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Home in the World: A Memoir is an autobiographical book by Nobel laureate Indian economist Amartya Sen, published on 8 July 2021. It was published by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

In this book, Amartya Sen describes experiences related to his early life, family environment, education, and intellectual development. It covers different stages of his life spent in Dhaka, Santiniketan, Kolkata, and Cambridge.

The book discusses the influence of Rabindranath Tagore's educational ideas and the intellectual environment of Santiniketan. Tagore gave him the name 'Amartya'. It also describes the development of his ideas relating to economics, philosophy, social justice, identity, famines, and public discourse.

Amartya Sen received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his contributions to Welfare Economics. His major research areas include Social Choice Theory, poverty, famines, inequality, and the Capability Approach.

Major books by Amartya Sen and their publication years:

Development as Freedom connects development with the expansion of individuals' real freedoms and capabilities. The Argumentative Indian analyses India's traditions of argumentation and public discourse, while The Idea of Justice discusses philosophical questions relating to justice, social arrangements, and the reduction of actual injustice.