R.K. Narayan

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  • Bibliography:
    33 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1945
  • Latest Book:
    July 2023
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Book List in Order: 33 titles

  • The English Teacher

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    R. K. Narayan (1906 -- 2001) witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of uncommon warmth and vibrancy. The title character in The English Teacher, Narayan’s most autobiographical novel, searches for meanin...

  • Waiting for the Mahatma

    In the novels of R. K. Narayan (1906-2001), the forefather of modern Indian fiction, human-scale hopes and epiphanies express the promise of a nation as it awakens to its place in the world. The three novels brought together in this volume, all writt...

  • Guide

    For the centennial of his birth, R. K. Narayan's most celebrated novelFormerly India's most corrupt tourist guide, Raju -- just released from prison -- seeks refuge in an abandoned temple. Mistaken for a holy man, he plays the part and succeeds so we...

  • Gods, Demons, and Men

  • The Vendor of Sweets

    The apple of his eye is his son Mali, for whom he feels a deep but absurdly embarrassed affection, which appears to go unrequited. When Mali coolly announces that he is abandoning school to go to America to become a writer, Jagan's fatherly feelings ...

  • A horse and two goats

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  • The Financial Expert

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    In the novels of R. K. Narayan (1906-2001), the forefather of modern Indian fiction, human-scale hopes and epiphanies express the promise of a nation as it awakens to its place in the world. In The Financial Expert, a man of many hopes but few resour...

  • The Ramayana

    The greatest Indian epic, one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytellingA Penguin Classic A sweeping tale of abduction, battle, and courtship played out in a universe of deities and demons, The Ramayana is familiar to virtually every Indian....

  • The Painter of Signs

    For Raman the sign painter, life is a familiar and satisfying routine. A man of simple, rational ways, he lives with his pious aunt and prides himself on his creative work. But all that changes when he meets Daisy, a thrillingly independent young wom...



  • The Mahabharata

    “Narayan makes this treasury of Indian folklore and mythology readily accessible to the general reader . . . he captures the spirit of the narrative.” -- Library JournalThe Mahabharata tells a story of such violence and tragedy tha...

  • The Dark Room

    R. K. Narayan (1906 -- 2001) witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of uncommon warmth and vibrancy. In The Dark Room, Narayan’s portrait of aggrieved domesticity, the docile and obedient Savitri, l...

  • Malgudi Days

    Four gems, with new introductions, mark acclaimed Indian writer R. K. Narayan's centennialIntroducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India "the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a...

  • The Man-eater of Malgudi

    This is the story of Nataraj, who earns his living as a printer in the little world of Malgudi, an imaginary town in South India. Nataraj and his close friends, a poet and a journalist, find their congenia l days disturbed when Vasu, a powerful taxid...

  • A Tiger for Malgudi

    A venerable tiger, old and toothless now, looks back over his life from cubhood and early days roaming wild in the Indian jungle. Trapped into a miserable circus career as 'Raja the magnificent', he is then sold into films (co-starring with a beefy T...

  • Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories

  • Talkative Man

  • A Writer's Nightmare

  • My Dateless Diary

    An unusual and witty travel book about the United States of America. At the age of fifty, when most people have settled for the safety of routine, R. K. Narayan left India for the first time to travel through America. In this account of his journey, ...

  • My Days

    "I am inclined to call this the last chapter, but how can an autobiography have a final chapter? At best, it can only be a penultimate one; nor can it be given a rounded-off conclusion, as is possible in a work of fiction." So begins the last chapter...



  • The World of Nagaraj

    Nagaraj, an aimless, contented man who dreams only of writing a treatise on Narada, a Sanskrit scholar, and his peaceful domestic world are thrown into turmoil by the arrival of his runaway nephew Tim...

  • Story-Teller's World

    Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edi...

  • The Grandmother's Tale and Selected Stories

    "It is not too much to compare Mr. Narayan to Chekhov." -The New York TimesThere is no better introduction to R.K. Narayan than this remarkable collection of stories celebrating work that spans five decades. Characters include a storyteller whose mag...

  • More Tales From Malgudi

  • Emerald Route

  • Town Called Malgudi

    In a writing career spanning seven decades, R.K. Narayan enthralled and entertained generations of readers with his deftly etched characters, his uniquely stylized language and his wry sense of humour. A storyteller par excellence, Narayan's greatest...

  • The Bachelor of Arts

    R. K. Narayan (1906 -- 2001) witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of uncommon warmth and vibrancy. The Bachelor of Arts is a poignant coming-of-age novel about a young man flush with first love, but whos...

  • Swami and Friends

    R. K. Narayan (1906 -- 2001) witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of uncommon warmth and vibrancy. Swami and Friends introduces us to Narayan’s beloved fictional town of Malgudi, where ten-year-old Swa...

  • The World of Malgudi

  • Mr. Sampath--The Printer of Malgudi

    In the novels of R. K. Narayan (1906-2001), the forefather of modern Indian fiction, human-scale hopes and epiphanies express the promise of a nation as it awakens to its place in the world. The three novels brought together in this volume, all writt...



  • Malgudi Landscapes

  • From Swami and Friends

  • An Astrologers Day

  • Malgudi Adventures

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

R.K. Narayan has published 33 books.

R.K. Narayan does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, An Astrologers Day, was published in July 2023.

The first book by R.K. Narayan, The English Teacher, was published in January 1945.

No. R.K. Narayan does not write books in series.
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