Godrej Literature Live! Literary Awards

The longlists and the shortlists for the Godrej Literature Live! Literary Awards for Fiction, Non-Fiction and Business are out! The awards aim to recognise and encourage literary talent across these genres, among both established and new writers. The awards are one of the highlights of Godrej Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest and the winners will be named at the Festival’s finale on 17th November, 2024.

The shortlists & the longlists in each category (in alphabetical order), and the eminent juries that decided the awards are as follows:

Godrej Literature Live! Fiction Book of the Year

Anjum Hasan
History’s Angel
Atharva Pandit
Hurda
Lindsay Pereira
The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao
Anjum Hasan
History’s Angel
Atharva Pandit
Hurda
Tania James
Loot
Ramona Sen
The Lady on the Horse and Other Secrets
Lindsay Pereira
The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao
Arefa Tehsin
The Witch in the Peepul Tree

Godrej Literature Live! Non-Fiction Book of the Year

Yuvan Aves
Intertidal: A Coast and Marsh Diary
Rakhshanda Jalil
Love In the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu
Venki Ramakrishnan
Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality
Madhav Gadgil
A Walk Up The Hill: Living with People and Nature
Christophe Jaffrelot
Gujarat Under Modi: The Blueprint for Today's India
Yuvan Aves
Intertidal: A Coast and Marsh Diary
Rakhshanda Jalil
Love In the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu
Stephen Alter
The Cobra's Gaze: Exploring India's Wild Heritage
Venki Ramakrishnan
Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality

Godrej Literature Live! Fiction Best First Book

Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari
Chronicle of an Hour and a Half
Atharva Pandit
Hurda
Chetna Maroo
Western Lane
Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari
Chronicle of an Hour and a Half
Yashraj Goswami
Cockatoo
Tathagata Bhattacharya
General Firebrand and His Red Atlas
Atharva Pandit
Hurda
Shastri Akella
The Sea Elephants
Chetna Maroo
Western Lane

Godrej Literature Live! Non-Fiction Best First Book

Shahnaz Habib
Airplane Mode: A Passive-Aggressive History of Travel
Sudha Bharadwaj
From Phansi Yard: My Year with the Women of Yerawada
Kunal Purohit
H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars
Shahnaz Habib
Airplane Mode: A Passive-Aggressive History of Travel
Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav
Being Hindu, Being Indian: Lala Lajpat Rai’s Ideas of Nationhood
Radhika Iyengar
Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras
Sudha Bharadwaj
From Phansi Yard: My Year with the Women of Yerawada
Kunal Purohit
H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars
Mukund Padmanabhan
The Great Flap of 1942: How the Raj Panicked over a Japanese Non-invasion

Godrej Literature Live! Business Book of the Year

Rama Bijapurkar
Lilliput Land: How Small is Driving India’s Mega Consumption Story
Rohit Prasad
The Last Dance of Rationality: Making Sense of an Unravelling World Order
Pradip K. Saha
The Learning Trap: How Byju’s Took Indian Edtech for a Ride
Leslie D'Monte & Jayanth Kolla
AI Rising: India’s Artificial Intelligence Growth Story
Rama Bijapurkar
Lilliput Land: How Small is Driving India’s Mega Consumption Story
Rohit Prasad
The Last Dance of Rationality: Making Sense of an Unravelling World Order
Pradip K. Saha
The Learning Trap: How Byju’s Took Indian Edtech for a Ride
C.K. Venkataraman
The Tanishq Story: Inside India’s No. 1 Jewellery Brand
Archana Rai
The Unicorn Quest: India Learns to Start Up

Jury

Deepa Adhikari
Social Entrepreneur and Development Communications Consultant
Priyanka Sarkar
Editor, Translator and Writer
Rajrishi Singhal
Author, Journalist, Banker and Policy Analyst / Consultant
Shireen Mistry
Associate Festival Director, Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Usha Subramaniam
Former Professor of English Literature and Freelance Commentator
Abhay Sardesai
Editor, Educator, Writer and Translator
Chandrahas Choudhury
Writer and Author
Kalpana Sharma
Journalist, Columnist and Author
Sudhakar Solomonraj
Professor, Author and Environmentalist
Tina Nagpaul
Filmmaker and Associate Festival Director, Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Charles Assisi
Journalist, Columnist, Author and Entrepreneur
Karthi Marshan
Industry Leader, Entrepreneur and Copywriter
Saira Menezes
Editor and Journalist
Sunita Wazir
HR and Leadership Development Professional
Suresh Seshadri
Editor, Journalist and Business Professional