The Fourteenth Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Wednesday, October 25th to Sunday, October 29th 2023

Online : 25 - 26 Oct
On ground : 27 - 29 Oct

TATA Literature Live! Book Of The Year Award – Fiction

The Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award for fiction has been constituted to recognise noteworthy work in the Indian literary space in the fiction genre.

 

2022 Recipient

The 2022 winner of the Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award – Fiction is The Map and the Scissors by Amit Majmudar (HarperCollins Publishers)

2022 Shortlist

Tell Me How To Be

  • Neel Patel
  • Penguin Random House India

The Eartspinner

  • Anuradha Roy
  • Hachette India

The Map and the Scissors

  • Amit Majmudar
  • HarperCollins Publishers

2022 Longlist

Geeta Rahman at Championship Point

  • Saskya Jain
  • Simon and Schuster India

Lahore: Part 1 of the Partition Trilogy

  • Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
  • HarperCollins Publishers

Tell Me How To Be

  • Neel Patel
  • Penguin Random House India

The Earthspinner

  • Anuradha Roy
  • Hachette India

The Garden of Heaven

  • Madhulika Liddle
  • Speaking Tiger Books

The Map and the Scissors

  • Amit Majmudar
  • HarperCollins Publishers

2022 Jury

  • Tina Chakravarty

    Educator and former professor, Sophia College
  • Somak Ghoshal

    Author and editor
  • Mrunalini Katiyar

    Journalist and publishing consultant
  • Gayatri Rangachari Shah

    Author, columnist and podcaster
  • Shireen Mistry

    Communications consultant and member of Literature Live! festival committee

Past Recipients

Irwin Allan Sealy

2021

  • Penguin Random House

Prelude To A Riot

2020

  • Annie Zaidi
  • Aleph

The City And The Sea

2019

  • Raj Kamal Jha
  • Penguin Random House

All The Lives We Never Lived

2018

  • Anuradha Roy
  • Hachete

Son Of The Thundercloud

2017

  • Easterine Kire
  • Speaking Tiger

Selection Day

2016

  • Aravind Adiga
  • Fourth Estate

Until The Lions

2015

  • Karthika Nair
  • HarperCollins

Arctic Summer

2014

  • Damon Galgut
  • Aleph Book Company