famous indian authors and their books list
| Author | Book(s) |
|---|---|
| Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo | Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty |
| Amish Tripathi | The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas, The Oath of the Vayuputras |
| Amitav Ghosh | The Shadow Lines, The Calcutta Chromosome, The Glass Palace |
| Anita Desai | Clear Light of Day, In Custody, Fasting, Feasting |
| Anita Nair | Ladies Coupe, Mistress, Lessons in Forgetting |
| Aravind Adiga | The White Tiger, Last Man in Tower, Selection Day |
| Aravind Adiga | Between the Assassinations, Amnesty |
| Aruna Nambiar | Mango Cheeks, Metal Teeth |
| Arundhati Roy | The God of Small Things, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness |
| Arundhati Roy | The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, The End of Imagination |
| Ashwin Sanghi | The Rozabal Line, Chanakya's Chant, The Krishna Key |
| Chetan Bhagat | Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center, 2 States |
| Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | The Palace of Illusions, Sister of My Heart |
| Devdutt Pattanaik | Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata, Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana |
| J.M. Coetzee | Waiting for the Barbarians, Life and Times of Michael K, Disgrace |
| Jaya Jha | The Test of My Life |
| Jeet Thayil | Narcopolis, The Book of Chocolate Saints |
| Jerry Pinto | Em and the Big Hoom, Murder in Mahim |
| Jhumpa Lahiri | Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth |
| Jiddu Krishnamurti | The First and Last Freedom, The Only Revolution, On Love and Loneliness |
| Kamala Markandaya | Nectar in a Sieve, Two Virgins |
| Khushwant Singh | Train to Pakistan, Delhi, The Company of Women |
| Kiran Desai | The Inheritance of Loss, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard |
| Kiran Nagarkar | Ravan and Eddie, Cuckold, God's Little Soldier |
| Manu Joseph | Serious Men, The Illicit Happiness of Other People |
| Manu Joseph | Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous, The Illicit Happiness of Other People |
| Meena Kandasamy | When I Hit You, Exquisite Cadavers |
| Mulk Raj Anand | Untouchable, Coolie, Two Leaves and a Bud |
| N.K. Jemisin | The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The Killing Moon |
| Nayantara Sahgal | Rich Like Us, Plans for Departure |
| Padma Lakshmi | Love, Loss, and What We Ate, Tangy Tart Hot and Sweet |
| R.K. Narayan | Malgudi Days, The Guide, Swami and Friends |
| Rabindranath Tagore | Gitanjali, Kabuliwala, The Home and the World |
| Raj Kamal Jha | The Blue Bedspread, If You Are Afraid of Heights |
| Raja Rao | Kanthapura, The Serpent and the Rope, The Cat and Shakespeare |
| Rohinton Mistry | A Fine Balance, Family Matters, Such a Long Journey |
| Ruskin Bond | The Blue Umbrella, The Room on the Roof, Rusty Runs Away |
| Salman Rushdie | Midnight's Children, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories |
| Shashi Deshpande | That Long Silence, Small Remedies |
| Shashi Tharoor | The Great Indian Novel, Show Business, The Five Dollar Smile |
| Shobhaa De | Socialite Evenings, Sultry Days, Second Thoughts |
| Sujatha Gidla | Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India |
| Sunil Gangopadhyay | Those Days, The Circle |
| Sunita Narain | Conflicts of Interest: My Journey through India’s Green Movement |
| Uday Prakash | The Walls of Delhi, The Girl with the Golden Parasol |
| Upamanyu Chatterjee | English, August: An Indian Story, The Last Burden |
| Vikram Chandra | Red Earth and Pouring Rain, Sacred Games, Love and Longing in Bombay |
| Vikram Seth | A Suitable Boy, An Equal Music, Two Lives |
| Y.S. Rajan | The Rise of Robots: Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment |
famous indian authors and their books list with description
| Author | Book(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amitav Ghosh | The Shadow Lines, The Calcutta Chromosome, The Glass Palace | The Shadow Lines is a novel about the impact of political borders on people's lives; The Calcutta Chromosome is a science fiction novel that explores themes of history, time, and identity; The Glass Palace is a historical novel that tells the story of a family in Burma during the British colonization of the country. |
| Amitav Ghosh | The Shadow Lines, The Hungry Tide, The Glass Palace | The Shadow Lines is a novel about a young man's memories of his family and the events that shaped their lives in India and Bangladesh; The Hungry Tide is a novel set in the Sundarbans and follows the lives of a marine biologist, a businessman, and a local fisherman; The Glass Palace is a novel about a young man who becomes a wealthy merchant and the lives of the people around him during the colonial era. |
| Anita Desai | Clear Light of Day, In Custody, Fasting, Feasting | Clear Light of Day is a novel about the relationships between siblings and the changes brought about by modernization in India; In Custody is a novel about a Hindi poet in decline and the culture clash between modernity and tradition; Fasting, Feasting is a novel about the lives of two siblings, one in India and one in the US, and the expectations placed on them by their families. |
| Anita Desai | Clear Light of Day, Fasting, Feasting, The Village by the Sea | Clear Light of Day is a novel about a family in Delhi and the memories that bind them together; Fasting, Feasting is a novel about the experiences of two siblings, one in India and one in the US; The Village by the Sea is a novel about a family living in poverty in a fishing village in India. |
| Arundhati Roy | The God of Small Things, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, The End of Imagination | The God of Small Things is a novel about a family in Kerala and the tragic events that befall them; The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a novel that explores themes of gender identity, political conflict, and love; The End of Imagination is a collection of essays about political and social issues in India. |
| Arundhati Roy | The God of Small Things, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness | The God of Small Things is a novel set in Kerala that tells the story of a family and their tragedies; The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a novel set in India and explores the lives of different characters and their experiences with politics, religion, and love. |
| Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | The Palace of Illusions, Sister of My Heart, Before We Visit the Goddess | The Palace of Illusions is a retelling of the Indian epic, the Mahabharata, from the perspective of Draupadi; Sister of My Heart is a novel about two cousins growing up in Calcutta and the challenges they face as they grow older; Before We Visit the Goddess is a novel about three generations of women and their relationships with each other. |
| J.M. Coetzee | Waiting for the Barbarians, Life and Times of Michael K, Disgrace | Waiting for the Barbarians is a novel about a colonial official who becomes disillusioned with his role in subjugating an indigenous people; Life and Times of Michael K is a novel about a man who tries to escape the violence of civil war in South Africa; Disgrace is a novel about a university professor who is forced to confront his own moral failings in post-apartheid South Africa. |
| Jhumpa Lahiri | Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth | Interpreter of Maladies is a collection of short stories about the experiences of Indian immigrants in the US; The Namesake is a novel about a young man who struggles with his identity as the child of immigrants; Unaccustomed Earth is a collection of short stories about the relationships between parents and children. |
| Kamala Markandaya | Nectar in a Sieve, Two Virgins | Nectar in a Sieve is a novel about a peasant woman in rural India and her struggles to survive in a changing world; Two Virgins is a novel about two young women from different backgrounds who become friends in college. |
| Khushwant Singh | Train to Pakistan, Delhi, The Company of Women | Train to Pakistan is a novel about the partition of India and the violence that followed; Delhi is a novel about the city of Delhi and its people; The Company of Women is a novel about a man who retires from his job and begins a new life with a group of women. |
| Kiran Desai | The Inheritance of Loss, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard | The Inheritance of Loss is a novel about a retired judge living in the Himalayas and his relationship with his granddaughter; Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is a novel about a young man who becomes a hermit and the chaos that ensues in his village. |
| Kiran Nagarkar | Cuckold, Ravan and Eddie, God's Little Soldier | Cuckold is a novel set in 16th-century Rajasthan about a queen who has an affair with a court musician; Ravan and Eddie is a novel set in Mumbai about two boys who grow up together; God's Little Soldier is a novel about a young man who becomes a religious fanatic. |
| R.K. Narayan | Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The Guide | Swami and Friends is a novel about a young boy growing up in a small town in India; The Bachelor of Arts is a novel about a young man in college and his experiences with love and education; The Guide is a novel about a tour guide who becomes a spiritual leader and the consequences of his actions. |
| Raja Rao | Kanthapura, The Serpent and the Rope, The Cat and Shakespeare | Kanthapura is a novel about the Indian independence movement and the role of rural communities in it; The Serpent and the Rope is a novel about a young man's search for meaning and his relationship with his wife; The Cat and Shakespeare is a novel about a young man who travels to London to study and his encounters with various characters. |
| Rohinton Mistry | A Fine Balance, Family Matters, Such a Long Journey | A Fine Balance is a novel about the lives of four characters from different backgrounds in India during the Emergency period of the 1970s; Family Matters is a novel about a family in Mumbai and their struggles with aging and illness; Such a Long Journey is a novel about a man in Mumbai who becomes embroiled in a political scandal. |
| Rohinton Mistry | A Fine Balance, Such a Long Journey, Family Matters | A Fine Balance is a novel set in 1970s India that follows the lives of four characters from different backgrounds as they try to survive during a time of political turmoil; Such a Long Journey is a novel about a man living in 1970s Bombay and the challenges he faces with his family, friends, and community; Family Matters is a novel about an elderly man and his family in modern-day Mumbai. |
| Ruskin Bond | The Blue Umbrella, The Room on the Roof, Rusty Runs Away | The Blue Umbrella is a novella about a young girl in a small |
| Salman Rushdie | Midnight's Children, Shame, The Satanic Verses | Midnight's Children is a novel that tells the story of India's independence through the lives of two characters who were born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947; Shame is a novel that explores the political turmoil in Pakistan during the 1970s and 1980s; The Satanic Verses is a novel that explores themes of identity, religion, and cultural conflict. |
| V.S. Naipaul | A House for Mr. Biswas, In a Free State, The Enigma of Arrival | A House for Mr. Biswas is a novel about a man in Trinidad who strives for independence and a sense of belonging; In a Free State is a collection of stories about the experience of displacement and cultural dislocation; The Enigma of Arrival is a novel about a writer who moves to England and contemplates the meaning of home and identity. |
| Vikram Chandra | Sacred Games, Love and Longing in Bombay, Red Earth and Pouring Rain | Sacred Games is a novel about a police officer's pursuit of a notorious criminal in Mumbai; Love and Longing in Bombay is a collection of stories that explore the themes of love and loss; Red Earth and Pouring Rain is a novel that retells the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata, in a contemporary setting. |
| Vikram Seth | A Suitable Boy, An Equal Music, The Golden Gate | A Suitable Boy is a novel about a young woman in post-independence India and her search for a suitable husband; An Equal Music is a novel about a musician who reconnects with his former lover and the complications that arise; The Golden Gate is a novel written in verse about a group of young professionals in San Francisco. |