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

THE POWER OF WORDS

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

Tata Literature Live! Book of The Year Award – Non Fiction

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

2023 Recipient

The 2023 winner of the Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award for Non Fiction is Raw Umber by Sara Rai (Westland Books).

2023 Shortlist

Raw Umber

  • Sara Rai
  • (Westland Books)

The Song Of The Cell: An exploration of medicine and the new human

  • Siddhartha Mukherjee
  • (Penguin Random House India)

Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The many lives of Agyeya

  • Akshaya Mukul
  • (Penguin Random House India)

2023 Longlist

Broken Script: Delhi under the East India Company and the fall of the Mughal Empire

  • Swapna Liddle
  • Speaking Tiger Books

India is Broken

  • Ashoka Mody
  • Juggernaut Books

Raw Umber

  • Sara Rai
  • Westland Books

The Song Of The Cell: An exploration of medicine and the new human

  • Siddhartha Mukherjee
  • Penguin Random House India

Vajpayee: The ascent of the Hindu Right, 1924-1977

  • Abhishek Choudhary
  • Pan Macmillan India/Picador

Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The many lives of Agyeya

  • Akshaya Mukul
  • Penguin Random House India

2023 Jury

  • Arun Katiyar

    Arun Katiyar a former journalist, is a content and communication consultant and author
  • Deepika Sorabjee

    Deepika Sorabjee is the Head, Arts & Culture, Tata Trusts
  • Sanjukta Sharma

    Sanjukta Sharma is a writer, critic, columnist, and editor, with a special interest in wellness.
  • Taran N.Khan

    Taran N. Khan is a journalist and writer and winner of the 2020 Tata Literature Live First Book Award for Non-Fiction
  • Tina Nagpaul

    Tina Nagpaul is a filmmaker and Associate Festival Director, Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest

Past Recipients

Lords of the Deccan

2022

  • Aniruddha Kanisetti
  • Juggernaut

Born A Muslim: Some Truths About Islam in India

2021

  • Ghazala Wahab
  • Aleph

Sebastian & Sons

2020

  • T.M Krishna
  • Westland

Early Indians

2019

  • Tony Joseph
  • Juggernaut

The RSS

2018

  • Walter K. Andersen and Shridhar D. Damle
  • Viking

Age Of Anger

2017

  • Pankaj Mishra
  • Juggernaut

The Gene

2016

  • Siddhartha Mukherjee
  • Penguin Random House India

Gita Press and The Making of Hindu India

2015

  • Akshaya Mukul
  • HarperCollins

A Southern Music

2014

  • T M Krishna
  • HarperCollins