Crossword Book Awards announces its 2026 Popular Choice shortlists in five categories
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The Crossword Book Awards announced its 2026 Popular Choice shortlist in five categories.
Voting will be open from October 26 to November 23. The titles have been selected based on their sales across Crossword Bookstores. The winners will be announced in December 2026.
Readers can vote for their favourite books here.
Here are the complete shortlists:
Children’s books
A Girl, a Tiger and a Very Strange Story, Paro Anand, illustrated by Priya Kuriyan
Lightning Kid, Viswanathan Anand
Life’s Magic Moments, Ruskin Bond
Sneaker Paati, Anita Nair
The Magic of the Lost Earrings, Sudha Murty
Fiction
12 Years, Chetan Bhagat
Amma’s Diary, Ravi Mantri, translated from Telugu by Sameera
I Cannot Say Goodbye To You, Rithvik Singh
The Ayodhya Alliance, Ashwin Sanghi
The Chola Tigers, Amish
Nonfiction
Mother Mary Comes To Me, Arundhati Roy
Mrs Funnybones Returns, Twinkle Khanna, published by Juggernaut Books
Operation Sindoor, Lt. Gen. KJS “Tiny” Dhillon
The Outsider: A Memoir of Misfits, Vir Das
Thinking of Winter, Shantanu Naidu, illustrated by Sumouli Dutta
Business and Management
Doing the Right Thing: Learnings from Ratan Tata, Harish Bhat
Human Edge in the AI Edge, Nitin Seth
The CEO Mindset: Developing Leadership Habits and Mental Models for Success, Shiv Shivakumar
The Money Ball: Your Guide to Crafting Business Ideas and Fundraising, Sarthak Ahuja
Zero To Scale: A Playbook To Build Consumer Brands In India, Arindam Paul
Mind, Body and Spirit
It’s Okay, Jaya Kishori
Manifest Anything In 100 Days, Amiett Kumar
Truth Without Apology, Acharya Prashant
Winning People Without Losing Yourself, Ankur Warikoo
You Can Have It All, Gaur Gopal Das