The Tata Literature Live! First Book Award recognises new talent in the Indian literary space across the fiction and non-fiction genres.
In the Fiction category, the longlist of nominees are (in alphabetical order):
- Empire by Devi Yesodharan (Juggernaut)
- Leila by Prayaag Akbar (Simon & Schuster)
- Mr. Iyer Goes to War by Ryan Lobo (Bloomsbury)
- South Haven by Hirsh Sawhney (HarperCollins)
- These Circuses that Sweep through the Landscape by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm (Aleph)
- Year of the Hawk by Kanwaljit Deol (Speaking Tiger)
In the Non–Fiction category, the long list of nominees are below (in alphabetical order):
- How I Became a Tree by Sumana Roy (Aleph)
- Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent by Pranay Lal (Penguin Random House)
- Intimacy Undone: Marriage, Divorce and Family Law in India by Malavika Rajkotia (Speaking Tiger)
- Maid in India: Stories of Opportunity and Inequality Inside our Homes by Tripti Lahiri (Aleph)
- Mr and Mrs Jinnah: The Marriage that Shook India by Sheela Reddy (Penguin Random House)
- The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta by Kushanava Choudhury (Bloomsbury)