Books and
Authors 2017 – General Awareness
1. An Unsuitable Boy,
autobiography of Noted Filmmaker Karan Johar has been released.
2. Just Another Jihadi
Jane, authored by Tabish Khair has been released.
3. Magpie Murders,
authored by Anthony Horowitz has been released.
4. My Odyssey: Memoirs of
the Man behind the Mangalyaan Mission, authored by K Radhakrishnan has been
released.
5. Scattered Souls,
authored by Shahnaj Bashir has been released.
6. The Future of India,
has been authored by Bimal Jalan (former RBI Governor).
7. The People’s
President: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, written by S M Khan has been released..
8. The Secret Chord has
been authored by Geraldine Brooks.
9. The Untold Story of
Talking Books, authored by Matthew Rubery has been released.
10. The Untold Vajpayee:
Politician and Paradox, authored by Ullekh NP has been released.
11. Former wrestler
Mahavir Singh Phogat's biography Akhada has been launched, written by sports
journalist Sourabh Duggal.
12. Noted actor Rishi
Kapoor’s autobiography Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored has been
released.
13. Hema Malini: Beyond
the Dream Girl, written by Ram Kamal Mukherjee will be released in October
2017.
14. The man who could
never say No, has been authored by S Muthiah.
15. Veerappan, Chasing
the Brigand written by K Vijay Kumar has been released.
16. Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh launched Book 50 Years - The Great Indian Milk Revolution.
17. Rekha – The Untold Story has
been written by Yasser Usman.
18. The Rise of Sivagami:
Book 1 of Baahubali - Before the Beginning, written by Anand Neelakanthan has been
released.
19. Book written by
Former Indian cricketer Akash Chopra - Numbers Do Lie, has been released.
20. Home of the Brave’ based
on Rashtriya Rifles (Indian Army’s Counter Insurgency Force) has been released.
It has been authored by Nitin A Gokhale and S K Chatterji.
21. Former Australia
Cricketer Michael Clarke launched his autobiography named My Story.
22. Hope in a Challenged
Democracy: An Indian Narrative, written by Ashwani Kumar has been released.
23. Author Arjun Gaind
launched his latest book - Punjab: Building the Land Of Five Rivers.
24. Book Hope in a
challenged democracy; An Indian narrative, authored by Ashwini Kumar has been
released.
25. Book Matoshree,
authored by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has been released.
26. Book written by
Congress leader and former Union MinisterVeerappa Moily - The Flaming Tresses
of Draupadi, has been released.
27. Actor Aamir Khan
launched Renowned actress Asha Parekh's biography - Asha Parekh: The Hit Girl,
written by Khalid Mohamed.
28. Book Confessions of a
dying mind: the blind faith of atheism wrtitten by IAS officer Haulianlal Guite
(from Manipur) has been published.
29. Book India 2017
Yearbook authored by Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi has been released.
30. Book India's Indira -
A Centennial Tribute, written by Anand Sharma has been released.
31. Book Mann Ki Baat: A
Social Revolution on Radio by Rajesh Jain has been released.
32. Book Marching with a
Billion- Analysing Narendra Modi’s Government at Midterm, written by Uday
Mahurkar has been released.
33. Book Metaphysics,
Morals and Politics, written by Prof. Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay has been
released.
34. Book Sita, Warrior of
Mithila, written by Amish Tripathi has been released.
35. Book Winning Like
Virat Think and Succeed Like Kohli written by Abhirup Bhattacharya has been
released.
36. Books Color Atlas of
Oral implants AND Conservative Dentistry - Basics, Written by Medical
Professionals Praful Bali, Lanka Mahesh, Dildeep Bali and Deepika Chandhok have
been released.
37. PM Narendra Modi
released a 2 part book series on eminent agricultural scientist Dr. M.S.
Swaminathan, titled M.S. Swaminathan: The Quest for a world without hunger.
38. Set of 4 Books titled
Swachh Jungle ki kahani – Dadi ki Zubani, written by Madhu Pant have been
released.
39. Who has seen the Wind
book has been written by Canadian author W.O. Mitchell.
40. Beren and Luthien,
book by Lord of the Rings British author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (JRR
Tolkien) has been published after 100 years of its first conceiving.
41. Book Indira Gandhi: A
Life in Nature, authored by Jairam Ramesh has been released.
42. Book Lalan Shah Fakir
Ke Geet, written by Muchkund Dubey has been released, along with DVD of
selected songs of Lalan Shah Fakir.
43. Book The Crisis
Within Knowledge and Education in India authored by Ganesh Devy has been
released.
44. Book The Emergency -
Indian Democracy’s Darkest Hour, authored by Surya Prakash.
45. Book The Ministry of
Utmost Happiness, authored by Arundhati Roy has been released.
46. Book Yug Purush,
Bharat Ratna, Atal Ji, authored by Former Uttarakhand CM Ramesh Pokhriyal has
been launched.
47. Sarod Platyer Amjad
Ali Khan's book Master on Masters has been released, based on lives of 20
greatest icons of Indian Classical Music.
48. Amit Bhardwaj
launched his third e-book Cryptocurrency for Beginners after Cryptocurrency
Trading for Beginners and Cryptocurrency Mining for Beginners.
49. Book
Dalhousie…Through My Eyes, authored by Kiran Chadha has been released.
50. Book Future of Indian
Universities: Comparative and International Perspectives , written by C. Raj
Kumar has been released.
51. Book Mann Ki Baat – A
Social Revolution on Radio has been released, including transcripts of first 23
episodes of Prime Minister’s monthly address on radio ‘Mann Ki Baat’.
52. Book Narendra
Damodardas Modi : The Making of a Legend, authored by Sulabh International
chief Bindeshwar Pathak has been released.
53. Book President Pranab
Mukherjee – A Statesman has been released.
54. Book President’s Lady
(Pranaber Preyosi), based on President Pranab Mukherjee's wife Late Smt. Suvra
Mukherjee has been released. It has been written by Sangeeta Ghosh.
55. Defence Minister Arun
Jaitley released book Ganga Avahan, which is a 2,800 km exploratory open-water
swim expedition on Ganga river.
56. Former RBI Governor
Raghuram Rajan has written a book I Do What I Do: On Reform, Rhetoric &
Resolve, explaining economic concepts and talks of issues like tolerance and
connection between political freedom and prosperity
57. Book Bhartiya Kala
Mein Salil Kridayen Evam Sadyahsnata Nayika authored by Kshetrapal Gangwar and
Sanjib Kumar Singh has been launched.
58. Book How India Sees
the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century, written by Shyam Saran has been
launched.
59. Book India:
Priorities for the Future, authored by Former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan has been
launched.
60. Book The Shershah of
Kargil, is a biography of Kargil war hero Late Captain Vikram Batra has been
released. It has been written by Deepak Surana.
61. Book Unstoppable: My
Life So Far, authored by Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has been Launched.
62. Book titled A to Z of
Financial Management in Autonomous Institutions, authored by Rajat Bhargava and
Deenanath Pathak has been released.
63. Microsoft CEO Satya
Nadella's first book Hit Refresh has been launched.
64. Noted Author Amish
Tripathi's new Book Immortal India has been launched.
65. Recently released
book The Golden House by Noted Indian Writer Salman Rushdie is named as New
York Times Bestseller.
