Book Awards for mahakapi

A 'decolonised' syllabus by The Guardian

• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

1,000 Books to Read Before You Die Page-A-Day Calendar

• American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird (2021)
• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee (2021)
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (2021)
• John Keats: The Complete Poems by John Barnard (2021)
• The Last Mughal : the Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple (2021)

10 non-fiction книг, рекомендованных журналу Slon

• The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker
• The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene
• The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science) by Richard Dawkins
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond
• The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author by Richard Dawkins
• Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu

100 Best Books of 2010-2015 by The Oyster Editors

• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

The 100 best books of the 21st century by The Guardian

• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee (32)
• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (85)
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (21)
• Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli (66)
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (76)

100 Best Novels in English Since 1900

• The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse
• The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth

The 100 books every school-leaver ought to have read

• Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by R.M Lumiansky

100 Books That Shaped World History

• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking

100 Books to Read in a Lifetime

• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond
• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Die 100 Lieblingsbücher der Wiener

• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today

• Dhammapada: The Way of Truth by Bhikshu Sangharakshita (- 252 BCE)
• Upanisads (Oxford World's Classics) by Patrick Olivelle (7th–5th century BCE – - 7th–5th)
• The Upanishads (Penguin Classics) by Juan Mascaro (7th–5th century BCE – - 7th–5th)

100 книг non-fiction от The Prime Russian Magazine

• The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" (Incerto) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond

1000 Books to Read Before You Die

• American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird
• The Baburnama : Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor by Wheeler M. Thackston
• The Bhagavadgita by S. Radhakrishnan
• The Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gita (from the Mahabharata), Being a Discourse Between Arjuna, Pince of India, and the Su by Sir Edwin Arnold, Translator
• Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by R.M Lumiansky
• Coming of Age in the Milky Way (Paperback) - Common by By (author) Timothy A Ferris
• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
• The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth
• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
• The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science by Andrea Wulf
• The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author by Richard Dawkins

1001 boeken die je gelezen moet hebben!

• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (editie 2017)
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (editie 2017)
• The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri (editie 2017)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition)
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2008/2010/2012 Edition)
• The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008/2012 Edition)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Swedish)

• The Bhagavadgita by S. Radhakrishnan
• The Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gita (from the Mahabharata), Being a Discourse Between Arjuna, Pince of India, and the Su by Sir Edwin Arnold, Translator
• My Life by Bill Clinton

16 Of The Best Science Books of All Time

• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking
• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
• The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

20 academic books that shaped modern Britain

• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking
• The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author by Richard Dawkins

The 20 Most Popular Books Throughout History

• Dhammapada: The Way of Truth by Bhikshu Sangharakshita (06: 3rd c. BCE)

200 best non-fiction books according to Afisha Magazine

• The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" (Incerto) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking
• The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Popular Science) by Roger Penrose
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond
• The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author by Richard Dawkins
• Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness by Roger Penrose
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

30 Nonfiction Books That Are Sure to Make You Smarter

• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking
• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
• The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--but Some Don't by Nate Silver
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

30 Years of 30 Books

• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

365 Books by Women Authors

• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (281)
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (73)

40 best books to read before you die

• The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

5 книг Постнауки

• The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene (8 книг о теории струн)
• The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science) by Richard Dawkins (5 книг об эволюционной биологии)
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt (5 книг о поведенческой экономике)
• Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler (5 книг нобелевских лауреатов)
• The Quantum Universe: (And Why Anything That Can Happen, Does) by Brian Cox (6 книг о квантовой теории)
• The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author by Richard Dawkins (5 книг об эволюционной биологии)
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (5 книг о поведенческой экономике)
• Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu (5 книг о причинах экономического неравенства)

I 50 Libri del Decennio

• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

50 Philosophy Classics

• The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" (Incerto) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

500 Great Books by Women

• Veils: Short Stories by Nahid Rachlin (Conflicting Cultures)

500 Must Read Books

• The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
• The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

501 Must-Read Books (Emma Beare, 2006)

• Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by R.M Lumiansky (Classic Fiction)

55 Nonfiction Books to Read in a Lifetime

• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

60 Essential English-Language Works of Modern Indian Literature

• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
• The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

70 iconic Indian books

• Banaras City of Light by Diana L. Eck
• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
• Love Song of the Dark Lord by Barbara Stoller Miller
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
• The Idea of India by Sunil Khilnani
• India Unbound: The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age by Gurcharan Das
• Indian Food: A Historical Companion by K. T. Achaya
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
• The Last Mughal : the Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple
• Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar
• The Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 101 Great Works 1100-1900 by B. N. Goswamy
• Upanisads (Oxford World's Classics) by Patrick Olivelle
• The Upanishads (Penguin Classics) by Juan Mascaro
• The Wonder That Was India by A.L. Basham

9 лучших научно-популярных книг всех времен и народов от ForbesWomann

• The Age of Wonder : How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
• The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution by Richard Dawkins
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

A.K. Ramanujan Prize for Translation

• Upanisads (Oxford World's Classics) by Patrick Olivelle (Olivelle translation)
• The Upanishads (Penguin Classics) by Juan Mascaro (Olivelle translation)

AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books

• The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science by Natalie Angier (Finalist – Young Adult Science Book – 2008)
• The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean (Finalist – Young Adult Science Book – 2011)
• Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli (Finalist – Young Adult Science Book – 2017)

Academy of Gastronomy Gold Medal

• The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson (Germany)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking (Non-fiction – 1999)
• Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe by Mario Livio (Science and Technology)
• The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean (Science and Technology)
• E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis (Science and Technology)
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond (Social Sciences – 2004)
• Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester (History – 2004)
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (Science & Technology – 2004)
• The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--but Some Don't by Nate Silver (Science and Technology)

Albert Hourani Book Award

• A Social History of the Deccan, 1300-1761: Eight Indian Lives (The New Cambridge History of India) by Richard M. Eaton (co-winner – 1994)

Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award

• Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur by Debra Diamond (2010)
• Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection and the Stella Kramrisch Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art by Darielle Mason (2011)

Alice Award

• Yoga: The Art of Transformation by Debra Diamond (Shortlist – 2014)

Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award

• Indian Summer: Lutyens, Baker and Imperial Delhi by Robert Grant Irving (1982)

Amazon's Best Books of the Month

• The Age of Wonder : How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes (July 2009)
• The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee (May – 2016)
• Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson (October – 2017)
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (February – 2015)

Amazon's Best Books of the Year

• The Age of Wonder : How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes (#26 – 2009)

Amazon.com Best Books

• The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker (Science – 2011)
• Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe by Mario Livio (Science – 2013)
• The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Science – 2016)
• The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science by Andrea Wulf (Science – 2015)
• Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester (2003)
• Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson (Biographies and memoirs – 2017)
• My Life by Bill Clinton (2004)
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg (Nonfiction – 2012)
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (History – 2015)
• Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli (Science – 2016)
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (2003)
• The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--but Some Don't by Nate Silver (Nonfiction – 2012)
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Science – 2011)
• Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu (Politics & Social Sciences – 2012)

Ambassador Book Award

• American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird (Winner – Biography/Autobiography – 2006)

American Book Award

• The Age of Wonder : How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes (2009)

American Institute of Physics Prize

• Coming of Age in the Milky Way (Paperback) - Common by By (author) Timothy A Ferris

American Library in Paris Book Award

• In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art by Sue Roe (Shortlist – 2015)

Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize

• A Social History of the Deccan, 1300-1761: Eight Indian Lives (The New Cambridge History of India) by Richard M. Eaton (1995)