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| # | Autobiography | Author | Comments |
| 1. | The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian | Nirad C. Chaudhuri | |
| 2. | An Autobiography | Jawaharlal Nehru | An Autobiography also known as Toward Freedom, (1936) is an autobiographical book written by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru while he was in prison. |
| 3. | Baburnama | Babur | Babur founder of the Mughal Empire wrote the book in Chagatai language the spoken language of the Andijan-Timurids. |
| 4. | Majya Jalmachi Chittarkatha | Shantabai Kamble | This book shows the life of Indian woman who was from lower class of the caste. |
| 5. | Courage and Conviction | General Vijay Kumar Singh | In this book Singh criticises corruption in the Indian government and the role of Indira Gandhi in Operation Bluestar. |
| 6. | Ente Katha | Kamala Surayya | English version My Story |
| 7. | How I Became a Hindu | Sita Ram Goel | |
| 8. | Jakhan Choto Chilam | Satyajit Ray | Jakhan Choto Chilam English meaning-In My Childhood |
| 9. | Living Shadows | Aribam Syam Sharma | He is a famous Manipuri Director. |
| 10. | My Country My Life | L.K.Advani | The book was released on 19 March 2008 by Abdul Kalam, the eleventh President of India. |
| 11. | One Life Is Not Enough | K.Natwar Singh | Natwar Singh is an INC politician, a former senior bureaucrat, a former Union cabinet minister, and a writer.
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| 12. | Playing It My Way | Sachin Tendulkar | It entered the Limca Book of Records for being the best-selling adult hardback across both fiction and non-fiction categories. In India, it broke the record set by Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs for being the most pre-ordered biographical book. |
| 13. | The Race of My Life | Milkha Singh | The film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is based on it. |
| 14. | A Shot at History | Abhinav Bindra | Abhinav Bindra India’s first ever individual gold medalist won the medal in the 10-metre air rifle category at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Rahul Dravid released this book. |
| 15. | The Story of My Experiments with Truth | Mahatma Gandhi | Mohandas K. Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929. |
| 16. | The Test of My Life | Yuvraj Singh | The Test of My Life: From Cricket to Cancer and Back is the autobiography of the Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh. |
| 17. | Tuzk-e-Jahangiri | Jahangir | It is the autobiography of Mughal Emperor Jahangir (1569-1627). Also referred to as Jahangirnama, Tuzk-e-Jahangiri is written in Persian. |
| 18. | Autobiography of a Yogi | Paramahansa Yogananda | Paramahansa Yogananda was an Indian yogi and guru who introduced millions of westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through this book. |
| 19. | Wandering in Many Worlds | V.R.Krishna Iyer | He was referred to as a conscience keeper of justice in India was a visionary and a path breaking judge. |
| 20. | Wings of Fire | A.P.J.Abdul Kalam | |
| 21. | En Sarithiram | U.V.Swaminatha Iyer | He was a Tamil scholar and researcher who is instrumental in bringing many long-forgotten works of classical Tamil literature to light. |
| 22. | Straight from the Heart | Kapil Dev | He captained the Indian cricket team which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. |
| 23. | Why I Am An Atheist | Bhagat Singh | |
| 24. | Atmakatha | Anna Chandy | Anna Chandy is the first female judge |
| 25. | The Bandit Queen of India | Phoolan Devi | Phoolan Devi popularly known as “Bandit Queen”, was an Indian bandit and later a Member of Parliament. |
| 26. | Matters of Discretion | Inder Kumar Gujral | The book deals with Former Indian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujrallife starting with partition and his moving to India and covers his public life. |
| 27. | Atmakatha | Rajendra Prasad | Babu Rajendra Prasad, first president of India Wrote his autobiography during his 3-year prison term in Bankipur Jail. |
| 28. | Truth, Love & a Little Malice | Khushwant Singh | |
| 29. | My Times | J.B.Kripalani | In the book, he accused his fellow members of Congress (except Ram Manohar Lohia, Mahatma Gandhi and Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan) of “moral cowardice” for accepting or submitting to plan to partition India. |
| 30. | All from Memory | B.V.Acharya, Justice | |
| 31. | Punjabi Century 1857-1947 | Prakash Tandon | He is one of the most influential business leaders in the 2nd half of the 20th century. |
| 32. | A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time | Arjun Singh | He was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party. He was the Union Minister of Human Resource Development in the Manmohan Singh cabinet from 2004 to 2009. |
| 33. | The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance | Verghese Kurien | He is regarded as “Father of the White Revolution of India”. |
| 34. | On my Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power | Sharad Pawar | |
| 35. | Ace Against Odds | Sania Mirza | The book was released at the hands of Shah Rukh Khan at a function in Hyderabad in July 2016. |
| 36. | A Life of an ordinary Indian – An exercise in self-importance | Anil K. Rajvanshi | He is a graduate of IIT Kanpur and a US trained engineer who left a lucrative career in US in early 1980s to come back and work in rural Maharashtra. |
| 37. | Akhada | Saurabh Duggal | Akhada: The Authorized Biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat is the 2016 autobiography of the Indian wrestling coach and amateur wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat. The book is his official autobiography by Saurabh Duggal. The story was popularised as the Hindi biographical 2016 hit film Dangal. |
| 38. | Steve Jobs | Walter Isaacson | It is the authorized self-titled biography book of Steve Jobs. The book was written at the request of Jobs by Walter Isaacson, a former executive at CNN and TIME. |
| 39. | Long Walk to Freedom | Nelson Mandela | The book profiles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison.
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| 40. | The Diary of a Young Girl | Anne Frank | The Diary of Anne Frank, is a book of the writings from the Dutch language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. |
| 41. | The Story of My Life | Helen Keller | She was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. |
| 42. | Unbreakable | M.C. Mary Kom | India’s best known boxer, five times World Champion and an Olympic medalist. |
| 43. | Mein Kampf | Adolf Hitler | The book describes the process by which Hitler became anti-Semitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. |
| 44. | Dreams from My Father | Barack Obama | Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance is a memoir by Barack Obama, who was elected as U.S. President in 2008. |
| 45. | Homage to Catalonia | George Orwell | Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell’s personal account of his experiences and observations in the Spanish Civil War. |
| 46. | Moonwalk | Michael Jackson | |
| 47. | Walden | Henry David Thoreau | |
| 48. | I am Malala | Malala Yousafzai | Winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize*When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl fought for her right to an education |
| 49. | Up From Slavery | Booker T. Washington | |
| 50. | Hard Choices | Hillary Clinton |
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Other Important Famous books and Authors list:
| # | Book | Author |
| 1. | Half a Rupee Stories | Gulzar |
| 2. | India at Risk | Jaswant Singh |
| 3. | Warrior State Pakistan in the Contemporary World | TV Paul |
| 4. | My Years with Rajiv and Sonia | RD Pradhan |
| 5. | An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions | Amartya Sen |
| 6. | Narendra Modi : A Political Biography | Andy Marino |
| 7. | My Unforgettable Memories | Mamata Banerjee |
| 8. | Playing to Win | Saina Nehwal |
| 9. | Train to Pakistan | Khushwant Singh |
| 10. | The Lowland | Jhumpa Lahiri |
| 11. | My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions | Abdul Kalam |
| 12. | The Dramatic Decade | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 13. | A Stamp is Born | C.R. Pakrashi |
| 14. | Getting India Back on Track | Bibek Debroy |
| 15. | The Making of the Great Indian Election | Y Quraishi, Ex- Election Commissioner |
| 16. | Not Just an Accountant | Vinod Rai (CAG) |
| 17. | The Accidental Prime Minister | Sanjaya Baru |
| 18. | Crusader or Conspirator | P.C.Parakh (Former Coal Secretary) |
| 19. | The Substance and the Shadow
(Biography of Dilip Kumar) |
Uday Tara Nayar |
| 20. | Kiran Bedi : Kaise Bani Top Cop (Comic Book) | Kiran Bedi |
| 21. | Delhi to Islamabad | Bhim Singh |
| 22. | Neither a Hawk nor a Dove | Khurshid M Kasuri
(Pakistan’s Ex-Foreign Minister) |
| 23. | Wuthering Heights | Emily Bronte |
| 24. | The adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
Mark Twain |
| 25. | The fault in our stars | John Green |
| 26. | The Alchemist | Paulo Coelho |
| 27. | Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen |
| 28. | Lord of flies | William Golding |
| 29. | The Da Vinci Code |
Dan Brown |
| 30. | The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| 31. | The Guide | R K Narayan |
| 32. | Train to Pakistan | Khushwant Singh |
| 33. | Midnight’s children |
Salman Rushdie |
| 34. | The Night train at Deoli |
Ruskin Bond |
| 35. | Shadow Lines | Amitav Ghosh |
| 36. | The Great Indian Novel | Shashi Tharoor |
| 37. | The Blue Umbrella | Ruskin Bond |
| 38. | The Rise Of Theodore Roosevelt |
Edmund Morris |
| 39. | The Wright Brothers | David McCullough |
| 35. | Wild Swans | Jung Chang |
| 36. | The Audacity Of hope |
Barack Obama |
| 37. | Tennessee Williams | John Lahr |
| 38. | Open | Andre Agassi |
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Man Booker Prize:
The Man Booker Prize is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language and published in the UK.
David Grossman won the Booker Prize for his “A Horse Walks into a Bar” for the year 2017.
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Man Booker Prize Winners from India
Salman Rushdie (Midnight’s Children-1981)
Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things-1997)
Kiran Desai (The Inheritance of Loss-2006)
Aravind Adiga (The White Tiger-2008)
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Pulitzer Prize:
The Pulitzer Prize is an International award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. Pulitzer Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories.
2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners
The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead (Fiction)
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between – Hisham Matar (Autobiographies and Biographies)
Drama: Sweat Lynn Nottage
History: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising in 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson
Poetry: Olio by Tyehimba Jess
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