The five-book shortlists in the five jury categories – Fiction, Nonfiction, Translation, Children’s, Business and Management – for the 2024 Crossword Book Awards have been announced. The awards ceremony will take place in Mumbai on December 8. The winning authors will get a cash prize of Rs 50,000 each.
Each category is being judged by a separate jury. The jury for Fiction comprises Manjula Narayan, Prayaag Akbar, and Somak Ghoshal. The Nonfiction jury consists of TCA Raghavan, Anuradha Sengupta, and Kaveree Bamzai. Translations are being judged by Arshia Sattar, Nandini Nair, and Malashri Lal. The judges for Children’s are Paro Anand, Parvati Sharma, and Bulbul Sharma. Khozem Merchant, Shaili Chopra, and Sriram make up the jury for Business and Management.
Aakash Gupta, CEO of Crossword Bookstores said about the shortlist, “[…]The shortlisted books represent the pinnacle of Indian literary achievement, showcasing the incredible diversity of voices and perspectives that enrich our literary landscape. We are honoured to celebrate these talented authors and their remarkable contributions to the world of literature.”
Here are the shortlisted books in each category:
Fiction
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Never, Never Land, Namita Gokhale, Speaking Tiger Books
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The East Indian, Brinda Charry, HarperCollins India
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Quarterlife, Devika Rege, HarperCollins India
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Chronicle of an Hour and a Half, Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari, Westland
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Tall Tales By a Small Dog, Omair Ahmad, Speaking Tiger Books
Nonfiction
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From Phansi Yard: My Year with the Women of Yerawada, Sudha Bharadwaj, Juggernaut
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The Day I Became a Runner: A Women’s History of India through the Lens of Sport, Sohini Chattopadhyay, HarperCollins India
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Mother Cow, Mother India: A Multispecies Politics of Dairy in India, Yamini Narayanan, Navayana
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City on Fire: A Boyhood in Aligarh, Zeyad Masroor Khan, HarperCollins India
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Marginlands: Indian Landscapes on the Brink, Arati Kumar-Rao, Pan Macmillan India
Translations
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Boy, Unloved, Damodar Mauzo, translated from the Konkani by Jerry Pinto, Speaking Tiger Books
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I Named My Sister Silence, Manoj Rupda, translated from the Hindi by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, Westland
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Sakina’s Kiss, Vivek Shanbhag, translated from the Kannada by Srinath Perur, Penguin India
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Maria Just Maria, Sandhya Mary, translated from the Malayalam by Jayasree Kalathil, HarperCollins India
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Fruits of the Barren Tree, Lekhnath Chhetri, translated from the Nepali by Anurag Basnet, Penguin India
Children’s books
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Zen, Shabnam Minwala, Duckbill Books
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Bipathu and a Very Big Dream, Anita Nair, Puffin
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The Case of the Vanishing Gods, Mallika Ravikumar, Talking Cub
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The Henna Start-Up, Andaleeb Wajid, DuckBill Books
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A Children’s History of India in 100 Objects, Devika Cariapa, Puffin
Business and management
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Accelerating India’s Development: A State-led Roadmap For Effective Governance, Karthik Muralidharan, Penguin India
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AI Rising: India’s Artificial Intelligence Growth Story, Leslie D’Monte and Jayanth N Kolla, Jaico Publishing Houe
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Exprovement: Exponential Improvements Through Converging Parallels, Hersh Haladker and Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Penguin India
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Lilliput Land: How Small Is Driving India’s Mega Consumption Story, Rama Bijapurkar, Penguin India
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Mastering the Data Paradox: The Key to Winning in the AI Age, Nitin Seth, Penguin India
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