Saadat Hasan Manto

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  • Bibliography:
    22 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1990
  • Latest Book:
    March 2022
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Book List in Order: 22 titles

  • Kingdom's End: And Other Stories

    A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, TRANSLATED FROM THE URDU, BY A WRITER CONSIDERED THE SUBCONTINENT'S GREATEST SHORT STORY WRITER. THIS EXCELLENT TRANSLATION HAS BEEN VARIOUSLY DESCRIBED AS 'MEMORABLE' (SALMAN RUSHDIE), 'AN ESTATE OF MANY MANSIONS' (FAR...

  • Mottled Dawn; Fifty Sketches and Stories of Partition

    Mottled Dawn is a collection of Saadat Hasan Manto s most powerful pieces on the Partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan in 1947. The book includes unforgettable stories like Toba Tek Singh , The Return , The Assignment , Colder Than Ic...

  • Selected Stories

    This collection brings together several notable stories by Saadat Hasan Manto. These stories capture a time long gone, when India rattled from the void left behind by the British. These stories speak about Manto s feelings about the Partition, and ho...

  • Bitter Fruit

    Widely renowned as the best short story writer in Urdu, Manto s stories were mostly written against the milieu of the Partition. Bitter Fruit presents the best collection of Manto s writings, from his short stories, plays and sketches, to portraits o...

  • Mottled Dawn M/Classics

    Many of us know how the partition of India and Pakistan came about. However, there are several other stories that took place during that time that we need to be aware of. There are several tragedies which have not received as much importance as the p...

  • Bombay Stories

    A collection of classic, yet shockingly contemporary, short stories set in the vibrant world of mid-century Bombay, from one of India’s greatest writers. Arriving in 1930s Bombay, Saadat Hasan Manto discovered a city like no other. A metropolis ...

  • My Name is Radha

  • Siyah Hashiye

    The Siyah Hashiye stories written by Manto are related to the India and Pakistan Partition period. These stories that encompass a line or a paragraph are called Siyah Hashiye, which means Black borders. It is believed that when bad or morose news was...

  • Babu Gopinath



  • The Black Shalwar

  • By the Roadside

  • Empty Bottles, Empty Cans

  • Gilgit Khan

  • Green Sandals

  • I'm No Good for You!

  • Khushia

  • Pleasure of Losing

  • Ram Khilawan

  • Sahae



  • Smell

  • The Testament of Gurmukh Singh

  • Manto Ke Hashiye

    Manto is a legendary writer from India and Pakistan, famous for his works in Urdu fiction at the time of the partition of India and Pakistan in the mid-1900s. The knowledge of his ideology and work will be vastly important to the new generation. Mant...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Saadat Hasan Manto has published 22 books.

Saadat Hasan Manto does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Manto Ke Hashiye, was published in March 2022.

The first book by Saadat Hasan Manto, Kingdom's End: And Other Stories, was published in March 1990.

No. Saadat Hasan Manto does not write books in series.
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