Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Winners

The literary award for debut writers funded by the Shakti Bhatt Foundation of India. Shakti Bhatt was a young writer/editor.

Winners

	The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka's Civil War by Rohini Mohan (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 841 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scatter Here Is Too Great by Bilal Tanweer 3.34 avg rating — 743 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wildings (The Wildings, #1) by Nilanjana Roy 3.91 avg rating — 1,356 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay's Jazz Age by Naresh Fernandes 4.26 avg rating — 47 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad 3.53 avg rating — 3,185 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Following Fish: Travels around the Indian Coast by Samanth Subramanian (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 1,114 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If It Is Sweet by Mridula Koshy (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 53 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif 3.77 avg rating — 12,162 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

nominees

	The Golden Pigeon by Shahid Siddiqui liked it 3.00 avg rating — 16 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War by Raghu Karnad 3.89 avg rating — 558 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vanished Path: A Graphic Travelogue by Bharath Murthy 3.49 avg rating — 39 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire Under Ash by Saskya Jain 2.65 avg rating — 20 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devourers by Indra Das 3.75 avg rating — 4,734 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Smoke Is Rising by Mahesh Rao (Goodreads Author) 3.30 avg rating — 167 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Competent Authority by Shovon Chowdhury (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 131 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cool, Dark Place by Supriya Dravid 3.56 avg rating — 39 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vanishing Act by Prawin Adhikari 3.38 avg rating — 39 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Bad Character by Deepti Kapoor 3.33 avg rating — 1,012 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Pleasant Kind Of Heavy And Other Erotic Stories by Aranyani 3.68 avg rating — 68 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King's Harvest by Chetan Raj Shrestha 3.71 avg rating — 160 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	India Becoming: A Portrait of Life in Modern India by Akash Kapur (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 535 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boats on Land by Janice Pariat (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 548 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foreign by Sonora Jha (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 63 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calcutta Exile by Bunny Suraiya 3.74 avg rating — 87 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Inexplicable Unhappiness of Ramu Hajjam by Taj Hassan 3.30 avg rating — 23 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King in Exile by Sudha Shah 4.19 avg rating — 161 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Purple Line by Priyamvada N. Purushotham (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 73 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tamasha in Bandargaon by Navneet Jagannathan 3.04 avg rating — 47 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	R. D. Burman: The Man, The Music by Anirudha Bhattacharjee (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 160 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi by Aman Sethi 3.74 avg rating — 1,155 ratings Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Nominee (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars