Indian Books and Authors are important topic for government job examinations. We have compiled three lists of important Indian Books and Authors for the upcoming government job examinations.
Indian Books and Authors
The following list contains popular indian books and authors.
| Books | Authors |
|---|---|
| Ramayana | Valmiki |
| Mahabharata | Ved Vyas |
| Kathasaritsagar | Som Dev |
| Buddha Charita | Asvaghosa |
| Charaka Samhita | Charak |
| Mahabhasya | Patanjali |
| Panchatantra | Vishnu Sharma |
| Mudra Rakshas | Vishakhadatta |
| Ashtadhyayi | Panini |
| Natya Shastra | Bhart Muni |
| Mrichhakatikam | Shudrak |
| Ram Charit Manas | Tulsi Das |
| Raghuvansham | Kalidasa |
| Kumarsambhavam | Kalidasa |
| Meghdootam | Kalidasa |
| Ratnavali | Harsha Vardhan |
| Malavikagnimitra | Kalidasa |
| Abhigyanshakuntalam | Kalidasa |
| Ritu Samhara | Kalidasa |
| Kama Sutra | Vatsyayana |
| Rajtarangini | Kalhana |
| Arthashastra | Kautilya |
| Geet Govind | Jayadev |
| Kadambari | Bana Bhatta |
| Ain-i-Akbari | Abul Fazal |
| Akbarnama | Abul Fazal |
| Baburnama | Babur |
| Indica | Megasthenes |
| Humayunama | Gulbadan Begum |
| Tuzk-e-Jahangiri | Jahangir |
| Kitab-ul-Hind | Al-Beruni |
| Glimpses of World History | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Gita Rahasya | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Padmavat | Malik Mohammad Jayasi |
| Discovery of India | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Passage to England | Nirad C. Choudhury |
| Pather Panchali | Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay |
| Autobiography of an Unknown Indian | Nirad C. Chaudhury |
| Anandmath | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
| Gitanjali | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| Gora | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| Chitra | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| Post Office | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| Kore Kagaz | Amrita Pritam |
| Broken Wings | Sarojini Naidu |
| Hind Swaraj | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Godan Premchand | Munsi Premchand |
| My Experiments with Truth | M. k. Gandhi |
| Malgudi Days | R. K. Narayanan |
| Coolie | Mulk Raj Anand |
| An Idealist View of Life | S. Radhakrishnan |
| Devdas | Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| A Suitable Boy | Vikram Seth |
| Area of Darkness | V. S. Naipul |
| Train to Pakistan | Khuswant Sing |
| Untouchable | Mulk Raj Anand |
| Indian Philosophy | S. Radhakrishnan |
| Hindu View of Life | S. Radhakrishnan |
| Poverty and Un-British Rule | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| An Autobiography | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| The Private Life of an Indian Prince | Mulk Raj Anand |
| The Room on The Roof | Ruskin Bond |
| Indian War of Independence | V. D. Savarkar |
| The Complete Adventures of Feluda | Satyajit Rai |
| Prison Diary | Jay Prakash Narayn |
| From Volga to Ganga | Rahul Sanskritayan |
| Economic History of India | Ramesh Chandra Dutta |
| Satyartha Prakash | Swami Dayanand |
| Neel Darpan | Dinabandhu Mitra |
| What Congress and Gandhi Have Done to the Untouchables | B. R. Ambedkar |
Books and Authors (Foreign)
The following list contains famous books written by foreign authors.
| Books | Authors |
|---|---|
| Wealth of Nations | Wealth of Nations |
| Mein Kamph | Mein Kamph |
| Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| Animal Farm | Animal Farm |
| Republic | Republic |
| Divine Comedy | Divine Comedy |
| Illiad | Illiad |
| Odyssey | Odyssey |
| Principia | Principia |
| Mother | Mother |
| Time Machine | Time Machine |
| The Moon and Six Pence | The Moon and Six Pence |
| 1984 | 1984 |
| Far from the Madding Crowd | Far from the Madding Crowd |
| The Old Man and the Sea | The Old Man and the Sea |
| Lolita | Lolita |
| A Tale of Two Cities | A Tale of Two Cities |
| Das Capital | Das Capital |
| David Copperfield | David Copperfield |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| Gulliver’s Travels | Gulliver’s Travels |
| Pride and Prejudice | Pride and Prejudice |
| Anna Karenina | Anna Karenina |
| Alice in Wonderland | Alice in Wonderland |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Paradise Lost | Paradise Lost |
| Origin of Species | Origin of Species |
| Merchant of Venice | Merchant of Venice |
| Hamlet | Hamlet |
| Comedy of Errors | Comedy of Errors |
| Othello | Othello |
| The Social Contract | The Social Contract |
| Man and Superman | Man and Superman |
| Pygmalion | Pygmalion |
| Oliver Twist | Oliver Twist |
| Ben Hur | Ben Hur |
| Crime and Punishment | Crime and Punishment |
| War and Peace | War and Peace |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | The Count of Monte Cristo |
| Midnight’s Children | Midnight’s Children |
| A Passage to India | A Passage to India |
| Robinson Crusoe | Robinson |
| The Rubaiyat | The Rubaiyat |
| As You Like it | As You Like it |
| Doctor Zhivago | Doctor Zhivago |
| A Farewell to Arms | A Farewell to Arms |
| For Whom the Bell Tolls | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Gone with the Wind | Gone with the Wind |
| Great Expectation | Great Expectation |
| Invisible Man | Invisible Man |
| Romeo and Juliet | Romeo and Juliet |
| Sense and Sensibility | Sense and Sensibility |
| The Satanic Verses | The Satanic Verses |
| Unto the Last | Unto the Last |
| The Great Gatsby | The Great Gatsby |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Gathering Storm | Gathering Storm |
| The Thre Musketeers | The Thre Musketeers |
| Kubla Khan | Kubla Khan |
| Faust | Faust |
| Jungle Book | Jungle Book |
Books and Authors (Latest)
The following list contains new indian books and authors.
| Books | Authors |
|---|---|
| Playing it My Way | Playing it My Way |
| The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk | The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk |
| One Indian Girl | One Indian Girl |
| The Paradoxical Prime Minister | The Paradoxical Prime Minister |
| We Are Displaced | We Are Displaced |
| I Do What I Do | I Do What I Do |
| Lone Fox Dancing | Lone Fox Dancing |
| Celestial Bodies | Celestial Bodies |
| My Life, My Mission | My Life, My Mission |
| Lesson Life Taught Me Unknowingly | Lesson Life Taught Me Unknowingly |
| My Journey | My Journey |
| Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India | Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India |
| The Third Pillar | The Third Pillar |
| An Unsuitable Boy | An Unsuitable Boy |
| Shiva Trilogy (The Immortals of Meluha, The Secrets of Nagas, The Oath of Vayuputras) | Shiva Trilogy (The Immortals of Meluha, The Secrets of Nagas, The Oath of Vayuputras) |
| Da Vinci Code | Da Vinci Code |
| The Ministry of Utmost Happiness | The Ministry of Utmost Happiness |
| A Brief History of Time | A Brief History of Time |
| Ignited Minds | Ignited Minds |
| Wings of Fire | Wings of Fire |
| Guiding Souls | Guiding Souls |
| Harry Potter Series | Harry Potter Series |
| The God of Small Things | The God of Small Things |
| The Inheritance of Loss | The Inheritance of Loss |
| Freedom in Exile | Freedom in Exile |
| Beyond 2020: A Vision for Tomorrow’s India | Beyond 2020: A Vision for Tomorrow’s India |
| Gandhi Before India | Gandhi Before India |
| The White Tiger | The White Tiger |
| Straight from the Heart | Straight from the Heart |
| One Night at the Call Centre | One Night at the Call Centre |
| The Algebra of Infinite Justice | The Algebra of Infinite Justice |
| The Test of My Life | The Test of My Life |
| Interpreter of Maladies | Interpreter of Maladies |
| The Low Land | The Low Land |
| Five Point Someone | Five Point Someone |
| The 3 Mistakes of My Life | The 3 Mistakes of My Life |
| 2 States | 2 States |
| Revolution 2020 | Revolution 2020 |
| What Young Indian Wants | What Young Indian Wants |
| The Monk who Sold his Ferrari | The Monk who Sold his Ferrari |
| Fasting, Feasting | Fasting, Feasting |
| Why I am a Hindu | Why I am a Hindu |
| An Era of Darkness | An Era of Darkness |
| The Great Indian Novel | The Great Indian Novel |
| Pax Indica | Pax Indica |
| Sita: Warrior of Mithila | Sita: Warrior of Mithila |
| The Red Sari | The Red Sari |
| My Country My Life | My Country My Life |
| Truth, Love and a Little Malice | Truth, Love and a Little Malice |
| My Unforgettable Memories | My Unforgettable Memories |
| One Life is Not Enough | One Life is Not Enough |
| Unbreakable | Unbreakable |
| And then One Day: A Memoir | And then One Day: A Memoir |
| My Music, My Life | My Music, My Life |
| Mrs Funny Bones | Mrs Funny Bones |
| Runs in Ruins | Runs in Ruins |