Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest presents literary awards annually for Fiction, Non-Fiction and Business books published during the year. The awards aim to recognise and encourage literary talent across the genres among both established and new writers. The awards which are considered prestigious and keenly awaited each year, are one of the highlights of the Festival, where the winners are announced at the grande finale. 
 
The Longlists in each category (in alphabetical order), and the eminent juries that decided the awards are as follows:

Tata Literature Live! Fiction Book of the Year Longlist (in alphabetical order)
1. Black River by Nilanjana Roy (Westland Books)
2. Everything The Light Touches by Janice Pariat (HarperCollins Publishers)
3. Fear And Lovely by Anjana Appachana (Penguin Random House India)
4. The Education Of Yuri by Jerry Pinto (Speaking Tiger Books) 
5. The Light At The End Of The World by Siddhartha Deb (Westland Books)
6. The Secret Of More by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm (Aleph Book Company)