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The 2024 Crossword Book Awards Popular Choice shortlist named five books in each of six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Business and Management, Children’s, Translation, and Mind, Body and Spirit. Scroll reported the shortlist on October 26, 2024. Voting and the planned Mumbai ceremony have since passed.
What were the 2024 Popular Choice shortlists?
Scroll’s October 26, 2024 report listed the following books, author or contributor credits, and publishers in each category.
Fiction
- Razor Sharp: A Kutta Kadam Thriller — Ashwin Sanghi; HarperCollins India.
- Welcome to Paradise — Twinkle Khanna; Juggernaut.
- World’s Best Girlfriend — Durjoy Datta; Penguin India.
- Acts of God — Kanan Gill; HarperCollins India.
- The Hidden Hindu: Book 3 — Akshat Gupta; Penguin India.
Nonfiction
- Kitne Ghazi Aye Kitne Ghazi Gaye: My Life Story — Lt Gen KJS ‘Tiny’ Dhillon; Penguin India.
- Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom — Sanjeev Sanyal; HarperCollins India.
- RAW Hitman: The Real Story of Agent Lima — S Hussain Zaidi; Simon and Schuster India.
- Why Bharat Matters — S Jaishankar; Rupa Publications.
- Common Yet Uncommon: 14 Memorable Stories from Daily Life — Sudha 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: Ageless Wisdom for Unlocking Your Potential and Achieving Your Goals — Radhakrishnan Pillai; Jaico Publishing.
- Make Epic Money — Ankur Warikoo; Penguin India.
- Money Works: The Guide to Financial Literacy — Abhijeet Kolapkar; Penguin India.
- Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India’s Economic Future — Raghuram G Rajan and Rohit Lamba; Penguin India.
Children’s
- Bipathu and a Very Big Dream — Anita Nair; Puffin Books.
- All-time Favourite Nature Stories — Ruskin Bond, illustrated by David Yambem; Puffin Books.
- Mahi: The Elephant Who Flew Over the Blue Mountains — Anand Neelakantan, illustrated by Doodlenerve; HarperCollins India.
- How the Bamboo Got Its Bounty — Sudha Murty; Puffin Books.
- The Yoga Sutras for Children — Roopa Pai; Hachette India.
Translation
- Fire Bird — Perumal Murugan, translated from Tamil by Janani Kannan; Penguin India.
- The Greatest Malayalam Stories Ever Told — selected and translated by AJ Thomas; Aleph Book Company.
- Conversations with Aurangzeb: A Novel — Charu Nivedita, translated from Tamil by Nandini Krishnan; HarperCollins India.
- The Greatest Indian Stories Ever Told — edited by Arunava Sinha; Aleph Book Company.
- Sakina’s Kiss — Vivek Shanbhag, translated from Kannada by Srinath Perur; Penguin India.
Mind, Body and Spirit
- Hacking Health: The Only Book You’ll Ever Need to Live Your Healthiest Life — Mukesh Bansal; Penguin India.
- The Power of One Thought: Master Your Mind, Master Your Life — BK Shivani; HarperCollins India.
- Small Wins Every Day: 100 Powerful Ways to Transform Your Life and Health — Luke Coutinho; Penguin India.
- Energize Your Mind: Learn the Art of Mastering Your Thoughts, Feelings and Emotions — Gaur Gopal Das; Penguin India.
- 11 Rules For Life: Secrets to Level Up — Chetan Bhagat; HarperCollins India.
Voting, ceremony and prize
At the time of the announcement, readers could vote on the Crossword website through November 25, 2024. The ceremony was planned for Mumbai on December 8, 2024, and the announced cash prize was Rs 50,000 for each Popular Choice winner. These were the dates and prize reported in 2024, not current voting or event information.
Who won the Popular Choice awards?
A later Scroll report said the Popular Choice awards were decided by votes on the Crossword website. It named Welcome to Paradise by Twinkle Khanna as the Fiction winner and Kitne Ghazi Aye Kitne Ghazi Gaye: My Life Story by Lt Gen KJS ‘Tiny’ Dhillon as the Nonfiction winner. The cited report identifies those two category winners; it does not establish winners for the other four categories here.
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Sources: Scroll’s October 26, 2024 shortlist report and Scroll’s December 2024 winners report.
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