventures of Kimball O’Hara

    Buy

    Shanta Gokhale

    The Way Home: Stories

    Buy

Godrej Literature Live! Non-Fiction Book of the Year

  • Devesh Kapur and Arvind Subramanian

    A Sixth of Humanity: Independent India’s Development Odyssey

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    Abhishek Choudhary

    Believer's Dilemma: Vajpayee and the Hindu Right's Path to Power, 1977–2018

    Buy

    Vijay Gokhale

    China’s Wars

    Buy

    Snigdha Poonam

    Scamlands

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    Ghazala Wahab

    The Hindi Heartland: A Study

    Buy

    T M Krishna

    We, the People of India: Decoding a Nation's Symbols

    Buy

Godrej Literature Live! Fiction Best First Book

  • Deepika Arwind

    Good Arguments

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    Sayantan Ghosh

    Lonely People Meet

    Buy

    Roopa Unnikrishnan

    The Jasmine Murders: An Uma-Jayan Mystery

    Buy

    Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew

    The Remnants of Rebellion: A Novel

    Buy

    Zeenath Khan

    The Sirens of September

    Buy

    Bela Negi

    The Tree with Eyes and Other Stories

    Buy

Godrej Literature Live! Non-Fiction Best First Book

  • Ipsita Chakravarty

    Dapaan: Tales from Kashmir’s Conflict

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    Ankit Kanade

    The Ambedkar–Nietzsche Provocations: The Genius of the Chandala and the Gospel of the Superman

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    Sowmiya Ashok

    The Dig: Keeladi and the Politics of India’s Past

    Buy

    Dr Cyriac Abby Philips

    The Liver Doctor

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    Sumana Ramanan

    The Secret Master: Arun Kashalkar and a Journey to the Edge of Music

    Buy

    Tanul Thakur

    Wild Wild East: Exiled Americans, Enslaved Indians and the Systemic Abuse of the H-1B Visa Programme

    Buy

Godrej Literature Live! Business Book of the Year

  • Albinder Singh Dhindsa

    BuildIt: Building Blinkit in an Evolving India

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    Manish Sabharwal & Sundeep Khanna

    Made in India: The Story of Desh Bandhu Gupta, Lupin and Indian Pharma

    Buy

    Vandana Vasudevan

    OTP Please: Online Buyers, Sellers and Gig Workers in South Asia

    Buy

    Adil Rustomjee

    Running Behind Lakshmi: The Search for Wealth in India's Stock Market

    Buy

    Tejaswini Apte-Rahm

    Tatyasaheb: The Story of a Bombay Entrepreneur

    Buy

    Rajeev Roy

    The Niche Code: Building Big Businesses in Small Markets

    Buy

Godrej Literature Live! Publisher of the Year

  • Penguin Random House India

Jury

  • Akarsh Khurana

    Theatre and Film Director, Actor, Writer, and Artistic Director, Akvarious Productions

    Alex Kuruvilla

    Former Founder and Chairman Emeritus Conde Nast India and MD, MTV Networks, Advisor, Kochi-Muziris Biennale

    Iffat Nawaz

    Author, Essayist and former Humanitarian Worker

    Lillete Dubey

    Actor, Theatre Director, Founder and Artistic Director, The Primetime Theatre Company

    Shireen Mistry

    Communications Professional and Associate Festival Director, Godrej Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest

  • A. N. Roy

    Former Director General of Police, Maharashtra, Former Mumbai Police Commissioner

    Maneck Davar

    Publisher, Media Entrepreneur, Chairman & Managing Director, Spenta Multimedia

    Sharon Coutinho

    Solicitor, Corporate Lawyer, Lifecoach

    Sonal Shah

    Chairperson, Yusuf Meherally Centre, Trustee, Mumbai Khadi & Village Industries Association

    Tina Nagpaul

    Filmmaker, Writer and Associate Festival Director, Godrej Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest

  • Anita Bhogle

    Author, Motivational Speaker, Co-founder Prosearch Consultants

    Anjali Raina

    Executive Director, Harvard Business School India Research Center, and Independent Director on several boards

    Govind Sankaranarayanan

    Financial Services Leader, Entrepreneur, Co-founder and COO, Ecofy

    Vivek Hurry

    Financial Consultant, Entrepreneur, and Director, Squirrel Enterprises

    Zia Hajeebhoy

    Entrepreneur, Leadership Coach, and Director, Aquasail India

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