Books and Authors List - GK Notes
in PDF for SSC, Bank Exams
When you look at the question papers of SSC CHSL, SSC CGL, SSC MTS, IBPS PO,
IBPS Clerk, IBPS SO, IPPB Sc. I, LIC AAO, etc. you may find a lot of questions
related to Books and Authors. Questions based on Books and Authors form a part of
the General Awareness section of many Govt. and Bank exams. These books
can be fiction, non-fiction, biographies, novels, award winning novels,
critically acclaimed books, etc. But chances are that if a particular book was in
news, then it can be in your SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, etc. exam too!
Here's a list of important Books and Authors for 2017. We have divided the entire list
into fiction, non-fiction, biographies, novels, award winning novels, critically
acclaimed books, etc. These books have been in news in 2016-17 for some reason or
the other. You can also download this as PDF to keep it handy!
List of Important Books & Authors for SSC and
Banks
1. Books and Authors List - Non-Fiction
Let us now take a look at the important non-fiction books and authors that can be
asked in your SSC CGL 2017 exam.
As we know that Non-fiction is a category where we get to read biographies,
memoirs, self help books, business books and histories. In a research it was found
that reading non-fiction books increases your chance of becoming successful in all
spheres.
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Books Authors
The trip to echo spring:
Olivia Laing
On writers and Drinking
On the origin Charles
of species Darwin
The interpretation
Sigmund Freud
of Dreams
Walden Henry David Thoreau
The Discovery Jawaharlal
Of India Nehru
Bookless in Shashi
Baghdad Tharoor
The Algebra of
Arundhati Roy
Infinite Justice
Two Lives Vikram Seth
Geetanjali Rabindranath Tagore
Silent Spring Rachel Carson
Mythologies Roland Barthes
The Diary of a
Anne Frank
young girl
Travels of
Ibn battuta
Ibn battuta
A brief history Stephen
of time Hawking
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Economy and
Max Weber
Society
The Rights of
Thomas Paine
a man
The Symposium Plato
The Anatomy of melancholy Robert Burton
Samuel
Lives of the poets
Johnson
2. Books and Authors List - Fiction
Imagining stories activate regions of your brain responsible for developing a better
understanding for others and also creating a new perspective. Fictional books are
very popular among readers so they often make news.
Books Authors
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The adventures of
Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn
The fault in our stars John Green
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Lord of flies William Golding
The Da Vinci
Dan Brown
Code
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Guide R K Narayan
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Train to Pakistan Khushwant Singh
Midnight's
Salman Rushdie
children
The Night train
Ruskin Bond
at Deoli
Shadow Lines Amitav Ghosh
The Great Indian Novel Shashi Tharoor
The Blue Umbrella Ruskin Bond
The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson
3. Books and Authors List - Biographies
Biographies and autobiographies are a very nice mixture of both Fiction and
Nonfiction, so they cater the needs of all types of readers and are a good source of
encouragement for readers as they get to know about personalities who made it big
by their work.
Books Author
Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson
The Rise Of
Edmund Morris
Theodore Roosevelt
The Wright Brothers David McCullough
Wild Swans Jung Chang
The Audacity
Barack Obama
Of hope
Tennessee Williams John Lahr
Open Andre Agassi
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Napoleon Andrew Roberts
4. Books and Authors - Autobiographies
Autobiographies are self-written biographies. Here are some autobiographies that
have made a global impact and are related to important causes:
Books Author
I am Malala Malala Yousafzai
The Autobiography Of Benjamin
Benjamin Franklin Franklin
Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela
Story Of my Experiments Mahatma
with truth Gandhi
An autobiography of Agatha
Agatha Christie Christie
A P J Abdul
Wings of Fire
Kalam
An autobiography Jawaharlal Nehru
Playing It My way Sachin Tendulkar
Straight From the
Kapil Dev
Heart
Story of my Life Hellen Keller
The Bandit Queen
Phoolan Devi
Of India
Truth Love and a Khushwant
Little Malice Singh
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Why I am an Atheist Bhagat Singh
Baburnama Babur
The autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm X
Up From Slavery Robert T Washington
Laura
Unbroken
Hillenbrand
Books that win Pulitzer Prize, Man Booker Prize and other prizes are important too.
Here is a list of them:
Pulitzer prize Winning Books and Authors
2017
1. The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead (Fiction)
2. The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between - Hisham Matar
(Autobiographies and Biographies)
2016
1. The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction)
2. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life - William Finnegan (Biography or
Autobiography)
3. Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS - Joby Warrick (Nonfiction)
2015
1. All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr (Fiction)
2. The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise
of Fascism in Europe - David I. Kertzer (Autobiographies and Biographies)
Man Booker prize Winning Books and Authors
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1. The Sellout - Paul Betty( Fiction)
2. A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James(Fiction)
3. The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Richard Flanagan(Fiction)
4. The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton
5. Bring Up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel (Nonfiction)
6. The Sense of an Ending - Julian Barnes (Fiction)
List of More Books and Writers
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