FINALISTS (in random order) (winner to be announced at the award ceremony)
Category		Author	Publisher
Biography
	I am a Fleeting Moment in Time	Dr Maya Parijat	Vitasta Publishing
	A Samurai Dream Of Azad Hind - Rash Behari Bose	Prasun Roy	Vitasta Publishing
	The reluctant Doctor	Dr Balesh Jindal	Vitasta Publishers
Historical Fiction
	Moksha Divine Reversal	Dr. Aditya Rattan	Notionpress
	The Chola Tigers	Amish Tripathi	HarperCollins Publishers India Pvt. Ltd
	The Undercover Revolutionary: Rajkumari Gupta and the Kakori Conspiracy	Sameer Sheikh	Om Books International
Thriller
	The Banglore conspiracy	Nisheet Kumar	Srishti Publishers
	Run Dad Run	Shil niyogi	Om Books International
	The Last Man Standing	Naveen Singh	Shristi Publishers and Distributors
Romance
	Hashtag: Its complicated	Ritu Khurana	Paper Town
	Too Good To Be True	Prajakta Koli	HarperCollins Publishers India Pvt. Ltd
	Strangers in the Sky	Sher Singh	HSRA Publications
Horror
	Zombie Apocalypse	Yug Tomar	BriBooks
	Whispers From Beyond: Supernatural Tales	Khushal gaur	Khushal gaur
	From the Himalayas to the Helm	Dr. Rakesh Kumar	Dr. Rakesh kumar
	Haunting of Ravenwood Book 1
Poetry
	Brown God's Child	Smitha Sehgal	Erbacce Press ( UK)
	Singing over bones	Amy singh	Om Books International
Autobiography
	The India I Saw : An Autobiography	Sriram V	Rupa Publications
	A middle class family	Siddhi vats	Siddhi vats
	Wings Of Courage: A Mother's Story Of Love, Loss And	Charu Malik	Rupa Publications
Book of Children
	Panchtantra Reboot ‚ The Fun Tales	Aayansh Kumar	BriBooks
	The forgotten Letter	Adidev Raj singh	BriBooks
	Detective PTM Cracks the code	Udisha Patnaik	BriBooks
Mystery
	The order of the Enenra	Aryan Agarwal	Om Books International
	The Nightmare	Haniya Adeel	Haniya adeel
	Echoes of thousand dreams	Varnika sharma	Varnika sharma
Short Stories
	My dad is my superhero	Divit Bhanushali	Bribooks
	Mussoorie Montage: Tales from the Hills	Divyaroop Bhatnagar	Om Books International
	Life, love & Us : stories of contemporary India	Sonia Vashishta Oberoi	Locksley Hall Publishing
Science Fiction
	Biggest Inventions	Kamal Parkash Vashishta	Bribooks
	Continuum, A love story	Lasya Nandana Seelam	Lifi Publications
	The Bow Who Borrowed Time	Nakul Sharma	Nakul Sharma
Best Under 25 Female
	Wildflower Thoughts	Ishil Sibal	Notion Press
	Rise and fall - The unpredictable life	Anchal Singh	Notion Press
Best Under 25 Male
	Oriental Wisdom: Odysseys Of A Young Indian	Tathagat Anand Srivastava	Rupa Publications