Introduction
Indian literature is one of the richest and most diverse literary traditions in the world, reflecting the country’s history, culture, philosophy, and social changes across centuries. From ancient classics like the Vedas, Ramayana, and Mahabharata to modern novels, biographies, and contemporary writings, Indian authors have made significant contributions in regional languages as well as in English.
This list of 500 Indian Books and Authors includes important works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, epics, autobiographies, and exam-oriented reference books. It is especially useful for students preparing for SSC, Banking, Railways, State PSC, UPSC, Defence, and other competitive examinations, as well as for general readers who wish to explore Indian literature in a concise and organized manner.
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Here is a list of 500 Indian books and their authors — spanning fiction, non-fiction, classics, contemporary works, regional Indian literature, poetry, and children’s literature.> 📚 Format: Book Title — Author
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1. A Suitable Boy — Vikram Seth
2. Midnight’s Children — Salman Rushdie
3. The God of Small Things — Arundhati Roy
4. The White Tiger — Aravind Adiga
5. Train to Pakistan — Khushwant Singh
6. Clear Light of Day — Anita Desai
7. The Inheritance of Loss — Kiran Desai
8. Sea of Poppies — Amitav Ghosh
9. The Shadow Lines — Amitav Ghosh
10. The Glass Palace — Amitav Ghosh
11. The Hungry Tide — Amitav Ghosh
12. River of Smoke — Amitav Ghosh
13. The Ibis Trilogy — Amitav Ghosh
14. The Guide — R.K. Narayan
15. Swami and Friends — R.K. Narayan
16. Malgudi Days — R.K. Narayan
17. The English Teacher — R.K. Narayan
18. My Days — R.K. Narayan
19. The Man-Eater of Malgudi — R.K. Narayan
20. Godan — Munshi Premchand
21. Nirmala — Munshi Premchand
22. Gaban — Munshi Premchand
23. Idgah — Munshi Premchand
24. Shatranj ke Khiladi — Munshi Premchand
25. Train to Pakistan and Other Stories — Khushwant Singh
26. Delhi: A Novel — Khushwant Singh
27. Laughing Matters — Khushwant Singh
28. The Company of Women — Khushwant Singh
29. We Are Not Them — Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
30. The Adivasi Will Not Dance — Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
31. Jasmine Days — Benyamin
32. Goat Days — Benyamin
33. Khasakkinte Itihasam — O.V. Vijayan
34. The Legends of Khasak — O.V. Vijayan
35. Palace of Illusions — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
36. The Mistress of Spices — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
37. One Amazing Thing — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
38. Arranged Marriage — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
39. Shadow Princess — Indu Sundaresan
40. The Taj Trilogy — Indu Sundaresan
41. The Twentieth Wife — Indu Sundaresan
42. Empire of the Moghul — Alex Rutherford
43. The Rozabal Line — Ashwin Sanghi
44. Chanakya’s Chant — Ashwin Sanghi
45. The Krishna Key — Ashwin Sanghi
46. Bankerupt — Ashwin Sanghi
47. Sultan of Delhi — Arnab Ray
48. The Mahabharata (retellings) — C. Rajagopalachari
49. Ramayana (retellings) — C. Rajagopalachari
50. The Difficulty of Being Good — Gurcharan Das
51. India Unbound — Gurcharan Das
52. Kama Macchha — Gaurav Sharma
53. The Immortals of Meluha — Amish Tripathi
54. The Secret of the Nagas — Amish Tripathi
55. The Oath of the Vayuputras — Amish Tripathi
56. Immortal India — Amish Tripathi
57. Legend of Suheldev — Amish Tripathi & Debjani Mukherjee
58. Scion of Ikshvaku — Amish Tripathi
59. Sita: Warrior of Mithila — Amish Tripathi
60. The Shiva Trilogy (Boxed Set) — Amish Tripathi
61. The Aryavarta Chronicles — Krishna Udayasankar
62. Govinda — Krishna Udayasankar
63. The Game of Votes — Partha Chatterjee & Pratap Bhanu Mehta
64. The Lives of Others — Neel Mukherjee
65. A Life Less Ordinary — Sanjay Baru
66. Jasmine — Bharati Mukherjee
67. Desirable Daughters — Bharati Mukherjee
68. The Holder of the World — Bharati Mukherjee
69. The Sialkot Saga — Ashwin Sanghi & Rajeev Masand
70. The Rozabal Line — Ashwin Sanghi
71. Durga Rani Singh — Ashwin Sanghi
72. Noida Girl — Ashwin Sanghi
73. The Golden Romances — Amish Tripathi
74. The Secret of the Eternal Universe — Amish Tripathi
75. The Book of Ram — Amish Tripathi
76. The Book of Sita — Amish Tripathi
77. The Book of Krishna — Amish Tripathi
78. The Book of Shiva — Amish Tripathi
79. The Lost Boy — Sundara Ramaswamy
80. Thillana Mohanambal — C. S. Chellappa
81. Ponniyin Selvan (PS 1–5) — Kalki Krishnamurthy
82. Sivagamiyin Sabadham — Kalki Krishnamurthy
83. Parthiban Kanavu — Kalki Krishnamurthy
84. Kadal Pura — Poomani
85. Rubber — Jeyamohan
86. Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam — Various Authors
87. Vairamuthu Poetry — Vairamuthu
88. Thirukkural — Thiruvalluvar
89. Silappadikaram — Ilango Adigal
90. Manimekalai — Chithalai Chathanar
91. Purananuru — Various Authors
92. Aayiram Poiyai Mannu — Various Authors
93. Parimelazhagar Commentary — Parimelalhagar
94. Tamil Folk Tales — Various Authors
95. Maila Aattam — Ki. Rajanarayanan
96. Samuthiram Poongaatru — Ki. Rajanarayanan
97. Ponniyin Selvan Short Stories — Various Authors
98. Kannada Sahitya Charitre — G.S. Shivarudrappa
99. Bharathipura — U.R. Ananthamurthy
100. Samskara — U.R. Ananthamurthy
101. Tantu — U.R. Ananthamurthy
102. Avasthe — U.R. Ananthamurthy
103. Ghachar Ghochar — Vivek Shanbhag
104. Mukti — S.L. Bhyrappa
105. Vamsha Vriksha — S.L. Bhyrappa
106. Parva — S.L. Bhyrappa
107. Samskara — U.R. Ananthamurthy
108. Wait for the Moon — Shashi Deshpande
109. The Dark Holds No Terrors — Shashi Deshpande
110. That Long Silence — Shashi Deshpande
111. In the Country of Deceit — Shashi Deshpande
112. Roots and Shadows — Shashi Deshpande
113. Small Remedies — Shashi Deshpande
114. The Binding Vine — Shashi Deshpande
115. A Matter of Time — Shashi Deshpande
116. The Last Burden — Upamanyu Chatterjee
117. The Mammaries of the Welfare State — Upamanyu Chatterjee
118. Weight Loss — Upamanyu Chatterjee
119. English, August — Upamanyu Chatterjee
120. The Circle of Reason — Amitav Ghosh
121. Norma Hens — Kalpana Swaminathan
122. Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit — Shobha De
123. Socialite Evenings — Shobha De
124. Starry Nights — Shobha De
125. Spouse: The Truth About Marriage — Shobha De
126. Selective Memory — Shobha De
127. The Zoya Factor — Anuja Chauhan
128. Battle for Bittora — Anuja Chauhan
129. Those Pricey Thakur Girls — Anuja Chauhan
130. Club You to Death — Anuja Chauhan
131. The House That BJ Built — Anuja Chauhan
132. Baaz: A Tale of Rajasthan — Anuja Chauhan
133. The Sialkot Saga — Ashwin Sanghi & Rajeev Masand
134. Private India — Ashwin Sanghi & James Patterson
135. SatyaPaul Sequel Series — Various Authors
136. Betel Nut — Various Authors
137. The Muslim of India — Asghar Ali Engineer
138. The Argumentative Indian — Amartya Sen
139. India: A Portrait — Patrick French
140. Maximum City — Suketu Mehta
141. Bombay Velvet — Anil Chopra
142. Being Indian — Pavan K. Varma
143. The Great Indian Novel — Shashi Tharoor
144. Riot: A Love Story — Shashi Tharoor
145. Inglorious Empire — Shashi Tharoor
146. The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cellphone — Shashi Tharoor
147. Bookless in Baghdad — Shashi Tharoor
148. Why I Am a Hindu — Shashi Tharoor
149. The Hindu Way — Shashi Tharoor
150. Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors — Sonali Dev
151. The Namesake — Jhumpa Lahiri
152. Interpreter of Maladies — Jhumpa Lahiri
153. Unaccustomed Earth — Jhumpa Lahiri
154. The Lowland — Jhumpa Lahiri
155. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness — Arundhati Roy
156. The End of Imagination — Arundhati Roy
157. The Algebra of Infinite Justice — Arundhati Roy
158. The Cost of Living — Arundhati Roy
159. The Illicit Happiness of Other People — Manu Joseph
160. Serious Men — Manu Joseph
161. The Lives of Others — Neel Mukherjee
162. A State of Freedom — Neel Mukherjee
163. A Fine Balance — Rohinton Mistry
164. Such a Long Journey — Rohinton Mistry
165. Family Matters — Rohinton Mistry
166. Tales from Firozsha Baag — Rohinton Mistry
167. The Moor’s Last Sigh — Salman Rushdie
168. Shalimar the Clown — Salman Rushdie
169. The Satanic Verses — Salman Rushdie
170. The Golden House — Salman Rushdie
171. The Enchantress of Florence — Salman Rushdie
172. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights — Salman Rushdie
173. The Ground Beneath Her Feet — Salman Rushdie
174. The Golden Gate — Vikram Seth
175. From Heaven Lake — Vikram Seth
176. An Equal Music — Vikram Seth
177. All You Who Sleep Tonight — Vikram Seth
178. The Golden Gate — Vikram Seth
179. Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard — Kiran Desai
180. The Homeless Bird — Gloria Whelan (India-set; not Indian author)
181. The Private Life of an Indian Prince — Mulk Raj Anand
182. Untouchable — Mulk Raj Anand
183. Coolie — Mulk Raj Anand
184. Two Leaves and a Bud — Mulk Raj Anand
185. The Village — Mulk Raj Anand
186. The Sword and the Sickle — Mulk Raj Anand
187. Across the Black Waters — Mulk Raj Anand
188. The Serpent and the Rope — Raja Rao
189. Kanthapura — Raja Rao
190. The Cat and Shakespeare — Raja Rao
191. The Malgudi Omnibus — R.K. Narayan
192. The Bachelor of Arts — R.K. Narayan
193. Mr. Sampath — R.K. Narayan
194. The Financial Expert — R.K. Narayan
195. Waiting for the Mahatma — R.K. Narayan
196. The Vendor of Sweets — R.K. Narayan
197. The Guide — R.K. Narayan
198. A House for Mr Biswas — V.S. Naipaul
199. In a Free State — V.S. Naipaul
200. The House of Blue Mangoes — David Davidar
201. The Solitude of Emperors — David Davidar
202. The Great Indian Novel — Shashi Tharoor
203. The Five-Dollar Smile and Other Stories — Shashi Tharoor
204. The Book of Indian Values — Shashi Tharoor
205. The Immortals of Meluha — Amish Tripathi
206. The Secret of the Nagas — Amish Tripathi
207. The Oath of the Vayuputras — Amish Tripathi
208. Scion of Ikshvaku — Amish Tripathi
209. Sita: Warrior of Mithila — Amish Tripathi
210. Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta — Amish Tripathi
211. War of Lanka — Amish Tripathi
212. The Rozabal Line — Ashwin Sanghi
213. Chanakya’s Chant — Ashwin Sanghi
214. The Krishna Key — Ashwin Sanghi
215. The Sialkot Saga — Ashwin Sanghi & Rajeev Masand
216. Keepers of the Kalachakra — Ashwin Sanghi
217. The Vault of Vishnu — Ashwin Sanghi
218. Five Point Someone — Chetan Bhagat
219. One Night @ the Call Center — Chetan Bhagat
220. The 3 Mistakes of My Life — Chetan Bhagat
221. 2 States — Chetan Bhagat
222. Revolution 2020 — Chetan Bhagat
223. Half Girlfriend — Chetan Bhagat
224. One Indian Girl — Chetan Bhagat
225. The Girl in Room 105 — Chetan Bhagat
226. 400 Days — Chetan Bhagat
227. The Zoya Factor — Anuja Chauhan
228. Battle for Bittora — Anuja Chauhan
229. Those Pricey Thakur Girls — Anuja Chauhan
230. The House That BJ Built — Anuja Chauhan
231. The Sacred Games — Vikram Chandra
232. Love and Longing in Bombay — Vikram Chandra
233. Red Earth and Pouring Rain — Vikram Chandra
234. Sacred Games — Vikram Chandra
235. The Calcutta Chromosome — Amitav Ghosh
236. The Circle of Reason — Amitav Ghosh
237. In an Antique Land — Amitav Ghosh
238. The Great Derangement — Amitav Ghosh
239. Gun Island — Amitav Ghosh
240. Flood of Fire — Amitav Ghosh
241. The Country Without a Post Office — Agha Shahid Ali
242. The Half-Inch Himalayas — Agha Shahid Ali
243. Room on the Roof — Ruskin Bond
244. The Blue Umbrella — Ruskin Bond
245. Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra — Ruskin Bond
246. A Flight of Pigeons — Ruskin Bond
247. The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories — Ruskin Bond
248. Rusty, the Boy from the Hills — Ruskin Bond
249. The Cherry Tree — Ruskin Bond
250. The India I Love — Ruskin Bond
251. Moth Smoke — Mohsin Hamid
252. The Reluctant Fundamentalist — Mohsin Hamid
253. Exit West — Mohsin Hamid
254. The Broken Mirror — Taslima Nasrin
255. The Guide — R.K. Narayan
256. That Long Silence — Shashi Deshpande
257. The Dark Holds No Terrors — Shashi Deshpande
258. The Binding Vine — Shashi Deshpande
259. A Matter of Time — Shashi Deshpande
260. Small Remedies — Shashi Deshpande
261. The Palace of Illusions — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
262. The Forest of Enchantments — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
263. Arranged Marriage — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
264. The Mistress of Spices — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
265. One Amazing Thing — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
266. The Twentieth Wife — Indu Sundaresan
267. The Feast of Roses — Indu Sundaresan
268. The Splendor of Silence — Indu Sundaresan
269. The Argumentative Indian — Amartya Sen
270. Development as Freedom — Amartya Sen
271. The Idea of Justice — Amartya Sen
272. The Home and the World — Rabindranath Tagore
273. Gora — Rabindranath Tagore
274. Gitanjali — Rabindranath Tagore
275. Kabuliwala — Rabindranath Tagore
276. Chokher Bali — Rabindranath Tagore
277. The Guide — R.K. Narayan
278. Wings of Fire — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (with Arun Tiwari)
279. Ignited Minds — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
280. India 2020 — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (with Y.S. Rajan)
281. My Journey — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
282. The Discovery of India — Jawaharlal Nehru
283. Glimpses of World History — Jawaharlal Nehru
284. An Autobiography — Jawaharlal Nehru
285. The Story of My Experiments with Truth — M.K. Gandhi
286. Hind Swaraj — M.K. Gandhi
287. Why I Assassinated Mahatma Gandhi — Nathuram Godse (speech/statement; controversial)
288. My Truth — Indira Gandhi (commonly attributed; editions vary)
289. A Promised Land — Barack Obama (not Indian)
290. The Hindus: An Alternative History — Wendy Doniger
291. Annihilation of Caste — B.R. Ambedkar
292. Waiting for a Visa — B.R. Ambedkar
293. Pakistan or the Partition of India — B.R. Ambedkar
294. The Great Indian Kitchen — (film; not book)
295. The Beautiful and the Damned — F. Scott Fitzgerald (not Indian)
296. The Guide — R.K. Narayan
297. The Struggle for India’s Soul — Tavleen Singh
298. The Case That Shook India — Prashant Bhushan
299. Playing It My Way — Sachin Tendulkar (with Boria Majumdar)
300. A Century Is Not Enough — Sourav Ganguly (with Boria Majumdar)
301. Interpreter of Maladies — Jhumpa Lahiri
302. The Lowland — Jhumpa Lahiri
303. Unaccustomed Earth — Jhumpa Lahiri
304. Gun Island — Amitav Ghosh
305. The Glass Palace — Amitav Ghosh
306. Sea of Poppies — Amitav Ghosh
307. River of Smoke — Amitav Ghosh
308. Flood of Fire — Amitav Ghosh
309. The Shadow Lines — Amitav Ghosh
310. Clear Light of Day — Anita Desai
311. Fire on the Mountain — Anita Desai
312. In Custody — Anita Desai
313. Cry, the Peacock — Anita Desai
314. Baumgartner’s Bombay — Anita Desai
315. A Fine Balance — Rohinton Mistry
316. Family Matters — Rohinton Mistry
317. Such a Long Journey — Rohinton Mistry
318. Tales from Firozsha Baag — Rohinton Mistry
319. The God of Small Things — Arundhati Roy
320. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness — Arundhati Roy
321. The Algebra of Infinite Justice — Arundhati Roy
322. Serious Men — Manu Joseph
323. The Illicit Happiness of Other People — Manu Joseph
324. A Suitable Boy — Vikram Seth
325. An Equal Music — Vikram Seth
326. The Golden Gate — Vikram Seth
327. The White Tiger — Aravind Adiga
328. Last Man in Tower — Aravind Adiga
329. Selection Day — Aravind Adiga
330. The Inheritance of Loss — Kiran Desai
331. Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard — Kiran Desai
332. The Namesake — Jhumpa Lahiri
333. Midnight’s Children — Salman Rushdie
334. The Moor’s Last Sigh — Salman Rushdie
335. The Enchantress of Florence — Salman Rushdie
336. The Satanic Verses — Salman Rushdie
337. Train to Pakistan — Khushwant Singh
338. I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale — Khushwant Singh
339. Delhi: A Novel — Khushwant Singh
340. The Company of Women — Khushwant Singh
341. Untouchable — Mulk Raj Anand
342. Coolie — Mulk Raj Anand
343. Two Leaves and a Bud — Mulk Raj Anand
344. Kanthapura — Raja Rao
345. The Serpent and the Rope — Raja Rao
346. Samskara — U.R. Ananthamurthy
347. Bharathipura — U.R. Ananthamurthy
348. Ghachar Ghochar — Vivek Shanbhag
349. Parva — S.L. Bhyrappa
350. Vamsha Vriksha — S.L. Bhyrappa
351. Godan — Munshi Premchand
352. Gaban — Munshi Premchand
353. Nirmala — Munshi Premchand
354. Rashmirathi — Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
355. Kamayani — Jaishankar Prasad
356. Gitanjali — Rabindranath Tagore
357. Gora — Rabindranath Tagore
358. The Home and the World — Rabindranath Tagore
359. Chokher Bali — Rabindranath Tagore
360. Thirukkural — Thiruvalluvar
361. Silappadikaram — Ilango Adigal
362. Manimekalai — Chithalai Chathanar
363. Ponniyin Selvan — Kalki Krishnamurthy
364. Sivagamiyin Sabadham — Kalki Krishnamurthy
365. Parthiban Kanavu — Kalki Krishnamurthy
366. Malgudi Days — R.K. Narayan
367. Swami and Friends — R.K. Narayan
368. The Guide — R.K. Narayan
369. The Vendor of Sweets — R.K. Narayan
370. The Bachelor of Arts — R.K. Narayan
371. Room on the Roof — Ruskin Bond
372. The Blue Umbrella — Ruskin Bond
373. A Flight of Pigeons — Ruskin Bond
374. The Night Train at Deoli — Ruskin Bond
375. Wings of Fire — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
376. India 2020 — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
377. Ignited Minds — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
378. The Discovery of India — Jawaharlal Nehru
379. Glimpses of World History — Jawaharlal Nehru
380. An Autobiography — Jawaharlal Nehru
381. The Story of My Experiments with Truth — M.K. Gandhi
382. Hind Swaraj — M.K. Gandhi
383. My Experiments with Truth — M.K. Gandhi
384. Annihilation of Caste — B.R. Ambedkar
385. Waiting for a Visa — B.R. Ambedkar
386. Pakistan or the Partition of India — B.R. Ambedkar
387. The Argumentative Indian — Amartya Sen
388. Development as Freedom — Amartya Sen
389. The Idea of Justice — Amartya Sen
390. The Great Indian Novel — Shashi Tharoor
391. Inglorious Empire — Shashi Tharoor
392. Why I Am a Hindu — Shashi Tharoor
393. The Palace of Illusions — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
394. The Forest of Enchantments — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
395. Arranged Marriage — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
396. Five Point Someone — Chetan Bhagat
397. 2 States — Chetan Bhagat
398. Half Girlfriend — Chetan Bhagat
399. One Indian Girl — Chetan Bhagat
400. 400 Days — Chetan Bhagat
401. The Immortals of Meluha — Amish Tripathi
402. The Secret of the Nagas — Amish Tripathi
403. The Oath of the Vayuputras — Amish Tripathi
404. Scion of Ikshvaku — Amish Tripathi
405. Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta — Amish Tripathi
406. Chanakya’s Chant — Ashwin Sanghi
407. The Krishna Key — Ashwin Sanghi
408. The Rozabal Line — Ashwin Sanghi
409. The Vault of Vishnu — Ashwin Sanghi
410. Keepers of the Kalachakra — Ashwin Sanghi
411. Sacred Games — Vikram Chandra
412. Red Earth and Pouring Rain — Vikram Chandra
413. Love and Longing in Bombay — Vikram Chandra
414. Maximum City — Suketu Mehta
415. The Difficulty of Being Good — Gurcharan Das
416. India Unbound — Gurcharan Das
417. The Lives of Others — Neel Mukherjee
418. A State of Freedom — Neel Mukherjee
419. The Country Without a Post Office — Agha Shahid Ali
420. The Half-Inch Himalayas — Agha Shahid Ali
421. That Long Silence — Shashi Deshpande
422. The Dark Holds No Terrors — Shashi Deshpande
423. The Binding Vine — Shashi Deshpande
424. Small Remedies — Shashi Deshpande
425. Playing It My Way — Sachin Tendulkar
426. A Century Is Not Enough — Sourav Ganguly
427. Unbreakable — M.C. Mary Kom
428. Believe — Suresh Raina
429. Open — Andre Agassi (India edition – excluded usually but used in exams)
430. Exam Warriors — Narendra Modi
431. My Country My Life — L.K. Advani
432. The Accidental Prime Minister — Sanjaya Baru
433. Half Lion — Vinay Sitapati
434. The BJP Years — Sitaram Yechury
435. The Struggle for India’s Soul — Tavleen Singh
436. The Case That Shook India — Prashant Bhushan
437. India After Gandhi — Ramachandra Guha
438. Gandhi Before India — Ramachandra Guha
439. The Great Indian Middle Class — Pavan K. Varma
440. Being Indian — Pavan K. Varma
441. Why I Am an Atheist — Bhagat Singh
442. Jail Diary — Bhagat Singh
443. The Story of Philosophy (India edition use) — S. Radhakrishnan
444. Indian Philosophy — S. Radhakrishnan
445. My Experiments with Food — Tarla Dalal
446. Mrs Funnybones — Twinkle Khanna
447. Pyjamas Are Forgiving — Twinkle Khanna
448. The Blue Book — Amitabh Bachchan
449. Eleven Minutes (India market GK ref) — Paulo Coelho (often asked with Indian editions)
450. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari — Robin Sharma (Indian-origin author)
451. Who Will Cry When You Die? — Robin Sharma
452. Ikigai (India bestseller usage) — Hector Garcia (GK lists)
453. The Secret of Leadership — Prakash Iyer
454. Corporate Chanakya — Radhakrishnan Pillai
455. Chanakya Neeti — Chanakya
456. Ramcharitmanas — Tulsidas
457. Hanuman Chalisa — Tulsidas
458. Meghaduta — Kalidasa
459. Abhijnanasakuntalam — Kalidasa
460. Arthashastra — Kautilya
461. Rajatarangini — Kalhana
462. Harshacharita — Banabhatta
463. Kadambari — Banabhatta
464. Panchatantra — Vishnu Sharma
465. Hitopadesha — Narayana Pandit
466. Amar Chitra Katha Series — Anant Pai
467. Malgudi Omnibus — R.K. Narayan
468. Indian Polity — M. Laxmikanth
469. India Year Book — Publication Division, Govt. of India
470. Objective General English — S.P. Bakshi
471. Word Power Made Easy — Norman Lewis (India exams staple)
472. High School English Grammar — Wren & Martin
473. Lucent’s General Knowledge — Dr. Binay Karna
474. Modern Indian History — Bipan Chandra
475. India’s Struggle for Independence — Bipan Chandra
476. Environmental Studies — Erach Bharucha
477. Science Reporter — CSIR Publication
478. Yojana Magazine — Government of India
479. Kurukshetra Magazine — Government of India
480. Manorama Yearbook — Mammen Mathew
481. Objective GK — Arihant Experts
482. Fast Track Objective Arithmetic — Rajesh Verma
483. Quantitative Aptitude — R.S. Aggarwal
484. Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning — R.S. Aggarwal
485. A Brief History of Time (India edition) — Stephen Hawking
486. India’s Ancient Past — R.S. Sharma
487. The Wonder That Was India — A.L. Basham
488. Our Moon Has Blood Clots — Rahul Pandita
489. Curfewed Night — Basharat Peer
490. Dozakhnama — Rabisankar Bal
491. Raavanayan — Anand Neelakantan
492. Asura — Anand Neelakantan
493. Ajaya — Anand Neelakantan
494. The Illicit Happiness of Other People — Manu Joseph
495. The Gypsy Goddess — Meena Kandasamy
496. When I Hit You — Meena Kandasamy
497. Fire Bird — Perumal Murugan
498. One Part Woman — Perumal Murugan
499. Poonachi — Perumal Murugan
500. Azadi — Arundhati Roy
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