Indian Authors and Books

Indian Authors and Books

 

WriterPrimary BooksKey Additional Major Works
Pt. Vishnu SharmaPanchatantra—
VishakhadattaMudra RakshasDevichandraguptam
RaskhanPrem Vatika—
PaniniAshtadhyayi—
ShudrakMrichhakatikam—
KalidasaRaghuvansham, Kumarsambhavam, Meghdootam, AbhigyanshakuñtalamMalavikagnimitram, Vikramorvasiyam
VatsyayanaKama Sutra—
VigyaneshwarMitakshara—
JeemootwahanDaybhag—
KalhanaRajtarangini—
PliniNatural History—
Kautilya (Chanakya)Arthashastra—
DandiAvanti Sundari, Dashkumaracharitam—
Ved VyasBhagwat Gita, Mahabharata—
AshwaghoshBuddha CharitamSaundarananda
JayadevGeet Govind—
Bana BhattKadambariHarshacharita
BhavabhutiMalti MadhavMahaviracharita, Uttararamacharita
Amar SinghAmar Kosh—
BhartrihariNiti-Shatak, Shringar Shatak, Vairagya Shatak—
FirdausiShahnama—
Abul FazalAin-i-Akbari, Akbarnama—
SurdasSahityalahari, SursagarSur Saravali
KabirdasBijak, Ramayani, Sabad—
Gulbadan BegumHumayunama—
Al-BiruniKitab-ul-Hind—
Malik Mohammed JayasiPadmavat—
Mulk Raj AnandCoolie, Confession of a Lover, Two Leaves and a BudUntouchable
Nirad C. ChaudhuryHinduism, Autobiography of an Unknown Indian, A Passage to England, Culture in the Vanity Bag, Continent of Circe—
Rabindra Nath TagoreChitrangada, Gitanjali, Gora, Chandalika, Visarjana, Hungry StonesThe Post Office, Kabuliwala
Sumitranandan PantJyotsana, Yugwani, ChidambaraPallav
Kuldip NayyarThe Judgment, Distant Neighbours, India: The Critical Years, In Jail, India after Nehru, Between the Lines—
Sri Aurobindo GhoshLife Divine, Essays on GitaSavitri
Swami ShivanandDivine Life—
Amrita PritamDeath of a City, Kagaz te Canvas, Forty Nine DaysPinjar
Munshi PremchandGodan, Gaban, Karmabhumi, RangbhumiSevasadan, Mansarovar
Khushwant SinghIndira Gandhi Returns, Indira Gandhi: Badhate Kadam, The Company of WomenTrain to Pakistan
B. M. KaulUntold Story, Confrontation with Pakistan—
M. K. GandhiGokhale, My Political Guru; My Experiments with TruthHind Swaraj
Vijay TendulkarSakharam BinderGhashiram Kotwal
R. K. NarayanThe Dark Room, Malgudi Days, The Guide, My Days, Swami and FriendsThe English Teacher
Dr. S. RadhakrishnanIndian PhilosophyAn Idealist View of Life
Sarojini NaiduGolden Threshold, Broken WingsThe Bird of Time
Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’Anamika, Parimal, Gunjan, Juhi Ki KaliAkani Ki Puja
YashpalJhootha Sach—
Jai Shankar PrasadKamayani, Aansoo, Skandagupta, AjatshatruChandragupta, Jharna
Kazi Nazrul IslamAgni Veena—
Maithilisharan GuptBharat BharatiSaket, Yashodhara
Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’Kurukshetra, UrvashiRashmirathi
Mrs. Indira GandhiEternal IndiaMy Truth
S. H. Vatsyayan ‘Agyeya’Kitni Nawon Mein Kitnee Bar, Aangan Ke Paar Dwar, Shekhar: Ek Jivani, Nadi Ke Dweep—
Mahadevi VermaYama, Niharika, NeerajaDeepshikha
Amrit Lal NagarAmrit Aur VishManas Ka Hans
Nayantara SehgalA Voice of FreedomRich Like Us
V. S. NaipaulArea of Darkness, A House for Mr. Biswas, A Million Mutinies Now, A Bend in the River—
Devkinandan KhatriChandrakanta SantatiChandrakanta
Sharat Chandra ChattopadhyayDevdas, Charitraheen, Shrikant, Parineeta—
Vrindavanlal VermaJhansi Ki RaniMrignayani
Jainendra KumarSunita, Tyagpatra—
Bhagwati Charan VermaChitralekha—
Phanishwar Nath ‘Renu’Maila Aanchal, Mare Gaye Gulfam—
Gajanan Madhav ‘Muktibodh’Chand Ka Munh Tedha Hai—
Bhartendu HarishchandraBharat Durdasha, Satya HarischandraAndher Nagari
Jawaharlal NehruThe Discovery of IndiaGlimpses of World History, An Autobiography
A. P. J. Abdul KalamWings of FireIgnited Minds, India 2020
Arundhati RoyThe God of Small ThingsThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Vikram SethA Suitable BoyAn Equal Music
Jhumpa LahiriThe NamesakeInterpreter of Maladies
Salman RushdieMidnight’s ChildrenThe Satanic Verses
Shashi TharoorAn Era of DarknessThe Great Indian Novel

 

Writer / AuthorBook(s) Listed in ImageAdditional Key Works & Corrected Names
Sachin TendulkarPlaying It My Way—
A. P. J. Abdul KalamMy Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions, Guiding Souls, Ignited Minds, Wings of Fire, Envisioning an Empowered NationTurning Points, Target 3 Billion, Indomitable Spirit
Eric HobsbawmFractured TimesThe Age of Revolution, The Age of Capital
Khurshid Mahmud KasuriNeither a Hawk nor a Dove—
Ashim ChoudhuryThe Sergeant’s Son—
Robert GalbraithThe Cuckoo’s CallingThe Silkworm, Career of Evil (Pen name of J.K. Rowling)
Naseeruddin Shah (Nasiruddin Shah)And Then One Day—
Gillian Flynn (Gilian Flynn)Gone GirlSharp Objects, Dark Places
Khaled HosseiniAnd the Mountains EchoedThe Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns
Javier MoroThe Red Sari (Biography of Sonia Gandhi)Passion India
Mark LeibovichThis TownThank You for Your Servitude
Phil Robertson & Mark SchlabachHappy, Happy, HappyUncanceled
Pranab MukherjeeThe Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi YearsThe Turbulent Years, The Coalition Years
Amish TripathiShiva Trilogy (1. The Immortals of Meluha, 2. The Secret of the Nagas, 3. The Oath of the Vayuputras)Ram Chandra Series (Scion of Ikshvaku, Sita, Raavan)
Dev AnandRomancing with Life—
Debasheesh DuttaSourav Ganguly: The Maharaja of Cricket—
Arunima SinhaBorn Again on the Mountain: A Story of Losing Everything and Finding It—
Tushar GandhiLet’s Kill Gandhi—
Arundhathi SubramaniamWhen God is a TravellerFine Gods, Women Who Forgot to be Good
V. P. SinghManzilon Se Jyada Safar—
Jaswant SinghA Call to Honour: In Service of Emergent IndiaJinnah: India-Partition-Independence
Chetan BhagatHalf GirlfriendFive Point Someone, 2 States, One Night @ the Call Center, Revolution 2020
Judith Lennox (Zudith Lenox)All My SistersThe Italian Lover, The Secrets of Selfridge House
Tom AlterThe Longest Race—
Deepti Priya MehrotraGulab Bai: The Queen of Nautanki TheatreHome Halfway
Dev SukumarTouch Play (Biography of Prakash Padukone)—
Steve Waugh (Steev Waugh)Out of My Comfort Zone: The AutobiographyNever Satisfied
James Patterson (James Petterson)HoneymoonAlong Came a Spider, Kiss the Girls, Alex Cross series
Dan Brown (Don Brown)The Da Vinci CodeAngels & Demons, Inferno, Digital Fortress, Origin
Yashwardhan ShuklaThe Gods of Antarctica—
Arundhati Roy (Arundhati Rai)The God of Small Things, The Algebra of Infinite JusticeThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness, An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire
Shobhaa De (Shobha De)Speed PostSocialite Evening, Starry Nights
Anita Nair (Anita Nayyar)The Better ManLadies Coupe, Lessons in Forgetting
Shashi Tharoor (Shashi Thiroor)Bookless in BaghdadAn Era of Darkness, The Great Indian Novel, Why I Am a Hindu
Amartya Sen (Dr. Amartya Sen)The Argumentative IndianDevelopment as Freedom, The Idea of Justice, Home in the World
Ritu BeriFirefly: A Fairy Tale—
Vikram SethTwo LivesA Suitable Boy, An Equal Music, The Golden Gate
Amitav GhoshThe Glass PalaceSea of Poppies, River of Smoke, The Shadow Lines, The Hungry Tide
Stephen HawkingA Brief History of TimeThe Universe in a Nutshell, The Grand Design
Aung San Suu KyiFreedom from FearLetters from Burma
Anita DesaiFasting, FeastingClear Light of Day, In Custody, The Village by the Sea
William Golding (William Goldings)Lord of the FliesThe Inheritors, Rites of Passage
K. B. Lall (K.B. Lal)Struggle for Change—
H. R. BhardwajNehru Gazing at Tomorrow—
Yann MartelLife of PiBeatrice and Virgil
Vinod RaiNot Just an AccountantRethinking Good Governance
Jhumpa LahiriThe Lowland, Interpreter of MaladiesThe Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, In Other Words
Boria Majumdar / Ashis Ray (Incomplete line in image)One Day Cricket: The Indian Challenge—
P. ChidambaramA View from OutsideUndaunted: Saving the Idea of India
J. K. Rowling (J.K. Rawlling)Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsHarry Potter Series (1–7), The Casual Vacancy
Guy SormanThe Year of the RoosterEconomics Does Not Lie
Amitabh BagchiAbove AverageHalf the Night is Gone
Sukhdeo ThoratDalits in India: A ProfileBlocked by Caste
Kamalini SenguptaThe Top of the Raintree—
Jyotirmay SharmaTerrifying Visions: Golwalkar, the RSS and IndiaHindutva: Exploring the Idea of Hindu Nationalism
Zahid HussainFrontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant IslamNo-Win War
Indu SundaresanThe Splendor of SilenceThe Twentieth Wife, The Feast of Roses
Tariq AliThe Leopard and the Fox: A Pakistani TragedyClash of Fundamentalisms
Mani Shankar AiyarA Time of Transition: Rajiv Gandhi to the 21st CenturyConfessions of a Secular Fundamentalist

 

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