This year’s FICCI Publishing Awards – held each year to recognize the best work in the publishing industry – were distributed at Publicon 2025 conference held at FICCI on 5 August. HarperCollins & Pratham Books led the list of winners.
This year’s awards are as follows:
Children’s Book of the Year in English (Below 10 years): Mommies by Richa Jha, illustrated by Priya Sebastian, Pickle Yolk Books
Children’s Book of the Year in English (Below 10 years) Special Jury Award: Ajay of Agumbe and the Signal Snake by Zai Whitaker, illustrated by Rajiv Eipe, Pratham Books
Children’s Book of the Year in English (10 and above years): Thiruvalluvar’s Kural for Kids – Book 1, translated and storified by Mamathi Chari, Reado Junior – an imprint of Readomania
Children’s Book of the Year in English (10 and above years) Special Jury Award: The Forestborns by Vardhini Amin, Hachette India
Comic Graphic Novel of the Year: ZardoZi – Stitched with Love by Debasmita Dasgupta and edited by Rajat Mittal, HarperCollins Children’s
Book of the Year – Best Cover Design: How to Love in Sanskrit edited and translated by Anusha Rao and Suhas Mahesh, HarperCollins Publishers India
Book of the Year – Best Cover Design Special Jury Award: When the Sun Sets by Ogin Nayam, illustrated by Ogin Nayam, Pratham Books
Book of the Year – Best Overall Design: Iconic Trees of India: 75 Natural Wonders by S Natesh, illustrated by Sagar Bowmick, Roli Books
Book of the Year – Best Overall Design Special Jury Award: Space Rules by Bijal Vachharajani and Aparna Kapur, photographs by NASA, illustrated by Canato Jimo, Pratham Books
Book of the Year – Non-fiction Hindi: Aashaon ki Udaan, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Book of the Year – Best Production Paperback: My First Shloka Book Collection by Chitwan Mittal, Adidev Press
Book of the Year – Best Production Hardbound: Master of the 7 Swars by Pratyush Gupta, Roli Books
Best Printed Book of the Year: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi, Pantheon Graphic Library and The Ocean Book: The Stories, Science and History of Oceans, Dorling Kindersley. Awarded to Replika Press
Book of the Year – Best Translation: Mayaloka by Poornachandra Tejaswi, translated from Kannada by Krishna Murthy Chandar, Ratna Books
Book of the Year – Best Translation Special Jury Award: Illuminating Worlds: An Anthology of Classical Indian Literature, translated and introduced by Srinivas Reddy, Bloomsbury India
Book of the Year – Fiction English: Whistles of the Siphoong: Tales from Assam’s Bodo Heartland by Rashmi Narzary, Om Books International
Book of the Year – Fiction English Special Jury Award: Swallowing the Sun: A Novel by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri, Aleph Book Company
Book of the Year – Non-fiction English: The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World by William Dalrymple, Bloomsbury India
Book of the Year – Non-fiction English Special Jury Award: 565: The Dramatic Story of Unifying India by Mallika Ravikumar, Hachette India
Children’s Book of the Year in Hindi (Below 10 years): Jungle Mein Ek Raat by Sushil Shukl, Eklavya Foundation
Children’s Book of the Year in Hindi (10 and above years): Shomu aur Hatharaman, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Business Book of the Year Self-Help: The Health and Wealth Paradox: How to Use First Principles Thinking to Achieve Both by Ankush Datar and Mihir Patki, HarperCollins Publishers India
Business Book of the Year – Biography of a Business Leader: Ratan Tata – A Life by Thomas Mathew, HarperCollins Publishers India
Business Book of the Year – Business Economics: The Dirty Dozen: The Untold Story of India’s Twelve Biggest Corporate Gangsters by N Sundaresha Subramanian, Pan Macmillan India
Business Book of the Year – Business Management: Capitalism to Peopleism: Inspiring a Leadership Transformation by Ravi Chaudhry, Simon & Schuster India
