Important Books and Authors – January to October 2025

Books and authors are an integral part of current affairs preparation for government job aspirants and competitive exam candidates. Every year, numerous books are launched in fields like politics, defence, literature, history, science, and personal memoirs, reflecting the country’s intellectual and cultural trends. Knowing these latest book releases and their authors not only enhances general awareness but also helps in answering questions often asked in SSC, Banking, Railways, and State PCS exams. This article provides a comprehensive month-wise list of important books and authors released from January to October 2025, helping readers stay informed and exam-ready.

Important Books and Authors – January to October 2025

Keeping track of recently published books is an essential part of current affairs preparation for UPSC, SSC, banking, and other government exams. Below is the month-wise list of notable books and their authors for 2025.

October 2025

Author	Book Title
Swapnil Pandey	Wings of Valour
Shiv Kumar Mohanka	Above and Beyond
Dr. P. Vijay Anand Reddy	Maine Cancer Ko Jeet Liya
General Anil Chauhan	Ready, Relevant and Resurgent II: Shaping a Future Ready Force
B.K. Harinarayanan	Sivam Subham: The Biography of a Couple
Lt Gen Raj Shukla (Retd)	Civil-Military Fusion as a Metric of National Power and Comprehensive Security
Berjis Desai	Modi’s Mission
Jaroslavas Melnikas	Antim Din

September 2025

Author	Book Title
Amish Tripathi	Chola Tigers: The Avengers of Somnath in Chennai
Arundhati Roy	Mother Mary Comes to Me
Lt Gen K.J.S. Dhillon (Retd.)	Operation Sindoor: The Untold Story of India’s Deep Strikes Inside Pakistan
Priyambada Jayakumar	M.S. Swaminathan: The Man Who Fed India
Dr. Ananya Awasthi & Dr. Nikhil Yadav	Living The Vivekananda Way

August 2025

Author	Book Title
Priyambada Jayakumar	M.S. Swaminathan: The Man Who Fed India
Vivek Singhal	Dominion and Dharma: Reframing Capitalism Through Conquest, Consciousness, and Civilizational Memory
Former CJI D.Y. Chandrachud	Why the Constitution Matters
Amish Tripathi	The Chola Tigers: The Avengers of Somnath in Chennai

July 2025

Author	Book Title
Bidyut Chakrabarty & Prakash Chand Kandpal	Public Administration in India
V.S. Ravi	Confessions of a Shakespeare Addict
Capt. S.N. Ahmed	Das Paise ka Postcard
Lata Pandey & Dr. Ramanand	Sustainable Wellness of Students: A Collective Responsibility in Higher Education
Anupam Kher	Different But No Less
Abhishek Choudhary	Believer’s Dilemma

June 2025

Author	Book Title
Audrey Truschke	India: 5000 Years of History on the Subcontinent
Col Yoginder Kandhari (Retd.)	Kashmir Insurgency – Deconstructing the State Response Revisiting 1989–90
Adish C. Aggarwala	Modi’s Niti Shastra: The World’s His Oyster
Sucheta Raj Khanna	The Stars Light the Way
A.K. Bhattacharya	Different Strokes (1998–2014)
Jacinda Ardern	A Different Kind of Power
Thangam Thennarasu & Arumuga Sitharaman	Varalaru Koorum Tamil Nattu Kaasugal
President Droupadi Murmu	Wings to Our Hopes – Volume II
Prem Prakash	History That India Ignored
Partab Ramchand	Celebrating V.V. Kumar @ 90
BlueKraft Digital Foundation	The Emergency Diaries – Years That Forged a Leader
Shikhar Dhawan	The One: Cricket, My Life and More
Lalit Shaurya	Swasthya Ke Prahari

May 2025

Author	Book Title
Dr. S.P. Sharma	India@2047: Leading the Global Economic Order
Bandaru Dattatraya	Janta Ki Kahani – Meri Aatamkatha
Zhaleo Rio (IAS)	PMAY-U Coffee Table Book
Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson	Original Sin
Srinath Raghavan	Indira Gandhi and the Years that Transformed India

April 2025

Author	Book Title
Shri Sujeet Kumar	AI on Trial
Gopalkrishna Gandhi	The Undying Light: A Personal History of Independent India
Anupama Sharma	Buransh: The Fragrance of Words
S. Ambujammal	The India I Saw
Sarah Wynn-Williams	Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Dr. Prabhat Ojha	Sanskriti Ka Paanchva Adhyay
Ms. Shalini Goyal Bhalla	I Am Circular (Coffee Table Book)
Amarjit Singh Dulat	The Chief Minister and the Spy
Hari Singh Rana	Mere Achhe Din
Fali S. Nariman	Beyond the Courtroom
Arun Singhal & Dr. Devendra Kumar Sharma	Ramanujan: Journey of a Great Mathematician
Himanshu Roy	Agent Zo

March 2025

Author	Book Title
Rashmi Trivedi	She for Her
Sapna Sharma	The Life and Contribution of the Women Members of the Constituent Assembly
Daggubati Venkateswara Rao	Prapancha Charitra
P.S. Raman	Leo — The Untold Story
K. Arumugam & Errol D’Cruz	March of Glory
V. Sriram & Lashman	Memories and Milestones
Dr. V.I. Mathan	To the Seventh Generation
DDWS & UNICEF India	Ripples of Change: Gender-transformative rural WASH programmes in India
Neneh Cherry	A Thousand Threads
Rachel Clarke	The Story of a Heart
Chloe Dalton	Raising Hare
Clare Mulley	Agent Zo
Helen Scales	What the Wild Sea Can Be
Yuan Yang	Private Revolutions

February 2025

Author	Book Title
Geetika Lidder	I Am a Soldier’s Wife: The Life and Love of Toni Lidder
Amitabh Kant	Life on Mars: Collected Stories
Kailash Satyarthi	Diyaslai

January 2025

Author	Book Title
Dr. Deepa Malik	Bring It On: The Incredible Story of My Life
Amitabh Kant	How India Scaled Mt G20: The Inside Story of the G20 Presidency
Dr. K.S. Chauhan	Parliament: Powers, Functions & Privileges; a Comparative Constitutional Perspective
Pankaj Mishra	The World After Gaza
Amitav Ghosh	Wild Fictions
Sanghamitra Chakraborty	Soumitra Chatterjee and His World (Vintage)