Books and Authors List - GK Notes   
              in PDF for SSC, Bank Exams 
        When you look at the question papers of SSC CHSL, SSC CGL, SSC MTS, IBPS PO, 
        IBPS Clerk, IBPS SO, IPPB Sc. I, LIC AAO, etc. you may find a lot of questions 
        related to Books and Authors. Questions based on Books and Authors form a part of 
        the General Awareness section of many Govt. and Bank exams. These books 
        can be fiction, non-fiction, biographies, novels, award winning novels, 
        critically acclaimed books, etc. But chances are that if a particular book was in 
        news, then it can be in your SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, etc. exam too! 
        Here's a list of important Books and Authors for 2017. We have divided the entire list 
        into fiction, non-fiction, biographies, novels, award winning novels, critically 
        acclaimed books, etc. These books have been in news in 2016-17 for some reason or 
        the other. You can also download this as PDF to keep it handy! 
        List of Important Books & Authors for SSC and 
        Banks 
        1. Books and Authors List - Non-Fiction 
        Let us now take a look at the important non-fiction books and authors that can be 
        asked in your SSC CGL 2017 exam. 
        As we know that Non-fiction is a category where we get to read biographies, 
        memoirs, self help books, business books and histories. In a research it was found 
        that reading non-fiction books increases your chance of becoming successful in all 
        spheres. 
         
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                                            Books                     Authors 
                                   The trip to echo spring:         Olivia Laing 
                                   On writers and Drinking 
                                        On the origin                  Charles 
                                          of species                   Darwin 
                                      The interpretation           Sigmund Freud 
                                          of Dreams 
                                           Walden              Henry David Thoreau 
                                        The Discovery                Jawaharlal 
                                           Of India                     Nehru 
                                         Bookless in                   Shashi 
                                           Baghdad                     Tharoor 
                                        The Algebra of             Arundhati Roy 
                                       Infinite Justice 
                                          Two Lives                 Vikram Seth 
                                          Geetanjali            Rabindranath Tagore 
                                         Silent Spring             Rachel Carson 
                                         Mythologies               Roland Barthes 
                                        The Diary of a               Anne Frank 
                                          young girl 
                                          Travels of                 Ibn battuta 
                                          Ibn battuta 
                                        A brief history                Stephen 
                                            of time                   Hawking 
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                                       Economy and                Max Weber 
                                          Society 
                                       The Rights of             Thomas Paine 
                                           a man 
                                      The Symposium                   Plato 
                                The Anatomy of melancholy        Robert Burton 
                                     Lives of the poets              Samuel 
                                                                    Johnson 
              2. Books and Authors List - Fiction 
              Imagining stories activate regions of your brain responsible for developing a better 
              understanding for others and also creating a new perspective. Fictional books are 
              very popular among readers so they often make news. 
                                            Books                Authors 
                                      Wuthering Heights        Emily Bronte 
                                      The adventures of         Mark Twain 
                                       Huckleberry Finn 
                                     The fault in our stars     John Green 
                                        The Alchemist          Paulo Coelho 
                                      Pride and Prejudice       Jane Austen 
                                          Lord of flies       William Golding 
                                         The Da Vinci           Dan Brown 
                                             Code 
                                       The Great Gatsby      F. Scott Fitzgerald 
                                          The Guide             R K Narayan 
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                                       Train to Pakistan     Khushwant Singh 
                                          Midnight's          Salman Rushdie 
                                           children 
                                        The Night train         Ruskin Bond 
                                            at Deoli 
                                         Shadow Lines          Amitav Ghosh 
                                    The Great Indian Novel    Shashi Tharoor 
                                      The Blue Umbrella         Ruskin Bond 
                                    The Laughing Monsters      Denis Johnson 
              3. Books and Authors List - Biographies 
              Biographies and autobiographies are a very nice mixture of both Fiction and 
              Nonfiction, so they cater the needs of all types of readers and are a good source of 
              encouragement for readers as they get to know about personalities who made it big 
              by their work. 
                                            Books               Author 
                                          Steve Jobs        Walter Isaacson 
                                         The Rise Of        Edmund Morris 
                                     Theodore Roosevelt 
                                     The Wright Brothers  David McCullough 
                                         Wild Swans            Jung Chang 
                                         The Audacity        Barack Obama 
                                           Of hope 
                                     Tennessee Williams        John Lahr 
                                             Open             Andre Agassi 
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