The Crossword Book Awards 2024 announce shortlists in six categories for the popular awards

The shortlists of five books across the six popular choice categories – fiction, non-fiction, translation, children’s, business and management, and mind, body and spirit – for the 2024 Crossword Book Awards have been announced. The longlisting in the jury categories were announced earlier this month. The winners will be announced on December 12 at an in-person awards ceremony in Mumbai.

Readers can cast their votes on the Crossword website until November 25.

Here are the shortlisted books in each category:

Fiction

• Razor sharp: a Kutta Kadam thrillerAshwin Sanghi, HarperCollins India

• Welcome to paradiseTwinkle Khanna, Moloch

• The world’s best friendDurjoy Datta, Penguin India

• Acts of GodKanan Gill, HarperCollins India

• The Hidden Hindu: Book 3Akshat Gupta, Penguin India

Nonfiction

• Kitne Ghazi Aye Kitne Ghazi Gaye: my life story, Lieutenant General KJS ‘Tiny’ Dhillon, Penguin India

• Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won its FreedomSanjeev Sanyal, HarperCollins India

• RAW Hitman: The Real Story of Officer LimaS Hussain Zaidi, Simon and Schuster India

• Why Bharat MattersS Jaishankar, Rupa Publications

• Common yet unusual: 14 memorable stories from everyday lifeSudha Murty, Penguin India

Business and management

• Let’s talk mutual funds: a systematic, smart way to make them work for you, Monika Halan, HarperCollins India

• Chanakya’s 100 Best Sutras: Timeless Wisdom to Unlock Your Potential and Achieve Your Goals, Radhakrishnan Pillai, Jaico Publishing

• Earn epic moneyAnkur Warikoo, Penguin India

• Money Works: The Guide to Financial LiteracyAbhijeet Kolapkar, Penguin India

• Breaking the Mold: A New Look at India’s Economic Future, Raghuram G Rajan and Rohit Lamba, Penguin India

Children’s books

• Bipathu and a very big dreamAnita Nair, Puffin Books

• Favorite nature stories of all timeRuskin Bond, illustrated by David Yambem, Puffin Books

• Mahi: The elephant that flew over the Blue MountainsAnand Neelakantan, illustrated by Doodlenerve, HarperCollins India

• How the bamboo got its wealthSudha Murty, Puffin Books

• The Yoga Sutras for Children, Roopa Pai, Hachette, India

Translations

• FirebirdPerumal Murugan, translated from Tamil by Janani Kannan, Penguin India

• The greatest Malayalam stories ever toldselected and translated by AJ Thomas, Aleph Book Company

• Conversations with Aurangzeb: a novelCharu Nivedita, translated from Tamil by Nandini Krishnan, HarperCollins India

• The greatest Indian stories ever toldedited by Arunava Sinha, Aleph Book Company

• Sakina’s kissVivek Shanbhag, translated from Kannada by Srinath Perur, Penguin India

Mind, body and space

• Hacking Health: The Only Book You’ll Ever Need to Live Your Healthiest LifeMukesh Bansal, Penguin India

• The power of one thought: control your mind, control your lifeBK Shivani, HarperCollins India

• Small Wins Every Day: 100 Powerful Ways to Transform Your Life and HealthLuke Coutinho, Penguin India

• Energize your mind: Learn the art of controlling your thoughts, feelings and emotionsGaur Gopal Das, Penguin India

• 11 Rules for Life: Secrets to Reaching the Next LevelChetan Bhagat, HarperCollins India

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Disclosure: Arunava Sinha is the editor of Scroll’s Books and Ideas section.