1. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism - by Anne Applebaum

2. River Out of Eden, The God Delusion, The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True, The Blind Watchmaker - by  Richard Dawkins

3. A Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives of V.K. Krishna Menon - by Jairam Ramesh

4. The Art of Living: Death - by Todd May

5. The English Teacher - R.K. Narayan