[Free PDF] Books and Authors Name - SSC CGL, CPO, CHSL, MTS, GD, and Other Exams

Books and Authors are an essential part of the General Knowledge section in competitive exams like SSC CGL, CPO, CHSL, MTS, GD, and others. Below is a list of important books along with their authors that you should be familiar with for these exams. Famous books and their authors are often asked in the General Knowledge section, books like “The Discovery of India” by Jawaharlal Nehru, “Wings of Fire” by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, “Young India” by Mahatma Gandhi, “Rmayana” by Valmiki and many others are significant.

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• Important Books by Indian Authors
• Important Books by Foreign Authors
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Important Books by Indian Authors

Here is a list of important books written by Indian authors that are frequently asked in competitive exams:

Books and Authors of Ancient India

S.No.	Book Name	Author Name
1	The Ramayana	Valmiki
2	The Mahabharata	Vyasa
3	Natyashastra	Bharata Muni
4	Meghdoot	Kalidasa
5	Malvika Aginimitram	Kalidasa
6	Geeta Govinda	Jayadeva
7	Nagnanda	Harsha
8	Ratnavali	Harsha
9	Harsha Charita	Bana Bhatt
10	Arthashastra	Kautilya (Chanakya)
11	Chandaḥśāstra	Pingala
12	Kathasaritsagara	Somadeva
13	Kamasutra	Vatsayana
14	Prashnottarmalika	Amoghavarsha
15	Swapanvasdattam	Bhasa
16	Buddha Charita	Asvaghosa
17	Abhigyaan Shankuntala	Kalidasa
18	Vikramorvashi	Kalidasa
19	Raghuvansan	Kalidasa
20	Amarkosa	Amarasimha
21	Panchsidhantika	Varharmihara
22	Brihat Samhita	Varharmihara
23	Surya Sidhanta	Aryabhatta
24	Aryabhatta	Aryabhatta
25	Panch Tantra	Vishnu Sharma
26	Nitisara	Kamandaka
27	Aihole Prasasti	Ravi Kriti
28	Charaka Samhita	Charaka
29	Lilawati	Bhaskara II
30	Gathasaptashati	Hala
31	Astadhyayi	Panini
32	Mahabhasya	Patanjali
33	Mrichhakatika	Shudraka
34	Gitagovinda	Jayadeva
35	Indica	Megasthanese

Books and Authors of Medieval India

S.No.	Book Name	Author Name
1	Prithviraj Raso	Chand Bardai
2	Chachnama	Ali Kufi
3	Tabaqat-i-Nasiri	Minhaj-i-Siraj
4	Shahnama	Ferdowsi
5	Tahkik-i-Hind	Al Beruni
6	Tarikh-i-Firozshahi	Ziauddin Barani
7	Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi	Shams Siraj Afif
8	Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi	Yahya Bin Ahmed Sarhindi
9	Lahjat-i-Sikandari	Sikander Lodi
10	Tujuk-i-Babri	Babur
11	Baburnama	Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
12	Humayunnama	Gulbadan Begum
13	Tujuk-i-Jahangiri	Jahangir
14	Fatwa-i-Alamgiri	Aurangzeb

Books and Authors of Modern India

S.No.	Book Name	Author Name
1	The Discovery of India	Jawaharlal Nehru
2	Wings of Fire	A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
3	The God of Small Things	Arundhati Roy
4	The Immortals of Meluha	Amish Tripathi
5	Geeta Rahasya	Bal Gangadhar Tilak
6	Poverty and UnBritish Rule in India	Dadabhai Naoroji
7	The Golden Threshold	Sarojini Naidu
8	Unhappy India	Lala Lajpat Rai
9	Why I am an Atheist	Bhagat Singh
10	Anandmath	Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
11	Hind Swaraj	Mahatma Gandhi
12	The Indian Struggle	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
13	The Story of My Experiments with Truth	Mahatma Gandhi
14	Satyarth Prakash	Swami Dayanand Saraswati
15	Gulamgiri	Jyotirao Phule
16	A Bunch of Old Letters	Jawaharlal Nehru
17	Waiting for a Visa: Autobiographical Notes	B.R. Ambedkar
18	The Problem of the Rupee: Its Origin and Its Solution	B.R. Ambedkar
19	Riddles in Hinduism	B.R. Ambedkar
20	The Untouchables: Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables?	B.R. Ambedkar
21	Thoughts on Linguistic States	B.R. Ambedkar
22	The Buddha and His Dhamma	B.R. Ambedkar
23	The Annihilation of Caste	B.R. Ambedkar
24	Raj Yoga	Swami Vivekananda
25	Go, Get Education	Savitribai Phule
26	Intertwined Lives: P.N. Haksar And Indira Gandhi	Jairam Ramesh
27	An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India	Shashi Tharoor
28	Who were the Shudras?	B.R. Ambedkar
29	The Life Divine	Sri Aurobindo
30	Stree Purush Tulna	Tarabai Shinde
31	Tamas	Bhisma Sahni
32	Exam Worrior	Narendra Modi
33	Sakshi Bhaav	Narendra Modi
34	Why I am Hindu	Shashi Throor
35	The Paradoxical Prime Minister	Shashi Throor
36	Train to Pakistan	Khushwant Singh
37	Two States	Chetan Bhagat
38	Malgudi Days	R.K. Narayan
39	The Guide	R.K. Narayan
40	Swami and Friends	R.K. Narayan
41	Anamika	Suryakant Tripathi Nirala
42	Kukurmutta	Suryakant Tripathi Nirala
43	Godaan	Premchand
44	Gaban	Premchand
45	Idgah	Premchand

Important Books by Foreign Authors

Here is a list of important books written by foreign authors that are frequently asked in competitive exams:

S.No.	Book Name	Author Name
1	The Alchemist	Paulo Coelho
2	To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee
3	The Great Gatsby	F. Scott Fitzgerald
4	1984	George Orwell
5	The Catcher in the Rye	J.D. Salinger
6	Pride and Prejudice	Jane Austen
7	A Brief History of Time	Stephen Hawking
8	The Art of War	Sun Tzu
9	The Odyssey	Homer
10	The Iliad	Homer
11	The Divine Comedy	Dante Alighieri
12	The Brothers Karamazov	Fyodor Dostoevsky
13	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Oscar Wilde
14	The Republic	Plato
15	The Prince	Niccolò Machiavelli
16	Das Kapital	Karl Marx
17	The Tale of Genji	Murasaki Shikibu
18	The Book Thief	Markus Zusak
19	The Kite Runner	Khaled Hosseini
20	The Fault in Our Stars	John Green
21	The Hunger Games	Suzanne Collins
22	The Da Vinci Code	Dan Brown
23	Catch-22	Joseph Heller
24	The Secret	Rhonda Byrne
25	The Power of Now	Eckhart Tolle
26	The Wretched of the Earth	Frantz Fanon
27	The Souls of Black Folk	W.E.B. Du Bois
28	The Ancient Wisdom	Annie Besant
29	Man Whence How	Annie Besant
30	Whithera and Man and His Bodies	Annie Besant

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