Winners will be declared on 12 Jan 2019

Shortlisted Entries

Printed Book of the Year (English)

Shortlist

Born to be Hanged

Born to Be Hanged: Political Biography of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

(Rupa Publications)

Remnants

Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory

(HarperCollins India)

sair-ul-manazil

Sair-ul-Manazil

(Tulika Books)

strongmen

Strongmen: Trump, Modi, Erdogan, Duterte

(LeftWord Books)

The RTI Story

The RTI Story: Power to the People

(Roli Books)

Printed Book of the Year (Indian Languages)

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Avasthantarachya Kavita

(Copper Coin Publishing)

Janamaru Maran

(Dhauli Books)

Sukh Aur Sehat Ka Swad

(HarperCollins India)

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Samparkkshetrachya Baher

(Copper Coin Publishing)

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Vachabhang

(Copper Coin Publishing)

Children's Book of the Year

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A Book for Puchku

(Pratham Books)

Amrita Sher-Gil: Rebel with a Paintbrush

(HarperCollins India)

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Dance of the Wild

(Pickle Yolk Books)

Salim Mamoo and Me

(Tulika Publishers)

The Boys Who Fought

(Penguin Random House)

Illustrated Book of the Year

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Bollywood: The Films! The Songs! The Stars!

(Dorling Kindersley Publishing)

Manu Parekh: 60 Years of Selected Works

(Aleph Book Company)

Longform Vol.1: An Anthology of Graphic Narratives

(HarperCollins India)

The Konyaks: Last of the Tattooed Headhunters

(Roli Books)

Vivan Sundaram: History Project

(Tulika Books)

Book Cover of the Year (English)

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100 Poems Are Not Enough

100 Poems Are Not Enough

(Walking Bookfairs; Designed by Biraja Biswal)

Centrepiece

Centrepiece

(Zubaan; Designed by Pooja Saxena)

Day & Dastan

Day and Dastan: Two Novellas

(Niyogi Books; Designed by Misha Oberoi)

Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns

Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns

(Pan Macmillan India; Designed by Haitenlo Semy)

Night of Happiness

Night of Happiness

(Pan Macmillan India; Designed by Steve Leard)

Book Cover of the Year (Indian Languages)

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Do Log

Do Log

(HarperCollins India; Designed by Saurabh Garge)

Imran

Imran Series Volume 2

(HarperCollins India; Designed by Rehman Muzbir and Shuka Jain)

Mooper

Mooper

(Discovery Book Palace; Designed by M. Rohini)

Pazhaya Yaanai Kadai

Pazhaya Yaanai Kadai

(Kalachuvadu Publications; Designed by M. Rohini)

Peruvali

Peruvali

(Kalachuvadu Publications; Designed by M. Rohini)

Editor of the Year

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Aienla Ozukum

Aienla Ozukum

Gurveen

Gurveen Chadha

Premanka

Premanka Goswami

Reena Puri

Reena I Puri

Sohini Mitra

Sohini Mitra

Illustrator of the Year

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Kalyani Ganapathy

Rajiv Eipe

ruchi

Ruchi Mhasane

Sonali Zohra

Sonali Zohra

Vidit Narang

Bookstore of the Year

Shortlist

Bingsha Shatabdi

Kitab Khana

Om Book Shop

Trilogy

Walking Bookfairs

Publisher of the Year

Shortlist

aleph

Aleph Book Company

duckbill

Duckbill Books

harper collins

HarperCollins Publishers India

kalachuvadu

Kalachuvadu Publications

Pickle Yolk

Pickle Yolk Books