Books and authors form a regular part of static GK. Exams ask who wrote a famous book or which book a leader wrote. Knowing autobiographies and classic works of Indian and world writers is helpful.
Books by Indian Leaders
- Discovery of India – Jawaharlal Nehru.
- The Story of My Experiments with Truth – Mahatma Gandhi.
- India Wins Freedom – Abul Kalam Azad.
- Wings of Fire – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
- Gita Rahasya – Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Famous Indian Literary Works
- Gitanjali – Rabindranath Tagore.
- Godan – Munshi Premchand.
- The Guide – R.K. Narayan.
- Train to Pakistan – Khushwant Singh.
- Arthashastra – Kautilya (Chanakya).
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Famous World Books
- War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy.
- The Origin of Species – Charles Darwin.
- Das Kapital – Karl Marx.
- The Wealth of Nations – Adam Smith.
- Hamlet – William Shakespeare.
Recent and Modern Books
- A Brief History of Time – Stephen Hawking.
- The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy.
- Midnight's Children – Salman Rushdie.
- My Country My Life – L.K. Advani.
Quick Revision Points
- Discovery of India – Jawaharlal Nehru.
- Wings of Fire – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
- Gitanjali – Rabindranath Tagore.
- Arthashastra – Kautilya.
- Das Kapital – Karl Marx.
- The Wealth of Nations – Adam Smith.
- The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy.
- Godan – Munshi Premchand.